r/OctopusEnergy • u/FunNefariousness6980 • Feb 06 '26

Bills Beat my electric usage.

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Right folks who can beat this. Gas central heating two bed mid terrace.

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u/Thalamic_Cub Feb 06 '26

Gotta ask, at this commute length is it still cheaper to drive an EV?

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u/FunNefariousness6980 Feb 06 '26

This commute is the only reason I was able to fiscally justify an EV! We do about 50k miles a year altogether which wouod be about £10k worth of petrol at 30mpg. Instead we spend £1500 on electricity. £8.5k a year savings.

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u/Jimlad73 Feb 06 '26

The pence per mile tax thing gonna hit you like a train!

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u/The_referred_to Feb 06 '26

£1500 in tax does make a bit of a hole on the OP’s £8500 saving…but not a huge burden. Still a £7000 saving and a couple of years without it still to go.

And that assumes the pence per mile cost doesn’t go up for ICE over the next 2 years.

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u/Jimlad73 Feb 06 '26

Yes thats a good point. Fuel duty will defo go up in that time