Scottish Power Standing Charge or No Standing Charge

hcam

Hi, I'm switching to the online Scottish Power tariff and was wondering if anyone has an idea if there is much difference between the standing charge/no standing charge options? I live in Glasgow and like a warm house so occasionally have the fire or heating on even in "summer"! Thanks.

cocktail

hcam wrote: »

Hi, I'm switching to the online Scottish Power tariff and was wondering if anyone has an idea if there is much difference between the standing charge/no standing charge options? I live in Glasgow and like a warm house so occasionally have the fire or heating on even in "summer"! Thanks.

there is a diffence in the tariff, you can check the tariff for your region on their website.
to know if it makes a difference for you, you should check your average daily use (over the last winter,say) and sit with a calculator i'm afraid.

joe134

cocktail wrote: »

there is a diffence in the tariff, you can check the tariff for your region on their website.
to know if it makes a difference for you, you should check your average daily use (over the last winter,say) and sit with a calculator i'm afraid.

Hi, As you are a large user as you say there should be no difference as after a certain amount they become like for like. only small users gain

KimYeovil

cocktail wrote: »

there is a diffence in the tariff, you can check the tariff for your region on their website.
to know if it makes a difference for you, you should check your average daily use (over the last winter,say) and sit with a calculator i'm afraid.

Scottish Power SC versus NSC versions of their tariffs have the same contribution towards the standing charges. And if you were to bother to calculate whether you ought to choose the default choice for most (the no [daily] standing charge option) it is the summer useage, surely, that most people would have to analyse?

But, OP, just choose the no standing charge version.

hcam

I've had a look back over an old bill and calculated on both a summer and winter useage and (I think) it works out less than 10p cheaper over a quarter on the daily charge option, does that seem likely?