Whats your energy bill like?

rob316

The winter energy bills are starting to go out now, just got my electric for Nov, Dec. €365 before €200 gov. credit, biggest I ever got. 2 adults, 2 kids, terrace house.

Anyone else get theirs?

Jim 77

€637 (€437 after Government credit) for a household of 6 adults. Our largest ever bill euro wise but not our largest bill energy consumption wise. Almost 50c per kWH, it's mad!!!

blade1

Anyone with electric Ireland should have got €50 credit on top of the €200

GIMP

Got gas bill in 578e, bloody huge bill from Electric Ireland, biggest ever! Also cannot gain access to account I cannot reset pin, anyone having issues similar?

fits

About 600 quid but have 400 in credit. We run an ev and an air source heat pump and all our cooking is electric also.

Lucy8080

They can have the postman back or the energy bill back! We are in hostage negotiations here! I'll keep ya updated!

Mav11

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120077296#Comment_120077296

Also cannot gain access to account I cannot reset pin, anyone having issues similar?

Logged in this morning, no issues on this end.

SoapMcTavish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120077296#Comment_120077296

Use a different browser.

pauly58

Just had the bill from EI, €229.36. Two adults in a timber framed bungalow, oil central heating. That includes a long over night charge for my son's Tesla !

To be honest I was expecting higher, that's for 478 units. It leaves us €38.84 in credit after the credits are taken off.

rob316

I'm **** it over the gas bill next month to be honest.

SCOTT.B

Gas is €680 for the xmas period. Used a bit more heating than last year but last years was €220. Too big a jump!!!

This was Bord Gais with 40% discount.

And we have just changed supplier to 18% discount and higher rates so next years will be nearer €1000. It’s insane, what a rip off but there’s nothing you can do..

Bord gais were offering us a new rate double what i am currently on - (13.44 v 7.39KWH)…can’t imagine the bills with this….

ELECTRICITY is a similar story but at least we get €200 towards that for now…

Count Dracula

It is coloured very decoratively with lots of numerical information, it almost looks like a service command from Battlestar Gallactica. Mainly turqoise hues on black and white, with lines and bold typing.

The rear contains a steadfast hinted and branded colour formation, with similarly placed free numbers and warning signs. It has my name and address written on the top left hand corner.

Disappointing overall, my house feels warm and pleasant.

zell12

Are folk not being more conservative with energy usage in the last six months? Not just because of cost but also because of potential blackouts. I know I've cut back considerably, but then I notice neighbours have lights celebrating Christ's birthday festooning their garden that can be seeing from space

Sgt Hartman

Gas bill arrived on Tuesday and was €312. That's three times the price it was last year for the same usage. I haven't turned on the gas since. Myself and the OH have been wearing thick night gowns and slippers in the house since. I've got a coal and log fire burning in the evenings also.

studefromtrinners

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120078498#Comment_120078498

My bills haven't changed at all either. I love burning coal and log's. Nothing like a roaring fire. And it firing up the chimney. Friend of mine has no fireplace. He bought one of those modern house's with a heat pump. He says it's not the same heat at all. A dry dead heat. While the open fire is a warm soulful heat.

I'll never stop burning coal and log's, I've enough dried timber to get me through the next four winter's + My son's a tree surgeon. So it's rotating all the time. Stacked and rotated according to the season.

Keep on burning that stuff, it's great for the heat. Everyone should be able to have a stove or open fire.

Long live Prometheus.... the god of fire:) carbon's needed for the plants anyhow.

cena

with the government 200 and electric Ireland 50 euro credit, My bill should be covered in full, so free

fits

Yeah it’s terrible being able to stroll around in bare feet comfortably 24/7. No ash to clean. No particulates damaging the lungs.

whatawaster81

My electric was 200 self read as I missed the meter reader. Live alone in a bungalow, So covered by the credit. I've gas heating though so dreading that coming.

