British Gas Customer - do I change?

spark79

Hello,

I'm hoping someone can offer me some advice. I have always been with British Gas, I am on their Standard tarrif for both Gas and Electric on dual fuel discount. I pay by monthly Direct Debit.

Obviously I am going to be affected by these price rises. I have been on to the comparison sites energyhelpline and moneysupermarket. I am looking for a capped product and both have suggested Eon Price Protection 2009,apparently it will save me about £39.

I find the prices all very confusing so I rang British Gas to see exactly what I will be paying with their price rise. I just want to clarify that switching to Eon seems a sensible thing to do?

This is what British Gas say I'll now be paying with them
Gas
7.203p for the first 672kwh then;
3.632p

Electric
25.628p for the first 125 kwh then;
11.42p



Eon's capped (until Oct 2009) tarrif appears to be
Eon
Gas
5.314p for the first 670kwh then;
3.387p

Electric
20.475p for the first 225kwh then;
12.338p


The lady I spoke to at British Gas started telling me I could cap the new prices until 2011. Is switching to Eon the right thing to do or not?

As I say I have never switched before, is it a very complicated process? Anything I should know?

Thanks in advance.

Deb

derrick

Here is a radical idea, BG has kicked all of their customers in the teeth, why not get every customer who is with BG to switch to a different supplier,(most would benefit anyway and if using a switching site should receive £20-30 for switching), and see how BG manages without ANY customers!

Just an idea, but it would certainly give BG,(and other companies), food for thought.

kjsmith7

Okay well one thing to point out - those BG prices appear to me to be minus VAT, and I presume the Eon prices are also without VAT, which is 5%. One other thing to note is that the tier 1 kWh for BG gas is 670 not 672. Eons tier 1 threshold is a 100 units higher a quarter than British Gas' and then their tier 2 is more expensive.

With BG you'll pay roughly £33.64 at tier 1 electric. With Eon, you'll pay roughly £48.37 at tier 1 electric, which equates to a £14.73 difference. Look at the gas yourself, though.