Need Help, NPower Bill Arrived, Do I Switch?

aelitaman

Yes you can just switch online if you want to.

Your credit stays on the account but remember it may say 163 quid on the bill but because you have used more elecy than estimated it is about 80 pounds credit you have.

All that will happen is you will get a letter confirming your new tarifs and that you have changed tariff.

They may recalucalte your monthly DD ammount but if they do it should be lower because of the lower prices you are going on.

aelitaman

The prices that you have quoted for the tariff look competitive to me and more importantly they are a lot lower than you are currently paying npower.

If you consumptions figures are correct then a decent direct debit for you is 800 /12 = 66 per month. It may be higher than this because you have not built up much of a credit over the summer to pay for the winter gas.

kindofagilr

Ok thanks

One more question lol

How do I pay for the standing charge? is that just added to the DD each month?

Ok so I will put the meter reading in online, then switch the tariff over as well I presume they will then send a new bill with new DD amounts?

aelitaman

Your old traiff was expenisve primary usage then secondary units at a lower price. The new tariff is fixed standing charge plus your gas usage at price per kwh. They both produce a price per year for gas that npower would divide by 12 to get an average monthly DD.

So no the standing charge will not be added to your direct debit it will be used to create an annual charge for gas that they will divide by 12 to calculate the monthly gas DD that you should pay to cover your usage over a 12 month period.

kindofagilr

Ok thanks, I think I've got it lol

kindofagilr

Ok I've done it

I gave my correct meter reading and changed the tariff to Go Fix, it said my estimated DD would be £65?

Would that be right? or should it be more???

aelitaman

Seems to be. in a previous post I estimated 66 pounds a month. Now you have got the habit keep readings so you know what you are spending on gas and elecy. I use www dot imeasure dot org dot uk

put your readings in weekly put your costs in, if you have standing charges put the cost per kwh in and then add the monthly standing charge so you know the true bill. Then when the next bill comes there will be no surprises.

kindofagilr

Thanks very much how do I know the monthly standing charge? (it said £65 for electric and £60 for gas) is it as simple as dividing it by 12?

Sorry for all the questions

Fire_Fox

kindofagilr wrote: »

Thanks very much how do I know the monthly standing charge? (it said £65 for electric and £60 for gas) is it as simple as dividing it by 12?

Sorry for all the questions

Look at the details of the tariff, not just the DD which is only based on an estimate of what your usage will be this coming winter. The details should tell you the daily standing charge and price per KWH.

kindofagilr

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Look at the details of the tariff, not just the DD which is only based on an estimate of what your usage will be this coming winter. The details should tell you the daily standing charge and price per KWH.

It doesnt tell me the daily standing charge is just the annual one? It has the KWH breakdown but not the standing charge?

Its Npower Gofix if you can see it? help lol