Wanting to switch - advice needed

IWantToBeFree_2

Hi All

As a bit of background, we moved into our property back in March and decided at the time that we would just take over the previous owners suppliers when it came to gas and electric and then look into switching so that we were getting the best deal once we had settled.

Its now 6 months down the line & I have been looking into our options but I don't always like to commit myself to things I don't completely understand incase we end up worse off.

At the minute, we have our gas through British Gas and our electric through NPower. We had Npower in our previous rented accomodation and always thought that they were rubbish and expensive.... Dual fuel, with online billing etc seems to be our best option and from Uswitch, it seems that Dual fuel with British Gas would save us around £100 a year but I get confused over what tarrifs we are on currently as no where seems to state this!

We live in a 2 bed mid terrace, have a condenser combi boiler, and use a gas oven/cooker and rarely have the heating on. Our current DD's are:

Gas: £22
Electric: £28 (just increased from £25)

Any advice? Words of warning etc?

greenbee

Work out your usage in kwH from your bill, and do you comparison based on this - comparing on DD is a waste of time. Bear in mind that your figures won't be that accurate, as you've only been in your current property for the summer, so keep all the details you've worked out and review again in 6 months.

Make sure that you take and give a meter reading to your current supplier, so that they can adjust your bill to allow for any debit/credit you may have with them.

And when you've confirmed where the best deal is, make sure you read your meter regularly and give the supplier the reading (most allow you to submit online, I'd suggest monthly is probably appropriate, but weekly if price changes are likely). That way you'll know you're being billed correctly and not building up either credit or debit.

If you choose your tariff based on usage, it doesn't matter what tariff(s) you are currently on... the cheapest one will be the cheapest one, it's just a question of how much it will save you.