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timun · 03-25-2022, 12:47 PM

With the talk I've heard in the press and amongst friends and colleagues about super-high energy bills I put together a few quick and dirty charts in Excel. Over the last two years:

I had a 5.89¢/kWh electricity contract until the end of 2020, went floating for about a month (which appeared over the course of the first couple 2021 bills), had a contract for 6.29¢/kWh until November 2021, and went on my current 6.69¢/kWh contract thereafter.

I was paying the floating rate for gas, plus a $0.99/GJ transaction fee, until I switched to a $4.09/GJ contract last November. The floating gas rate plus transaction fee exceeded $4.09/GJ in March, July, August, October and November 2021, hence the switch to fixed.

My highest electricity bills were February, March and May of 2021 ($86.64, $78.41 and $80.67, respectively) and last month ($77.01). That said, they were also far and away the months with the highest consumption (437, 394, 394 and 343 kWh).

My highest gas bills were March 2021, January 2022 and February 2022 ($199.57, $202.57 and $161.75). Unsurprisingly these are also three of the highest months of consumption (19.67, 17.61 and 13.49 GJ), but I had also used 13.87 GJ in March 2020 and 13.71 GJ in February 2021, with lower bills ($117.20 and $131.19). The difference is that prices in March 2020 and February 2021 were only $1.75/GJ and $2.50/GJ, whereas I pay $4.09/GJ now, carbon tax is a little higher (was $1.0499523/GJ in March 2020, $1.5762711/GJ in February 2021, $2.1025899/GJ now, and $2.6289087/GJ beginning April 1 this year), and distribution costs have gone up.

The average bills in 2020, 2021 and 2022 (so far) are:

Electricity Gas
2020 $64.21 $87.16
2021 $60.94 $102.59
2022 $59.78 $167.14

The gas bill averages are skewed because 2020 doesn't include January and February, which would undoubtedly skew the average higher, and 2022 obviously only includes Jan-Feb-March. I don't have A/C so my electricity consumption usually peaks in the winter rather than summer, and so far so good on that end, even with my electricity price having gone up about 13% in the last two years.

The overall point of this is energy costs haven't really hit me hard in the pocketbook in the last few months, and this should be all the evidence one needs to sign a contract and get off the much more expensive regulated rates.

03-25-2022, 12:47 PM	#386
timun First Line Centre Join Date: May 2012 Exp:	With the talk I've heard in the press and amongst friends and colleagues about super-high energy bills I put together a few quick and dirty charts in Excel. Over the last two years: I had a 5.89¢/kWh electricity contract until the end of 2020, went floating for about a month (which appeared over the course of the first couple 2021 bills), had a contract for 6.29¢/kWh until November 2021, and went on my current 6.69¢/kWh contract thereafter. I was paying the floating rate for gas, plus a $0.99/GJ transaction fee, until I switched to a $4.09/GJ contract last November. The floating gas rate plus transaction fee exceeded $4.09/GJ in March, July, August, October and November 2021, hence the switch to fixed. My highest electricity bills were February, March and May of 2021 ($86.64, $78.41 and $80.67, respectively) and last month ($77.01). That said, they were also far and away the months with the highest consumption (437, 394, 394 and 343 kWh). My highest gas bills were March 2021, January 2022 and February 2022 ($199.57, $202.57 and $161.75). Unsurprisingly these are also three of the highest months of consumption (19.67, 17.61 and 13.49 GJ), but I had also used 13.87 GJ in March 2020 and 13.71 GJ in February 2021, with lower bills ($117.20 and $131.19). The difference is that prices in March 2020 and February 2021 were only $1.75/GJ and $2.50/GJ, whereas I pay $4.09/GJ now, carbon tax is a little higher (was $1.0499523/GJ in March 2020, $1.5762711/GJ in February 2021, $2.1025899/GJ now, and $2.6289087/GJ beginning April 1 this year), and distribution costs have gone up. The average bills in 2020, 2021 and 2022 (so far) are: Electricity Gas 2020 $64.21 $87.16 2021 $60.94 $102.59 2022 $59.78 $167.14 The gas bill averages are skewed because 2020 doesn't include January and February, which would undoubtedly skew the average higher, and 2022 obviously only includes Jan-Feb-March. I don't have A/C so my electricity consumption usually peaks in the winter rather than summer, and so far so good on that end, even with my electricity price having gone up about 13% in the last two years. The overall point of this is energy costs haven't really hit me hard in the pocketbook in the last few months, and this should be all the evidence one needs to sign a contract and get off the much more expensive regulated rates.