Whats your energy bill like?

rob316 · 06-01-2023 6:22pm #1

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 · 07-01-2023 4:07am

€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 · 07-01-2023 4:11am

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

GIMP · 07-01-2023 5:59am

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 · 07-01-2023 10:10am

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 · 07-01-2023 11:42am

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

Mav11 · 07-01-2023 11:48am

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 · 07-01-2023 1:29pm

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

Use a different browser.

pauly58 · 07-01-2023 1:56pm

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 · 07-01-2023 2:01pm

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

SCOTT.B · 07-01-2023 2:02pm

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 · 07-01-2023 2:06pm

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 · 07-01-2023 2:38pm

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 · 07-01-2023 4:20pm

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 · 07-01-2023 4:30pm

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 · 07-01-2023 4:33pm

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

fits · 07-01-2023 4:34pm

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 · 07-01-2023 4:44pm

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 · 07-01-2023 5:08pm

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 · 07-01-2023 5:25pm

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

Fred Cryton · 07-01-2023 5:32pm

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 · 07-01-2023 5:45pm

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 · 07-01-2023 6:13pm

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 · 07-01-2023 7:06pm

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 · 07-01-2023 7:27pm

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.