CoBo55

Electricity was a shocker 518, I had the two government payments plus 200 I had paid towards it leaving me with 90 odd credit, unfortunately it's my last bill getting 40% discount from BG. I'm going on to an 18% discount on the 18th which is a unit rate of 39.5c I'm dreading the bill in March tbh, it's really stressing me out😡😡. I think this year will be extremely difficult for people as their high percentage discounts end, I know it will be for me. Hard to believe this time last year I was joining BG @ 16c per unit.

igCorcaigh

My electricity bill was €290 for December, €360 for November. There's an issue with the heating system 😬

Fred Cryton

925 gas bill for Nov & dec with Energia. Ridiculous. To be fair we had it on about 12 hours a day but that was needed in this house during the cold period.

Eamon Ryan taking 75 quid of that through the carbon tax. I'm sure that will offset the 43 coal powered power plants opening in China over the next few years...

Alun

With the two lots of €200 credit recently I haven't paid anything for my last two electric bills and my account is still €90 in credit. My Energia contract with a hefty 40% discount runs out in a couple of weeks time though so it'll certainly start to go up then unfortunately.

Leg End Reject

Both bills were due last month, electricity was €158 and gas was €254. The next bills will cover the Christmas holiday period so both were used more, but the government credit will cover the electricity so it will even out. I really notice the gas increase moreso than the electricity.

igCorcaigh

Comparing Electric Ireland's SST plan v's Night Boost, the latter is cheaper across all bands.

Why would anyone choose SST over Night Boost??

https://www.electricireland.ie/switch/new-customer/price-plans?priceType=E

Hippodrome Song Owl

My family home's electricity bills are just shocking. The most recent bill from EI at end of December was €545. The usage is so high - double the published national average - and always has been. Currently 3 adults (2 elderly) living there, just 2 for most of the week. I don't think there is anything unusual in their usage but bills have always been astronomical.

jay0109

Elec bill just in, actual readings both ends. 2 months for 251e excluding the Govt credits.

Unit rate is just over 31c after discount.

Family of 6, 1,700 sq ft house. Gas heating and stove in living room.

Happy enough with the bill though it is a big rise on previous years

allinthehead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120078974#Comment_120078974

What's the standing charge on both?

French Toast

Relatively large bungalow. Built in the last 2 years. Air to water heat pump with underfloor heating and fúck loads of insulation.

We're billed every 2 months. Electric bill was €187 for October and November. Might be a tad higher for December and January as it has been cooler.

It falls to a pittance in the summer time.

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120079110#Comment_120079110

Ah, that explains it. €303 vs €397!

vafankillar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120078533#Comment_120078533

wait, whats the electric ireland 50 euro credit?

igCorcaigh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120079167#Comment_120079167

You should have received €50 credit from EI recently. Everyone has.

Paul MCM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120079167#Comment_120079167

https://www.electricireland.ie/news/article/electric-ireland-winter-credit

€50 credit for all customers

SCOOP 64

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120079167#Comment_120079167

You will get it automatically from Electric Ireland ,my is already in my account just checked , so with government credit I'm now €250 in credit, bill due in 2 weeks, should be a big one with Christmas.

Shauna677

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120078686#Comment_120078686

Oh jaysus €925 Gas bill....... Insane

fits

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120079135#Comment_120079135

That’s good. I feel like the settings on our heat pump might be wrong. 1800 sq ft extension built in 2017 but it’s linked to a cottage and not airtight at that end. We are on a much better rate than most at moment with 27 cents day and 8 night rate with 50% use on night rate. Electricity accounts for almost all our energy usage though. EV does 30k km a year.

Muahahaha

Last bill was a decent 156 covering October/November so with the 200 credit Im 44 quid ahead. Main reason for that is I switched in August to Energias Electric Vehicle plan which is a fixed rate so I avoided all the price increases in October and there is more price rises to come soon so I'll gladly be exempt from those too. I dont even own an electric car so was over the moon to discover that hack as some people are paying 25 cents a unit for night units and almost 50 cents for day ones.

Day rate on the electric vehicle plan is 31 cents and the night rate a bargain 9 cents and Ive now shifted 40% of my usage to night rate with the dishwasher, washing machine only switched on at 11pm and with the hot water heated 2-4am as well. Have an air to air heat pump which is far more efficient than normal electric heating so that helps too and then I supplement it with burning oak logs in the stove a couple of nights a week. Burning logs works out a good bit more expensive than using electricity but you cant beat the comfort of a fire so its well worth it.

