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Chin wrote: »

thanks for that!

switch has been aborted (courtesy of their online chat).
very good service i must say.

that was a close call ... i'll do it once my existing tariff ends then!

the chap on the web chat just told me that i need to let them know 21 days before my tariff ends...but your saying Hengus i have a bit more time than that??

Be warned. If your new supplier notifies your old supplier after the contract end date, then you will switch to the SVT. Suppliers do not have a crystal ball. However, they are required to switch you back to your old tariff if notified in the required the period. The Standard Licence Condition that applies reads as follows:

Standard Licence Condition 22D.12

22D.12 Where paragraph 22D.13 applies, the licensee must ensure that a Domestic Customer will continue to be subject to the same Charges for the Supply of Gas and the same terms and conditions that applied to the Dead Tariff until they have changed their supplier.

22D.13 This paragraph applies where one of the following conditions is satisfied:

(a) no later than 20 Working Days after (but not including) the date on which the Dead Tariff is due to terminate or be changed in order for the Domestic Customer to become subject to the licensee’s Relevant Cheapest Evergreen Tariff, the licensee receives Notice under the Network Code by way of the Relevant Gas Shipper that another Gas Supplier will begin to supply the Domestic Customer’s Domestic Premises within a reasonable period of time; and

(b) another Gas Supplier begins to supply the Domestic Customer’s Domestic Premises within a reasonable period of time after the date on which the Notice referred to in sub-paragraph 22D.13(a) is given;