Well, that’s me destitute within a year or two, then … 
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I was very lucky this time last year I changed supplier and took a fixed deal for 2 years , at £86 a month, so got another year to go on this . 
Blimey Omah…can you switch? Can you get a fixed tariff? That is horrendous! 
I’m on a fixed tariff of £135 a month up until May 2024. Even though I use around £40 a month. I take careful note of what I use and when, giving them weekly readings. So far they haven’t raised the DD, although they are threatening to. At which point I shall refuse to pay it…I am getting Winter over with first.
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For those on a variable tariff a switch will be impossible.
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Just checked…mine due to increase to 3700ish in October, which is 1/3 higher than were paying now.
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Upon reflection on the matter, I have concluded that somewhere, somebody is taking the pi$$.
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I have sorted through my sock drawer and got rid of one sock from each pair, I’ve also thrown one glove away,from the several pairs I have I won’t need them anymore as I’ll have to give an arm and a leg to the energy companies
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I don’t altogether trust the future energy cost calculations my energy provides gives me. Up until now, they have always been a bit on the high side. If they ever estimate my usage, they always estimate it to be a lot higher than it actually is too.
When I’ve compared my own actual usage and cost of bills over the year, compared to the “average home” costs, mine have been about half of the “average home” - yet the forecasts my energy provider gives me are always much higher than half the “average home”
I guess my rough calculation of my bills increasing in line with half of the official figure for the “average home” may change if the Standing Charges increase proportionally more than price per kWh.
I am very lucky, a year a go last July I decided to take a gamble pay a bit more and to fix the price of electricity for 2 years . There is no gas in our hamlet and I can’t have a fire in this type of house so it is all electric and very expensive before price rises.
I am so relieved I made the choice and my price is fixed till next July.
That said I am very careful with electricity anyway heating just one room (I have closed of the vents in the others) and I have a good selection of thermal leggings, woolly jumpers and have a blanket and hot water bottle when sitting in a chair in cold weather. I am a Northern girl and not used to a warm house.
As I live alone it doesn’t make sense to heat the whole house for one person anyway.
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I’m from a generation who don’t buy-now-pay-later. And have always lived within our means.
If we have £££ to spare we take a holiday. If we don’t, we don’t. Our utility bills have never been a worry to us, so when they double or treble I still refuse to let these bastards get to me. The new world order aim to keep us on the brink of despair. HaHa nice try. Meanwhile, I’m enjoying the handouts, and the horror: “45 million in UK to be plunged into fuel poverty”, and more handouts, please.
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Don’t worry folks, boris is onto it
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I am very hopeful that my next electricity bill will be half of the previous one. My last bill was $550 for the quarter which was over double my normal bill. It was caused entirely by a leaking water heater which has now been replaced under warranty (it was only 2 years old).
Electricity prices have gone up despite the lies of the previous government telling us that electricity prices were going down. This is almost entirely due to being in an awkward phase in the change over from coal fired generation to renewables where no one will invest in new coal fired infrastructure.
It’s probably quite handy if you’re billed once a month for both electricity and gas/oil because that helps you to keep track of the energy used. We get two separate bills once a year only and I wonder how much it’ll be this year, and more importantly, next year since astronomically rising costs will make themselves felt only then which makes it difficult to budget. Unfortunately, I can only choose the electricity provider myself and have to accept the gas deal picked by others.