CoBo55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120079141#Comment_120079141

That's absolutely scandalous, it was the only plan I was considering moving to, I should have known better, typical EI behaviour.

snowgal

Still nothing here yet, dreading it!! We’ve been careful enough, bar that really cold spell, as live in an ancient house! But looking at these, I’m scared!

appledrop

We got our gas bill over €500 for Nov, Dec but that doesn't cover the Christmas period, stopped just before that.

To be honest I thought it would be worse, we have big enough house and heating was on a lot during that freezing cold period.

No electricity bill yet but that's usually a lot less as our heating, hot water, hob etc all runs off gas.

My husband has just informed me that the current bill is based on 'old rates' not 'new rates' can't wait for next bill so!

igCorcaigh

Electric Ireland has increased their prices over the last few months at different times it seems. Does anyone know off hand what percentage higher they are now compared to this time last year? Might depend on the plan I suppose...

I pre-paid 200 euros into my gas account when I got paid in December. Bill due middle of this month.

Shauna677

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120083751#Comment_120083751

As far as i know all providers increased their charges in October.

vixdname

Two months electricity with Energia €175, paid for by the €200 government subsidy and my gas bill was €110 for 2 months.

Gas during the summer was €30 avg. - for 2 months !

3 Bed semi, 2 adults and 2 kids.

House recently renovated and I spent a lot of money insulating all external facing internal walls by adding insulated plasterboards, cavity walls pumped and attic reinsulated.

I took up the old floating floor boards, dug out the old under floors, added radon barrier and fully insulated the whole downstairs floor before repouring the concrete, upper part of the floor then covered it in the gold foil under laminate insulation.

I got rid of the electric shower and attached a shower mixer to the gas combi boiler I installed, when you shower, just turn on the tap and there is always hot water there heated by the gas, the gas only turns on when you turn on the shower tap and goes off then when you turn off the shower, no electricity eating shower at all.

By the sounds of some of the posts here the insulation is paying for itself already !

HBC08

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120078171#Comment_120078171

Christmas lights cost the average household an extra €20 at Christmas even in todays overinflated market.

If you're trying to conserve electricity by watching how many lights you have on you don't understand how it works.

homosapien91

Last elec bill for Oct/Nov was 238 and we had our 200 credit so not too bad. Next gas bill is due end of Jan, absolutely dreading it reading these comments

KilOit

EI gas bill of €340 Nov/Dec. unit price is 13cents and when I joined it was 5cent, so pretty massive increase.

Have a Newborn now so the next 2 month bill should be a lot higher, heating being used daily now.

Electricity is mostly covered by the Government handouts

5uspect

Electricity usage is about 600 kWh or €200 over the last two months this year and last. The energy payment has covered my costs this winter.

Would use about 3000 kWh (€270 last year) of gas during November – January period typically but this winter that was around 2100 kWh. Gas bill was €230 over the two months.

The house was built in 2019 and has a A3 BER and I’ve made an effort to reduce gas burn this year. Put some wireless sensors around the house that connect to thermostat so I can keep it warm where needed during the day. We’re away this week and the heating is off. The house has dropped from 20°C on Monday to 16°C while away.

We switched from BG to EI this autumn.

El Gato De Negocios

Got a bill for €950 yesterday with EI, thats after the €250 credits, period was 6th November to 6th January. Its a brand new build, approx 2750 sq foot with air to water heating and underfloor heating upstairs and down. We only moved in on the 22nd of December and Im still waiting on the supplier of the A2W system to come out and commission the heating system. I believe it was running way too high for a few weeks before we move in so hopefully once its commissioned we will see a large reduction.

Electricity: 189 euros for 63 days November to January. Smart meter so reading each time. Just myself in an apartment - bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room. Gas heating but sometimes I use the fake stove electric heater too. Guest bedroom obviously idle most of the time. Happy with that. Credit covered it.

It's a fecking freezing apartment though so the gas is gonna be the scary one.

Dslatt

Not pleasant, I've a heap of things that need fixing around the house and I'm stone broke from electricity and heating.

Vicxas

€225 euro for Nov-Jan, credit from Government covered it and tbf the Christmas Tree lights and the like it isnt so bad.