Switched from Click 5 to Price Protection Dec 2009?? BEWARE!!!!!

I admit I fell for the hype/panic last week and went for the BG Price Protection Dec 2009 deal a few hours before BG Announced the 35%/9% increase on the standard tariff. My confirmation letter (Electricity) arrived yesterday, with the (excluding VAT) figures on the back.

Here's the new figures for Electricity:

Tier 1 25.91p per kwh
Tier 2 10.89p per kwh

Compare this to the current Click 5 prices (I *know* the price will rise but if it mirrors the standard tariff it will be around 9%)

Tier 1 22.578p per kwh

Tier 2 7.621p per kwh

Now I'm no mathemetician but by my reckoning the 'important' figure (i.e. Tier 2, the one that most of our bills are calculated on) has increased by OVER 40%!!!!!!

I genuinely believe BG are pulling a fast one here (unfortunately, albeit I'm sure entirely innocently, helped by Martin's over the top rallying call on gmtv last week). I have just rang BG and was originally told I would have to pay a cancellation fee to switch back to Click 5! Eh?? It's a tariff offered by the same company! After much hollerring I eventually got put through to a great bloke in retentions who actually knew what he was talking about and we eventually agreed I would stay with Price Protection for gas (the rise here is far more palatable and IMO definitely worth taking the immediate 'hit' on) and go back to Click 5 for Electricity..and there would be NO cancellation charge!

Don't let BG rip you off like this, people!!