Energy Suppliers

hughtrimble · 14 Jan 2021 at 17:12

~Mike~ said:
Electric or gas? I already pay a standing charge for electric.

Only electric in the email, but that's because they don't think I'm with them for gas (which makes no sense as yesterday they said I'd only been incorrectly transferred away for electricity...)

It's a tiny reduction p/kWh from 13.12 to 12.91 BUT daily standing charge increasing from 14.00 to 22.00.

PiKe · 14 Jan 2021 at 20:22

hughtrimble said:
Only electric in the email, but that's because they don't think I'm with them for gas (which makes no sense as yesterday they said I'd only been incorrectly transferred away for electricity...)

It's a tiny reduction p/kWh from 13.12 to 12.91 BUT daily standing charge increasing from 14.00 to 22.00.

Thats a good unit rate.

You'll be hard pressed to find anyone under 20p a day standing charge.

hughtrimble · 14 Jan 2021 at 21:24

PiKe said:
Thats a good unit rate.

You'll be hard pressed to find anyone under 20p a day standing charge.

It's the hefty increase in the context of the terrible experience I've had thus far which is the issue. They aren't expensive though, that's for sure.

brightside229 · 15 Jan 2021 at 09:55

Was with Tonik last year when they went bust i think in november? Still waiting for final credit/balance update so i can leave my new supplier that i was automatically put on - Scottish power. In the mean time i am paying a higher rate :/

Semple · 15 Jan 2021 at 10:40

PiKe said:
Thats a good unit rate.

You'll be hard pressed to find anyone under 20p a day standing charge.

Green have quite a cheap standing charge (oak tariff).

I was looking at Utility Point, but their standing charges are through the roof. I'd be paying an extra £6/mth in SC alone for gas/elec between Green and utility point.

New tariff cost for Green is 15.41p/kWh versus UP at 13.56p/kWh. They've left gas at 3.229p/kWh.

Greens not the cheapest for me anymore, but only by about £4 a month. I think i'll keep an eye on the market over the next couple of months and see if any cheap deals pop up.

PiKe · 15 Jan 2021 at 10:52

Semple said:
Green have quite a cheap standing charge (oak tariff).

I was looking at Utility Point, but their standing charges are through the roof. I'd be paying an extra £6/mth in SC alone for gas/elec between Green and utility point.

New tariff cost for Green is 15.41p/kWh versus UP at 13.56p/kWh. They've left gas at 3.229p/kWh.

Greens not the cheapest for me anymore, but only by about £4 a month. I think i'll keep an eye on the market over the next couple of months and see if any cheap deals pop up.

Referral swung it for me with UP

Semple · 15 Jan 2021 at 11:05

PiKe said:
Referral swung it for me with UP

Are you on a fixed tariff with UP?

I probably need to modify my spreadsheet to add in whether a referral bonus would make it any cheaper. If it's £50 for a fixed 12 month tariff, then that's £4.16 a month to reduce the cost with. I guess that'll almost soften the increase in SC.

PiKe · 15 Jan 2021 at 11:07

Semple said:
Are you on a fixed tariff with UP?

I probably need to modify my spreadsheet to add in whether a referral bonus would make it any cheaper. If it's £50 for a fixed 12 month tariff, then that's £4.16 a month to reduce the cost with. I guess that'll almost soften the increase in SC.

Yeah its the fixed one, but its the one where you pay double feb-july then a lesser amount in winter.

the shadow · 15 Jan 2021 at 15:16

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/n...-customers-struggling-to-get-credit-refunds-/

413x · 15 Jan 2021 at 15:30

Currently with green and got the email for price hike.

Not sure reading the thread if there are?

the shadow · 15 Jan 2021 at 15:36

413x said:
Currently with green and got the email for price hike.

Not sure reading the thread if there are?

Yes

413x · 15 Jan 2021 at 15:37

the shadow said:
Yes

Not sure if there are.... Any better deals?

Whoops, premature post

the shadow · 15 Jan 2021 at 15:50

413x said:
Not sure if there are.... Any better deals?

Whoops, premature post

https://energycompare.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Cheapest isn't always the best

Jonnycoupe · 15 Jan 2021 at 17:15

postmanfw said:
Is anyone on the Octopus tracker tariff where the rate is variable on a daily basis?

Going on to it till can get them to fit a smart meter so i can then go onto the Agile tariff where rate changes every 30 mins.

Bet you regret that if you are Agile now?!

jpaul · 15 Jan 2021 at 17:23

PiKe said:
Yeah its the fixed one, but its the one where you pay double feb-july then a lesser amount in winter.

wow ...that's new to me, so they are putting your money in the bank in the meantime

Semple said:
I probably need to modify my spreadsheet to add in whether a referral bonus would make it any cheaper.

It was the case that green.energy with their low standing charge were cheaper by £50-£100, so you didn't need to play referral games,
that buisness model appealed to me, has no one taken up that baton.

postmanfw · 15 Jan 2021 at 20:28

Jonnycoupe said:
Bet you regret that if you are Agile now?!

Thankfully I was able to jump to a 17p a unit tariff after the first high day on tracker tariff which was 26.5p....it was 33.3p yesterday and over 29p today...crazy prices.

supply and demand.

jpaul · 15 Jan 2021 at 21:32

I thought Agile peaks at 35pKwh - that's what put me off.

jpaul said:
seem multiple comments of expense over last little while capped 35pkwh over 3hr window https://www.speakev.com/threads/octopus-agile.147169/page-43
because, of weather, low carbon options less productive

the shadow · 20 Jan 2021 at 18:04

Neon Reef anyone with them ?

PiKe · 20 Jan 2021 at 19:10

Never heard of them

pinkpound · 23 Jan 2021 at 14:25

Got an email from bulb to tell m me both my old SMET1 meters have now reconnected and are working . I had the monitor hidden behind tv as it only shows meter reading since leaving EON 5 years ago now its fully operational again

I was a bit surprised really that it started working I had forgotten about them.