Utilita – Is this normal for the 'cost of living crisis'?

[Guest]

Advice please, I'm with Utilita for gas and electricity. I 'pay as you go' and am on average paying £7 per day for electricity and £7 for gas (this is only 2 hours of heating a day).

They said I'm on the lowest tariff, should I move to paying monthly?

Is this normal for the 'cost of living crisis'?

It's around £400 a month?

[Hannah]

I'm paying £135 for gas electric boardband home phone and mobile in school 3bed house. 400 would cause serious problems for me.

[Tracy]

My bill this month for gas electric broadband and my mobile is £140

[Sylvia]

I’m with octopus and that sounds extortionate pay as you go always works out more expensive. I’d change to non pre pay meters. It’s expensive but not 400 a month expensive yet anyway.

[Sonia]

My mum pays the same and i phoned up the company to see if she was on the lower rate to be told there is no low rate at the moment just 1 rate for everyone!

[Sarah]

That’s definitely not right! I on British Gas pay as you go and I pay around £130 for electric and £140 for gas and I have two that work from home!

[Amanda]

I'm in a 3 bed house and my gas is £140 and electric is £60 a month. We use a lot of electrical devices, I use my cooker and washing machine daily. Heating is in 4hours and water heating an hour daily.

[Sarah]

I pay £144 a month gas and electric combined. Tbh I haven't really used heating all winter though I bought a £17 fan heater in tesco put that on in the room we're in if needed n then then it off again x

[Sarah]

I am on pre payment meter using about £125 a month on both with SSE… that’s not right! In peak of winter mine was £160 a month. 3 bed house never turn hot water off