A caveat before we begin - we're actually doing really well on electricity/gas compared to many people. I'm not actually sure why - but maybe discussing it here will help.
We are currently spending about £450/year on each of gas and electricity. A total of £900/year, or £75/month. (1,800 kWh of electricity, 10,000 kWh of gas)
When the cap changes at the start of April this will change to £678/year on electricity and £829/year on gas. A total of about £1500/year or £125/month
Checking with friends, and looking online, this is *really* low. Like "1 bedroom flat" low.
Now, I did set up Hive temperature controlled valves on the radiators, so that we're only heating the rooms we need to. We use Hive, with the rooms having schedules for when they're generally used (bedrooms 7pm-7am, living room 5pm-8pm, my office 9am-4pm) and heating only being turned on in rooms that we're using - and only up to 19.5° ( a compromise between Jane and I - she'd rather it be lower, I like it mediterranean). But can that really be saving us *that* much money?
I also had assumed that our electricity usage would be higher. As we're not great at turning off lights, have an induction cooker, run multiple washes per week to keep the children in clothes, etc. And have a ridiculous TV. And yet somehow it's not high. I really do wonder why.
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