Electric

I do have to admit to being a touch overboard. I have for the last year of so, tracked my electric useage working out rough daily averages.

For 12 months I listed in a small 1 bedroom flat, with electric heating and electric hot water. Everything was on a timer and when the cold snap of the last winter took hold, I turned on the storage heater in the kitchen, mainly for the snakes.

So I was tracking my electric and my last bill was averaging a rate of €1.31 day rate and €1.05 night rate. All my cooking was on the electric cooker and the snakes had small 20 watt heat mats.
I moved to a much larger flat, in fact the kitchen and bedroom of my old flat, may have fitted into the living room/kitchen of the new flat and I have 2 decent bedrooms as well. Same sort of setup, electric everything. Inn fact the new flat has a larger hot water tank with 2 immersions for the bath (I take showers so 1 is now off).

I got my first bill, which is for 36 days so slightly less. But I do also have my Bearded Dragon in with me and she has a 60 watt bulb on all day as she needs the heat. But the avaerages turned out to be €1.17 day rate and €0.93 night rate.

To be honest I was expecting the day rate to be much higher than the old flat. Makes me wonder was I having something else added to my bill that I knew nothing about.

And whilst I was at it, I compared my bill which is with the ESB, to the other two electric providers in Ireland. Bord Gais worked out at €90 even and Airtricity worked out at €87. Now to see if the landlord would be happy for me to change