No leccy cars or heat pumps
Ive know the |£2500 ewas average use. They got my bill from average use
Would a smart meter help?
I've never bothered as no ones ever been able to explain the advantage to me beyond not having to send meter readings - which takes me about 2mins per month.
If I were you I'd look at what appliances you have and understand the cost of them. The general rule is that if it moves or heats up, it'll cost a fair bit.
e.g. a power shower is about 8-12000Kwh, so at 33p per Kwh, even an 8Kwh shower is £2.64 per hour at full power, which adds up if you've got older kids living with you.
A leccy oven may be around 5kwh at full power, so even at half power its over 80p per hour.
You've then got washers/dryers/dishwashers. Electric heaters are a killer too.
When the kids were around we'd regularly do 600 Kwh per month which we thought was a lot, but even on post October prices that's only around £230 a month. It sounds like they may have got their sums wrong.
Sorry to veer off topic, but I don't like it when people have bills that high. It helps keep my mind off the shitshow going on too.