The system was installed at tye time of build. I have a 9Kwh burner plumbed into a 700l thermal store running 9 rads and 2 UFH zones. Domestic LPG is one of the hardest to quantify in terms of price and with large fluctuation throughout the year. How much does it cost to use a hair dryer? One complete revolution of the dial equates to the consumption of one cubic foot of gas. We live in a 2 bedroom flat with a combi boiler, gas central heating and a gas oven. Calorific values vary and the figure quoted on your bill (eg 39.5 megajoules per cubic metre (MJ/m³)) will be an average of the gas supplied to your property (the regulations explain how this is calculated). The Citizens Advice consumer service can assist you with this and provide independent advice on energy supply. I'm paying in Somerset £100 for a cubic metre of hardwood logs. Hi we have just bought a house and it has LPG for its heating. Today i decided to go and check the meters. We use Shell Bulk LPG and our bill last week was. We have used the CO2eq factor of LPG, as both propane and butane are components of LPG and there is currently no specific GHG conversion factor for these Next door they are only spending £20 a week on gas, there are 5 people in the house always cooking so washing dishes, showering often before work and after gym etc, both houses have the same amount of heaters which are always on but not at full blast, due to the bad insulation in our homes.We have the same energy supplier so how on earth is our prepayment meter double that of next door? Click to find out. agreed I pay around £120 for a tipper load that's 2.4Cum that's seasoned soft wood. Gas is generally cheaper for heating and hot water. Savings depend on how much tea you drink! They have issued new contracts this time, although when they increased the cost in December 2013 they simply issued a letter. It's 39.375 ppl including the VAT, fixed for 1 year with a max cap of 3ppl on the 2nd year plus £300 free gas. Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. Hi everyone,Just want know if it is legal to install an electric cable to supply next door. 3.02 pounds per kWh for any fuel type would completely crazy, so I'm fairly sure it must be for a volume measure. The conversion factor from cubic feet to cubic metres is 0.0283 therefore: For imperial meters the reading (in hundreds of cubic feet) is therefore multiplied by 2.83 to convert to cubic metres (if the reading to the supplier was provided in cubic feet then this should be multiplied by 0.0283). As the comment above states, it is legal, and seemingly every wrong. Currency: Compare to: Source: Thomson Reuters Datastream; The Wall Street Journal; World Bank. Our recent bill with flogas is more than 68 pence per litre which does not compare favourably with the prices for Bulk LPG in your chart. if he is paying more than 40p tell him to get in touch with me at LPG Compare and i will get him a better deal. For example calculating the energy use of a known power output TV is very easy compared to calculating the effect on energy savings when insulating a cavity wall. We are also adding carbon dioxide emission data. Operate Less often, clean filters, part dry clothes? Switch! A New History of Life by Peter Ward and Joe Kirschvink, All calculations on this site are based on current fuel prices they are checked regularly and calculations are automatically updated. generally Yes. Click to find out. This volume depends up on temperature and pressure. You have to go through the hassle of getting a "quote" (just put in phoney numbers, say 3000 kWh per annum). £ 17.58 per unit (1 kWh) for electricity, last updated 8 June 2019 £ 4.31 per unit (1 kWh) for gas, last updated 8 June 2019 For some time now I have been looking for a site that compares the cost of different energy sources by kWh and yours meets all these needs. This is without question the leading independent site for energy information. New Methods to store energy for Grid Electricity? How much CO2 is emitted to run a washing machine? I will crunch the number tomorrow. Actually I am not sure it is legal. Could you tell me if 36 pence per unit with LPG is expensive? Could you help please? Is this expensive or is it average ? I'm pretty sure the meter was upgraded to metric a bit before we left last year, I thought maybe they'd confused the imperial/metric conversion but the bill states metric units used...converte. But one has to offset the initial capital cost of more expensive equipment, boilers and water heaters. These figures equate to 8.9 KWh/Kg for smokeless coal and 4.8 KWh/Kg for wood pellets. I wouldn't usually leave a comment but was so happy to finally find, (as the person above who mentioned the same,), a website that gave average energy prices per KWh. