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I did, and while immediately was miffed when I thought it through my bills are less than 2/3 of the fix until April. I’ll pay higher rates April to August when my fix would have ended anyway however usage will be significantly lower. I’d probably still be better off than sticking with the fix.

24 month fixes might be a bit different.

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In the present economic disaster, most of us are "vulnerable".

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Screwed more like

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I think 6 months makes more sense. It gets you past the winter and then you can reassess the situation in the spring when things are warmer.

Hopefully, it gives the government time to devise a more targeted scheme as well. I like the idea of the taper which means the subsidy gets lower the more energy you use apart from people that have special requirements, i.e machines to manage a disability, which should IMO be supported entirely by the government anyway.

They should also do the windfall tax on producers, makes the policy much cheaper.

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Just for information/discussion

Our Energy bill for late September/October last year was £107, using 441Kwh of Electricity and 772Kwh of Gas (£82 for Electricity, £25 for Gas)

The bill for the same period (just received) this year is £190, using 382Kwh of Electricity and 453Kwh of Gas (£137 for Electricity, £53 for Gas)

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...8&d=1666960583

So, we used 13% less Electricity and 41% less Gas, but paid 77% more…

:shocked:

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Sitting around in a big jumper and long johns sure costs a lot these days:(

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After 4 weeks' silence, Scottish Power has increased my DD from £152pm to £250.

My account does not show that I gave a meter reading at the end of last month, nor does it tell me the rates they are charging now.

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Crikey, do you live in a hut ?
My electricity and gas use is higher than that.

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Before this crisis, i wouldn’t see any change from £5K a year. For my Gas+Elec.

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Four Bedroom Detached.

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Ours was normally about £1500 for the year (gas & electricity)

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Why so high, are you running dozens of bitcoin miners or growing......stuff? :D

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Before the rises 6 plants under 1600watts cost £250 a crop now you are looking at £750 to £1000 but would still clear 7K so I am told haha

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Hopefully this will help the Bub customers who have been worried by the uncertainty of being without a stable supplier.and ...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/u...lion-customers

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I'm a very happy Bulb customer with how it operates so I hope Octopus is the same.

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I have been with Octopus for several years and have been very satisfied by the way they operate. I even gave in and had them install the dreaded smart meters, the website details they display have been a great help in my efforts to bring down our useage over the last few months.

The smart meters themselves have been hidden away by John since I became errrrrr 'mildly' obsessed working out energy/appliance useage figures. The spreadsheet I created was impressive though. :D