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The Cheapest Gas Supplier With No Standing Charge?

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  • Nada666
    Nada666 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
    ...and if mumblings and rumblings about npower are true it is even worse for Ebico. Their £95 per year discount regardless of consumption makes them the only real alternative to Ebico left - once they blow up or at least shift the discount from the standing charge to be only pro rata usage...
  • dtb2579
    dtb2579 Posts: 16 Forumite
    As much as I try I find it hard to have sympathy with ANY utility company.
  • Nada666
    Nada666 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
    dtb2579 wrote: »
    As much as I try I find it hard to have sympathy with ANY utility company.
    It is Ofgem's decision to ban a standard tariff structure that can be used by all customers with different usage levels and replace it by a system that does not provide for customers with a low consumption that is the issue. Killing suppliers and ruining them is not the issue - it is the brutal restriction on availability of a choice for a particular group of customers that is the problem.
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