what is your weekly standing charge

samuelsmommy

hi Trying to find out what other people pay for weekly standing charge for gas.
I am on prepay and would like to hear both please.
My weekly standing charge is £3 and that to me seems a lot?:eek:

TIA

digimate

Hiya

Dont know if this helps, im on a no standing charge tariff, however with scottish power on a prepayment gas meter, it is only 74 pence per week.

Your standing charges are very high - are you with Npower?

Cheers
Dee x

Hazzanet

Dee, who are you with?

People shouldn't be fooled into thinking they're not paying a standing charge if they have a tariff where the first X units are charged at a higher rate, and the remainder at a lower rate.

For example, my elevtricity is charged at 11.19p per unit for the first 900 units, then 8.73p per unit there after with no standing charge.

The standing charge is actually hidden; it's (11.19p-8.73p) x 900 = £22.14/pa or ~£0.46 per week.

The only tariffs that I know are truly "no standing charge" are Ebico's gas and electricity products, and I buy my gas from them.

scotlad1980

Scottish Hydro Electric do not have a standing charge for their prepayment customers.

KimYeovil

scotlad1980 wrote: »

Scottish Hydro Electric do not have a standing charge for their prepayment customers.

But they charge an extra £7.60 odd per month in Tier 1 charges.

Standing charges (whether daily or two tier) vary between £3.50 and £15 per per month per fuel depending on region, tariff, payment method and supplier.

KimYeovil

Hazzanet wrote: »

The only tariffs that I know are truly "no standing charge" are Ebico's gas and electricity products, and I buy my gas from them.

To be pedantic, the standing charge you pay with Ebico is unlimited - it is pro rata to your useage, it is not "truly 'no standing charge'". Remember they only charge you higher Tier 1 unit charges. Other companies have a fixed daily standing charge or a capped two-tier "standing" charge. Ebico's charges are uncapped.

(I am not saying that this is a bad thing.)

Snakeeyes21

atleast with ebico you dont have to be a maths genius to work out what your paying.
all the other suppliers seem to have different rates depending on the time of day, wether you put your washing on blindfolded, cook your tea hopping on one foot whilst playing the banjo or just because its raining.
ebico all the way for me, its what you see is what you get, and for low users such as myself on prepay meters they cant be beaten.

kippen_noedel

samuelsmommy wrote: »

hi Trying to find out what other people pay for weekly standing charge for gas.
I am on prepay and would like to hear both please.
My weekly standing charge is £3 and that to me seems a lot?:eek:

TIA

don;t be overly concerned with any individual costs such as standing charges or tier rates.

At the end of the year it's the total you have been charged for what you used that is important.

icefall

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

atleast with ebico you dont have to be a maths genius to work out what your paying.
all the other suppliers seem to have different rates depending on the time of day, wether you put your washing on blindfolded, cook your tea hopping on one foot whilst playing the banjo or just because its raining.
ebico all the way for me, its what you see is what you get, and for low users such as myself on prepay meters they cant be beaten.

lol very well put:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

digimate

Hazzanet wrote: »

Dee, who are you with?

People shouldn't be fooled into thinking they're not paying a standing charge if they have a tariff where the first X units are charged at a higher rate, and the remainder at a lower rate.

For example, my elevtricity is charged at 11.19p per unit for the first 900 units, then 8.73p per unit there after with no standing charge.

The standing charge is actually hidden; it's (11.19p-8.73p) x 900 = £22.14/pa or ~£0.46 per week.

The only tariffs that I know are truly "no standing charge" are Ebico's gas and electricity products, and I buy my gas from them.

In regards to above, im on a no standing charge tariff with scottishpower, its an online energy account and it is economy 7 storage heaters. i have saved over £230.00 by doing it online and i also use everything on the night rate (as this is when it is cheaper) eg tumble dryer, washing machine etc - you just need to know how to work this system. All in all, our monthly bill is about 90.00 per month and ive got the tumble dryer on for 6 hours per day - which is very cheap compared to what i was paying on monthly direct debit - £149.00 per month.

I called the energy efficiency number for them and they were vry helpful.

If you need any info, let me know.

Dee x

scotlad1980

KimYeovil wrote: »

But they charge an extra £7.60 odd per month in Tier 1 charges.

Standing charges (whether daily or two tier) vary between £3.50 and £15 per per month per fuel depending on region, tariff, payment method and supplier.

And where do you get this figure from and source information please, not what you have typed.