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. This was recommended to us by the heating engineer who installed the system and we've run it that way ever since then including through the very cold winter of '10/'11 and I'm certain that we didn't get through that much gas then. Kind regards. I am struggling to believe that my gas and electricity bills are genuine and am worried we are paying for upstairs as well. I find that we are using 3500 litres of kerosene a year which with our 80% efficient boiler 28000 KwH or somethong over £2000 per year. Is there a different rate for commercial business.Regard. The best that can be achieved is to have an average for each major fuel type. So I make the unit cost per kWh around 7p for hardwood. Here is an Example article with the functionality, but you will need to log in to see how it works. This step is not required for metric meters as they are read directly in cubic metres. Prices effective from 1 May 2020. Savings depend on size, age and rating. The number of kWh is then be multiplied by the price per kilowatt hour as detailed on your gas bill. This is the single simplest way of saving money. We have been using LPG for the past 30 years and think that we have been ripped off for the past 30 years. Hi, re my last posting, the flat is approx 120 msq (not 1200 msq, oops). Is this normal?? We have a Victorian home, with loft conversion & cellar (10 radiators) The loft is insulated to the hilt (over & above recommendations for building regs approval) We have a combi boiler. This entirely independent site is researched and maintained by volunteers, if you can please help us with a small donation to continue the work :). To set your own rate for this site you need to log in. This still seems very high compared to the other comments who use FloGas? How much CO2 is emitted? Can i find comparison charts showing fuel prices and the associated standing charges.I am not convinced that so called comparison sites always show the real cheapest supplier when standing charges are included in the comparison. We will be happy to receive your suggestions and comments. As a total guess I would say 12,000kWh to 16,000kWh a year and roughly so about £600 to £800 a year with most of the use being in the winter.CheersRi, I've been reading the previous entries with interest. With gas however it is not so simple. Remember in winter cost are much higher for heating. The figure is then multiplied by 1.02264 as prescribed in the above regulations. I'm confused. Hi, I'm hoping you can clear something up for me. The following steps explain how to read your gas meter (imperial or metric) and convert this reading to kilowatt hours. Gas meters generally record the volume of gas consumed in cubic feet (ft³) or cubic metres (m³) although consumers are billed in kilowatt hours (kWh). Click to find out. Now my demand has been reduced so dramatically by wood and solar, the standing charge penalty appears to outweigh the oil premium. m 3 kWh MWh. Keep updating when possible.Thanks again. Flogas has reduced its cost to our community from 50ppl to 44ppl fixed for 12 months however it is tying us in for another 2 years. 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Yes a price update is due by the end of January, hope that is soon enoughCheersRic, Glad to have found the siteit takes most of the mystery out of the subject.The major suppliers as so reluctant to explain anything.It appears even their staff are kept in the dark (no pun intended)Thanks for the obvious work that has been undertaken.Happ, good question john.the prices are based on the cost of the fuel alone. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Kindest regards. Electric Charges and law on Resold Energy. We live in a three bedroom detached dormer bungalow and run our oil fired central heating for about 6 hours a day and less in summer. Could you please add night rate electricity (Economy 7) as this is important if you are not on mains gasThanks, they have all been updated, cheersRichard, Hi Mike yes this works and is still live. How much does it cost to use a hob? Of course it's used as much for aesthetics as for heating. We have done these calculations for the main fuel types. I have read that modern oil boilers are 95% efficient. Why and How is Energy Stored for Grid Electricity? This makes it very difficult to compare the actual costs for powering a heating system between different energy sources. (i don't understand how to apply the kwh rates to my usage, sorry), Hi Emmaat first glance it does not sound that mad, remembering that it is winter are the summer bills will be much lower. Our gas bill for the period Dec-Mar last year was an absolutely ridiculous £700!!! There's 2 of us in a 3 bedroomed ground floor flat in a converted victorian house, .