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Typical electricity use costs for 3 bedroom apartment

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:14pm
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We are in a three-bedroom apartment, ground-floor, with double glazing, ceiling fans and air-con. After seven months our monthly Endesa electricity bills work out (so far) at around 76 euros.

We note that the VAT tax is 21% here compared with 5% in the UK and that taxes and other non-consumption elements make up about 48% of each bill!  And we know that electricity is far more expensive here than in the UK - who'd have thought, haha.

But is €76 a month a typical cost for this size apartment? Very interested in any comments.

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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:41pm

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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:41pm

We’re in a 2 bedroom duplex, no aircon or electric heating, only hot water service, LED lighting throughout and electric stove / cooktop.  We are with Iberdrola and our electricity is between 64,00 € to 72,00 € a month.  For your size and usage, and gauging against ours, I’d have to say that’s pretty normal 

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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:17pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:17pm

Thanks Dario!

My calculations (comparing the cost of the electric we have used here in Spain with the electricity we used/paid in the UK for the previous 12 months) suggest that we are paying 25c a Kwh here instead of 15p a Kwh in the UK (or equivalent to 17c a Kwh in the UK). That's a 47% increase. We had gas in the UK for heating and cooking and that cost 2.8p a Kwh.

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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:26pm

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Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:26pm

Yup.  Electricity is a bit pricey here 

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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 12:51am

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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 12:51am

chrisso50 wrote on Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:14pm:

We are in a three-bedroom apartment, ground-floor, with double glazing, ceiling fans and air-con. After seven months our monthly Endesa electricity bills work out (so far) at around 76 euros.

We note that the VAT tax is 21% here compared with 5% in the UK and that taxes and other non-cons...

...umption elements make up about 48% of each bill!  And we know that electricity is far more expensive here than in the UK - who'd have thought, haha.

But is €76 a month a typical cost for this size apartment? Very interested in any comments.

Hi,

We have an all electric 3 BR apt in Mojacar Playa.

We look at about 50-60€/ month but more in Summer with A/Cs & fans. We use a gas heater in Winter.

We are with Nordic having changed from Endesa with little change in costs most of which is Standing Charge.

Season's Greetings,

Bob and Sandra

Mojacar Playa & Puerto Lumbreras

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