Price of Electricity

[aussie]

Does anyone know the average cost per unit of electricity and what is the average cost per month for a 4 bedroom villa(occupied maybe 6 months per year mostly in summer).

[Alison]

Just had a look at our last 'catch up' bill from July last year. We have a 3 bed villa with A/C and pool heating and we used 9,683 units over the year 06/07. This gave us a bill for 2,336.52E over the year - no idea whether there are different charge bands as the bill doesn't mention that but a simple average would give 0.24E per unit? We pay 200E/month by direct debit.

[widge]

We have a 4/5 bed villa with aircon & pool heating. Typically the villa is occupied for 30 weeks a year.

The average monthly electricity bills over the past 4 years have been;

05 - 81 euros
06 - 126 euros
07 - 154 euros
08 - 180 euros

That's real inflation!

[e-richard]

Bet you wish you hadn't done those sums Widge !

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

[carolyn]

We also have a 4 bed villa that is occupied about 25 weeks a year mainly in the summer season, but without air-con, pool heating or any significant heating during the winter. We pay a standing order of 87E per month and used about 5795 units (from May 06-May07) which gives 0.185 E per unit (wonder why it is so different from your cost per unit Alison?) . This obviously shows the cost of air con and pool heating when compared to widge and Alison above, but should help aussie with his/her calculations.

[Al Garb]

The cost of electricity is made up of a standing charge, the potencia contratada and the units used. The p c covers the number of K Watts you can use at the same time before tripping the system. The higher this is, the higher you standing charge

[pato]

We have a 4/5 bed villa with aircon & pool heating. Typically the villa is occupied for 30 weeks a year.

The average monthly electricity bills over the past 4 years have been;

05 - 81 euros
06 - 126 euros
07 - 154 euros
08 - 180 euros

That's real inflation!

Bet that gave you a shock

[alf1956]

i have been told by a friend of mine that you can run your electricity meter on 2 tariffs that run at night which are similar to the economy 7 tarrif in the uk.
There are two options:
Ciclo Diário where the cheap rate is
2300 hrs through to 0900 in the summer
2200 hrs through to 0800 in the winter

Ciclo Semanal where the cheap rate is
2400 hrs through to 0700 on weekdays
all day Sunday
On Saturday it is cheap rate
2200 hrs through to 0900 and 1400 to 2000 during the summer
2200 hrs through to 0930 and 1300 to 1830 during the winter.
hope this will assist you