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BG: elec and gas

m567
m567 Posts: 100 Forumite
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Hello,

I have paid £362 for electricity for 3700 Kwh and £357 for gas for 7300 cubic feet over the past year, with British Gas

I am about to move to an SE postcode, are there providers cheaper by more than 20% ?

regards,

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  • Joyful
    Joyful Posts: 2,429 Forumite
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    Why 20%? I would not expect any supplier to be that amount cheaper than another unless it was a social tariff. Why not put your figures into a comparison website and see what comes up?
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  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
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    You need to get your gas consumption sorted out before you enter them in a comparison website.

    On an Imperial meter a gas unit is 100 cubic feet. This equates to approx 31kWh.

    You say you have used 7300 cu ft at a cost of £357. so were that to be 73 gas units the cost would be approx 15p a kWh - 4 to 5 times more expensive than BG charge.

    It cannot be 73,000 cu ft either as that puts gas at 1.5p a kWh.
  • m567
    m567 Posts: 100 Forumite
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    The british gas website account page shows tables of meter readings, and their table is extremely unclear.

    I'll check again tonite,

    thanks,
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