Deemed TAriff N Power

EkPosh

Hi again!
Recently moved home and switched utilities to Ovo. We have been given a date of 28/12. Fingers crossed !!

In the meantime we are on a standard NPower contract that is extortionate! A gas unit kWH is around 8.7p.. This is primary usage, but with it being winter the first 900kwH in Dec are charged at this.



I am using around 8m3 a day, which approx is 90kwh/day or say 2800/month. On Ovo at 2.7p, this wud be about 65/month which is fine. But for this month I am facing a bill of nearly 150 for gas alone (900kwh at approx 9p and 2000 at 3p) total 141! Anything I can do?

And finally is my usage Ok for the winter months (ie 80/90kwh per day)?? This includes CH HW and cooking!

Ta muchly!! And I know very rough calculations...

Premier_2

If Ovo are charging 2.7p per unit, 2800kWh will cost nearer £75 ... and dont forget the extra £5.25 per month standing charge. i.e. actually over £80 with Ovo compared to about £135 with nPower. (900kWh @ 8.7p + 1900kWh @ 3p)

You could try contacting nPower and seeing if they have any better tariffs that you could be on rather than the expensive standard tariff, or discounts for monthly DD, dual fuel, paperless billing, etc, (which is partly how ovo are more competitive for you). Maybe you've left it too late now though.
Just make sure anything offered does not have an early exit fee

Edit: I think nPower discounts only appy if you stay with them for a year.
However, their tier 1 level for Dec is 882 units and on Standard tariff this costs 8.674p per unit. tier 2 price is just 2.632p Using these figures, 2800kwh costs less than £127 in December. That makes you almost £40 better off than you thought you were