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Is 906 GBP (~1100 USD) typical for a household? That seems outrageously high.
by hughes 2y ago
Is 906 GBP (~1100 USD) typical for a household? That seems outrageously high.
- bowsamic 2y agoYes Type | yearly usage | average annual cost Low (flat or 1-bedroom house / 1-2 people) | 1,800 kWh | £669.95 Medium (3-bedroom house / 2-3 people) | 2,900 kWh | £943.36 High (5-bedroom house / 4-5 people) | 4,300 kWh | £1,291.34 source: https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/guides/average-bill.html https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/guides/average-bill.html
- lostlogin 2y agoI was surprised to see how low electricity usage is. The fairer measurement is probably gas and electric, and your source says ‘ According to Ofgem, the average British household has 2.4 people living in it and uses 2,700 kWh of electricity and 11,500 kWh of gas. This works out at 242 kWh of electricity and 1,000 kWh of gas per month.’ We don’t have gas at home and use about 10,000kW/h here in New Zealand.
- bowsamic 2y agoYeah that's what's wild about it. Those prices are so high despite the fact that Brits use so much gas
- dukeyukey 2y agoAnnually, that sounds about right.
- hughes 2y agoOh, I thought this was monthly. The article doesn't specify, and all other bills I've seen are monthly. Do Brits pay annually?
- dfawcus 2y agoHistorically quarterly. Some of us still do pay on that schedule.
- rcxdude 2y agoYou don't pay annually, but because of the substantial variation in energy usage throughout the year, you'll generally price-compare on an annual basis, and usually the monthly payment is a kind of pro-rata value where you over-pay in summer and under-pay in winter.
- wiether 2y agoElectricity consumption will vary during the year so it seems fair to give the yearly total to have the actual cost; and you can divide by twelve if your prefer a monthly average. Meanwhile, if they only gave a monthly figure, one could wonder if it's an average or if it's taken in January or July.
- lostlogin 2y ago> Electricity consumption will vary during the year We heat with a wood burner and so have very flat usage over a year. Heating requirements are lower here in Auckland, New Zealand.
- wiether 2y agoDuring winter the days are shorter so the lights are on more often. People tend to eat/drink more heated things than during summer (think coffee maker and microwave ovens). They also tend to spend more time inside due to the weather so they use things needing electricity (TV, computer, radio...).
- fy20 2y agoMany UK homes have electric heating or use supplemental electric heaters during winter, so the consumption of summer vs winter changes a lot. This is why there has been a big push for offshore wind in the UK, it's an island that has strong winds during winter.
- a2tech 2y agoIn a historic home in the Midwest a single month in the depths of of the winter could easily be 700-800 usd.
- Spooky23 2y agoThat’s crazy. I live in New York in an old drafty house. My highest bill is about $400-450 and it’s much colder here. Those rates are brutal.
- a2tech 2y ago2400 sq feet, brick, limited/no insulation, original wood windows. I wouldn't trade it for the world though, even if its crazy to heat/cool.
- bpodgursky 2y agoThis is an extreme outlier. I have a 4,700 square foot home in the Midwest, electric heating (heat pump + backup direct heat) and only occasionally hit $300/mo in a cold spell.
- gsk22 2y agoHeat pumps are something like 5-6x as efficient as resistive electric heaters. So no surprise that your bill would be lower. Of course, heating an entire house with (non-heat-pump) electric heat in a cold climate is kind of crazy. Natural gas is way way cheaper. But I've seen it in old houses here in the Upper Midwest, so it's not _too_ out of the ordinary.
- grapesodaaaaa 2y agoI was also going to point that out. Resistive electric heating costs could easily reach that much, but it’s a horribly inefficient way to heat your house.
- bpodgursky 2y agoHeat pumps are so affordable now, that just feels like a poor decision-making rather than an economic hardship. You could finance a heat pump and the savings would pay itself off in a year.
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- Havoc 2y agoMonthly as others have said. 900 is a small household with limited heating, more like a condo than house.