Powergen - Home Businesses

Spikeybabe

Hi,

I'm currently running a business from home and getting the following rates from Powergen, does anyone know of any better rates anywhere ? The price seem to better than any Residental rates :-

Gas
Standand Charge 24.88p per day
2.33 KWPH

Elec
Standing Charge 32.70
Primary Rate 10.52 KWPH (First 750 KWPH per quarter)
Secondary Rate 8.89 KWPH
Nght 4.89 KWPH

I just wanted to check I'm getting the best rate around a all the price site deal with residental.... We need a Business Price check site.

Thanks
Ian

Ken68

Does this help Ian......http://www.energyhelpline.com/business/bz_home.aspx?aid=78....
also, out of interest are you allowed to offset some of your energy expenses against tax.

gobbyash

Spikeybabe wrote:

Elec
Standing Charge 32.70
Primary Rate 10.52 KWPH (First 750 KWPH per quarter)
Secondary Rate 8.89 KWPH
Nght 4.89 KWPH

Gas
Standand Charge 24.88p per day
2.33 KWPH

I've just had a letter from Powergen informing me of yet more price rises. They were very sneaky, in that, they did not say what %age it was going up just what the new Cost per kWh would be.

It works out about an extra 20% (twenty per cent).

I looked back at a bill from Dec 2004 and on my Electricity I was paying 5.06p per kWh. Now it has just risen from 13.88p per kWh to 16.65p per kWh. A rise of about 330% in 21 months.

The Gas was 1.414p per kWh in Dec 2004 and is now rising to 3.559p per kWh - a rise of about 250%.

If they were loan sharks they would have been thrown into prison!!

Anyway, I work from home and those rates look better than I am paying, assuming that you don't have the 20% increase to come.

gobbyash

gobbyash

Just spoke to a decent lad called James on 0800 068 5523 who looked at my bills and worked out it would be more expenseive to switch to business use because of the standing charge, which personal customers do not pay and also because I would lose any discounts for dual fuel, DD and Tesco Clubcard points etc.

On personal, I'm paying about £805 for Gas and £750 for Electric and by going on to Business Tariff, each would be in excess of £1000.

He also quoted the Bus. rates at quite a bit higher than you mentioned Spikeybabe and wonder whether your rates are pre-price increase?

gobbyash

Spikeybabe

gobbyash wrote:

Just spoke to a decent lad called James on 0800 068 5523 who looked at my bills and worked out it would be more expenseive to switch to business use because of the standing charge, which personal customers do not pay and also because I would lose any discounts for dual fuel, DD and Tesco Clubcard points etc.

On personal, I'm paying about £805 for Gas and £750 for Electric and by going on to Business Tariff, each would be in excess of £1000.

He also quoted the Bus. rates at quite a bit higher than you mentioned Spikeybabe and wonder whether your rates are pre-price increase?

gobbyash

Thanks for that, I had a letter about 4 months back tell me and that they are now fixed until 2007 and at the time I check uSwitch and they was still coming out alot cheaper... I believe I'll be tied in for 12 months now ?

cheers
Ian

Spikeybabe

Spikeybabe wrote:

Thanks for that, I had a letter about 4 months back tell me and that they are now fixed until 2007 and at the time I check uSwitch and they was still coming out alot cheaper... I believe I'll be tied in for 12 months now ?

cheers
Ian

Could you tell me what sort of House you have because I got a four Bedroom Victoria detached and I'm paying now where near that Elec £500 Gas £600.

cheers
Ian

gobbyash

Its a 3 bed detached and I know I'm paying a lot ;-D

Computer on 24/7, Xbox's, TV's, lights 24/7.

I'm glad it's been a warm summer!!

gobbyash