I was hoping to get my monthly electric consumption down from an average of 150kwh to 100kwh, after the new fridge freezer came into use at the start of October I soon realised I was likely to do better than that and perhaps get it down to somewhere nearer 75kwh, I am well chuffed to have ended up using only 67.82kwh in the whole of October, that's an average of under 2.2kwh per day.
At the new OVO rates, and including VAT, that reduces my electric usage cost from £52.97 to just £23.95, a saving of £29.02, equal to £348.24pa, and means the new fridge freezer will have paid for itself in an about 8.5 months!
Of course, I can't do anything about the bloody standing charges, which adds £13.29 to the month, making a total £37.24, but considering before the prices started taking off, and before OVO's silly over-estimating after they took over SSE's retail division, I had been paying £30pm for electric anyway, so that's amazing!
The comparison with the month before is also amazing!
Mainly due to the mild weather, but also the new boiler means I am no longer wasting money heating a hot water tank since the 1st Sept., the gas usage for October is impressive compared to the year before, using 682kwh less, meaning it cost me £1.78 for hot water only, compared to what it would have cost if I had used the same as last year of £71.94, saving £70.02.
£1.78 gas use plus £8.83 in bloody standing charges, totals £10.61, add in the electric at £37.24, the total for the month is £47.85 minus the £66.00 government grant, and I am up by £18.15 on the month, which makes cupid a very happy stunt.
At a guess I'll end up using £300 on heating over the winter months, and say £50pm on average excluding heating, that would total £900pa or £75pm, which would be amazing as before the price madness I had been paying £63pm for both electric & gas, and especially as at OVO's peak madness they thought I should be paying £191pm!