Question for E-on company reps.

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storminbalder wrote: »

This I am afraid is not correct. I have checked this much out already.

I had storage heaters at my previous property and the "tails" which are the thick wires that go from the storage heaters to the meter are connected to the low part of the meter so they are only charged at the low rate. My immersion heater was connected to a timeswitch which came on between the hours of 4 and 7 am.

The house is a 1930`s semi and the storage heaters were fitted almost 20 years ago so I am not aware of current regulations.

What needs to be done to the wiring.

Plushchris

storminbalder wrote: »

£129.24 standing charge (or whatever other term you wish to use) per annum is extortion. And you sir, are wrong!

There is no way of explaining my point more clearly.

Ok, so you disagree with paying a £129.24 "standing charge" and would rather pay half that with another supplier which is fine and I can understand that.

What I cant understand is why you think that a lower "standing charge" will mean lower bills when you clearly will not get lower bill as you will be paying over the odds on the secondary rate.

If you want to go for a lower primary then go for it, you will not see cheaper bills as a result though.

Post your Kwh usage and I will prove that to you.

KimYeovil

Plushchris wrote: »

Ok, so you disagree with paying a £129.24 "standing charge" and would rather pay half that with another supplier which is fine and I can understand that.

What I cant understand is why you think that a lower "standing charge" will mean lower bills when you clearly will not get lower bill as you will be paying over the odds on the secondary rate.

If you want to go for a lower primary then go for it, you will not see cheaper bills as a result though.

Post your Kwh usage and I will prove that to you.

1095 kWhs per annum

Plushchris

KimYeovil wrote: »

1095 kWhs per annum

Is that the OPs usage? If so how did you find that out, cant see where he posted that

storminbalder

Plushchris wrote: »

Ok, so you disagree with paying a £129.24 "standing charge" and would rather pay half that with another supplier which is fine and I can understand that.

What I cant understand is why you think that a lower "standing charge" will mean lower bills when you clearly will not get lower bill as you will be paying over the odds on the secondary rate.

If you want to go for a lower primary then go for it, you will not see cheaper bills as a result though.

Post your Kwh usage and I will prove that to you.

The secondary unit cost is expensive also. It is 10.66p per Kwh.

Plushchris

storminbalder wrote: »

The secondary unit cost is expensive also. It is 10.66p per Kwh.

So can you find many other suppliers that have the lower primary rate you require that also have a rate of secondary rate of 10.66p or lower?

I'm not disputing the fact that electricity is expensive, but you cant have a low primary rate AND a low secondary rate if one is high the other will be low and vice versa.

KimYeovil

Plushchris wrote: »

Is that the OPs usage? If so how did you find that out, cant see where he posted that

Since you're not answering I'll tell everyone: E-on's lowest price tariff is 48% more expensive than their cheapest rival for a consumption of 1095 kWhs.

storminbalder

Plushchris wrote: »

So can you find many other suppliers that have the lower primary rate you require that also have a rate of secondary rate of 10.66p or lower?

I'm not disputing the fact that electricity is expensive, but you cant have a low primary rate AND a low secondary rate if one is high the other will be low and vice versa.

Yes you can!

Have a look at Uswitch for example. There are a few companies that offer unit charges at under 10p a unit.

I'll give one example. Npower for example is 9p a unit with only a £57 p.a. standing charge.

This price is also extortionate, as they all are!

storminbalder

I would also like to ask the E-on reps, why am I not allowed a discount for managing my account online? I am only allowed the 6% direct debit discount.

Plushchris

KimYeovil wrote: »

Since you're not answering I'll tell everyone: E-on's lowest price tariff is 48% more expensive than their cheapest rival for a consumption of 1095 kWhs.

35% in my region (compared to Npower and their silly discount scheme which means you wouldnt see £21 of the saving until the end of 12 months plus the added "benefit" of being with possibly one of the worst suppliers in the market) but thats irrelevant until the OP posts his actual Kwh (likely to be far more that 1095 if he is electric only) as you obviously only posted that figure to be argumentative.