Show energy usage by month as a % of UK average on the online account

Hi Guys, that is exactly what I meant. An average of 5 years by month is perfect.. Thank you.

There is no reason that the energy companies  don't automatically provide this data other than either they cant be bothered or they don't want everyone to know.

The decrease in consumption driven by cost is obvious but still interesting information.

The five year average is great, do I understand that is for only electricity and if so do we have the same data for gas?

Colin W

… and for the more visually-oriented:
  

 

The source is the dataset referred to earlier, from Energy Trends and Prices statistical release: 28 February 2023 - GOV.UK, using averages for the years 2018-2022.

In an unrelated note, this comment to the dataset is remarkable:

Domestic sales decreased 6.5 per cent in the three months to January 2023 compared to the same period the previous year. This decrease was likely due to high electricity prices as demand did not follow temperature patterns as would typically be expected. November 2022 had milder average temperatures, while December's average temperatures were substantially lower than in 2021, and January's were similar; however, domestic consumption was lower than 2021 in all three months.

 

What does your actual consumption look like if plotted on the graph? 

Here is our actual for electricity. Driven quite a lot based on whether we are actually at home. The OVO DD calculator is never going to find our usage easy to follow 😊 

A bit below the Ofgem Typical Consumption value of 2900kWh

Month    kWh    % Consumption
Jan-22    257.15    0.101229397
Feb-22    199.91    0.078696359
Mar-22    238.87    0.094033311
Apr-22    229.61    0.09038803
May-22    179.54    0.070677526
Jun-22    141.24    0.055600389
Jul-22    161.85    0.0637137
Aug-22    91.41    0.035984364
Sep-22    132.12    0.052010219
Oct-22    224.92    0.088541769
Nov-22    378.84    0.149133753
Dec-22    304.81    0.119991182
Total    2540.27    
 

It’s fascinating to introduce a bit of real-life to the picture:
  

  
Not really far off what you might expect. August - summer holidays, so fridge/freezer and not much else? I can’t imagine what you were up to in that ‘milder than normal’ November, though 😉

Ooh… can you add mine?

Here is our actual for electricity.

 

It’s fascinating to introduce a bit of real-life to the picture:
  

  
Not really far off what you might expect. August - summer holidays, so fridge/freezer and not much else? I can’t imagine what you were up to in that ‘milder than normal’ November, though 😉

Yep interesting. 

So I think a lot of  working at home that month (my partner has an electric heater on when working at home in the daytime quite often), her staying home more due to rail strikes and making sure i was OK after my skin cancer operation. 

Family came to stay. 

I see we didn't have the gas central heating on as much so our gas was less than the previous year in November. 

Nov    930.79 kWh    680.97 kWh

Jan 1263.3kWh  15.1 %

Feb. 978.7.  11.7

Mar.  903.46   10.8

Apr.  718.64.    8.6

May.  453.9.     5.4

Jun.   380.9.    4.6

Jul.     353.0.    4.2

Aug.   412.5.    5.0

Sep.    441.49.   5.2

Oct.     476.51.    5.7

Nov.    709.4.     8.5

Dec.    1265.55.   15.2

That's with EV (though low mileage) heat pump, elec cooker

Will this do?
  

What a difference sunshine makes!

Fab, those cold days really do cost…!

Here are my

Just for fun, I added the equivalent figures derived from OVO’s DD calculator for comparison:
  

 

Some of the differences are quite marked, so I’m still wondering what OVO base their calculations on.

 

Electricity figures taken direct from my DD page for comparison

Month    £ Elec DD    %
Jan-22    112.23    0.103833984
Feb-22    97.39    0.090104176
Mar-22    100.12    0.092629943
Apr-22    72.93    0.067474048
May-22    76.85    0.07110079
Jun-22    71.75    0.066382325
Jul-22    74.98    0.069370686
Aug-22    77.78    0.071961216
Sep-22    83.86    0.077586366
Oct-22    94.54    0.087467387
Nov-22    104.34    0.096534241
Dec-22    114.09    0.105554836

                  1080.86    1