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Well, certainly at night, so the winter duvet is on.

But here's the thing. Since the cap came in on 1st October I have been keeping a watch on my energy use. So far I have used about £41 gas and electricity = £115.50 for the whole month. If the average for the months from October to the end of March is £125 per month my winter bill in total will be £875 or somewhere close.

From April to the end of September this year I used £393.43 in gas and electricity.

My total bill for this year will probably be about £1270 ish.

Now comes the bonus: I have started to get the vouchers at £66 per month up to £400 and as an OAP I will get £300 winter fuel allowance. Take those figures off my fuel bill and all I will be paying is about £600 for everything energy wise.

I am also watching my food and household costs and my inflation is just a bit below 7%, mind you I do not buy "brands" or ready meals. Most stuff is fresh and home cooked, usually in batches.

Never mind at night, it was 7° here at 10am

I took my cardi off

I put on our winter duvet today, it’s suddenly got chilly at night. I’m making an effort this winter to make sure to read the electric and gas meters and phone in the readings. Meter readers rarely call to us or even put in a postcard, even though I’ve repeatedly told both companies that we are not a shop, the electricity people still have us down as one At least we won’t get the dreaded estimated bills if I do that, and we get up to €35 credit on our gas bill under our Household Benefits scheme. Also our TV licence is free. It all helps.

It's certainly getting colder. But so far, we've avoided putting the central heating on, and as the only gas we've used in the last month has been the hob, our last monthly gas bill was all of £7.46!!

Free TV licence, Osc? I've just paid £159!

As Frank said, we've also now started to receive our £66 per month Government Energy Support, which EonNext cheerfully knocked off our October direct debit reducing it to just £3.

I'm being really scrooge like these days
I used to leave lights on especially in the hall in an evening
I'm £150credit at the moment so that is good
I take no notice of media saying how much bills, will be because it's always average house they have. no idea what an average house is
But I am at the moment putting my heating on some nights 6till 9but on18and no higher if I'm still paying my bill next summer so be it
Things are going to get worse any way

saundra wrote:I used to leave lights on especially in the hall in an evening

Saundra, if you can get someone to make sure the bulb in the hall is a LED bulb then it's not expensive to keep it on (in fact it will be cheaper than the old fashioned filament bulbs used to be). Besides which, and most important, it's a safety issue as well - you need to see where you're going! So that's one thing I'd definitely not compromise on x

Ria I didn't mean I walk through the hall in the dark
I don't
I just like the light on in the hall on an evening
Thanks for your advice and concern

saundra wrote:Ria I didn't mean I walk through the hall in the dark
I don't
I just like the light on in the hall on an evening
Thanks for your advice and concern

You'd be fine leaving a LED bulb on in the evening; they draw very very little electricity. And it makes things feel cozier