Gas and electric. .. changing supplier ... HOW ?

fertyskids

ok

ive finally after 7yrs pursauded hubby that it might be an idea to change gas and electricity supplier. (we are with southern electric for both). so its upto me to do it......

BUT

I HAVENT GOT A CLUE ..... where do i start please....

we pay £33pcm Gas
and £56 electric by direct debit

both are standard tariffs.

Help please as im sure we might be able to save some money ...

1pinkpiggy

Go to Uswitch website or moneysupermarket and get a quote.

It will ask you for your postcode as some suppliers vary by postcode location unit price wise.

follow the questionaire through with your supplier information and the website will give you a quote based on your information.

I personally then follow the quotes up on the company website to make sure that they tally.

If you do change it takes approx 4-6wks from you doing the contract to the transfer being completed.

dogshome

Hi fertyskids - Yes, you should certainly Switch away from SE as they have recently changed their Standard Gas tariffs in a way that severely disadvantages low Gas users such as yourself.

You need to go thro' the last 5 Quartely bills and add up your Gas & Elec use in Kwh to establish how much you consume over a year, ( SE will provide these figures if you ask for them, but double check them by looking at your bills )

Armed with your annual use in Kwh, visit some switch sites - I always start with 'switchwithwhich' who not only show the yearly cost from all the suppliers, but also show all the fine details of the tariffs alongside the fine details of the SE tariff you are on

fertyskids

thanks eveyone

ive switched !! now with e-on saved £276 per year and £30 cashback and tesco clubcard point

thanks again i needed some instructions ... :j

KTF

Did you use kWh or monthly payment amount when doing the comparison to calculate the savings?

Plushchris

dogshome wrote: »

You need to go thro' the last 5 Quartely bills and add up your Gas & Elec use in Kwh to establish how much you consume over a year,

Unless you come from the Npower school of how to determine the length of a year I think you will find there are 4 quarters in a year.

fertyskids

i used monthly d/debit as couldnt work out usage does it matter ?

KTF

The usage will give you a much more accurate quote/savings than using the amount you pay each month.

If you call up your existing supplier they should be able to give you your consumption over the last year assuming you have been giving them regular readings and not just taking the estimates.

dogshome

Hi Plushchris - The reason for using 5 Qtrs and not 4, to establish consumption over a full 365 day year, is that 4 consecutive Qtly bills rarely cover exactly 365 days.
If they are over, it's easy enough to deduct the daily use on the the latest bill x number of days to adjust the Kwh figure to 365 days
If they are less you need that earlier 5th bill to add a daily use figure x No. of days, to bring your Kwh figure up to 365 days