WARNING - comparison sites incorrect pricing for Scottish Power

Tim_Fox

Be aware that if you are on the Scottish Power Online Energy Saver 9 Tariff that the pricing comparison sites are inaccurate come 1st April 2011 so you should not base your decision to stay with this tariff on the data from the websites at the moment.

Try the following:
Work out your consumption based on current tariff.
Go to Scottish Power website and see what you'd pay on the Online Energy Saver 13 Tariff, which is cheaper than new pricing for Online Energy Saver 9 come April. i.e you'll pay more than this come April if you do nothing.


If you then use one of the comparison websites you will see there is a dramatic difference in price.

For example, my usage gives a total of £1200/yr currently.
According to Online Saver 13 price would be approx £1350/yr.
Comparison websites say cheapest other tariff based on that usage would be approx £1250. However, these same sites say it's not worth switching as my current tariff is £1200!

So, to reiterate do not base your decision on the prices shown today on comparison websites.

Premier_2

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=41830990&postcount=129

You need to check what the comparison site is assuming your current cost is. i.e. an historical cost based on a tariff that will no longer exist, or a guess at a future tariff you may move to.

In any event, the comparison sites list the correct annual costs (even if the proposed savings are not appropriate) for all the possible tariff options (except ones not generally available, such as the new OES9 for existing OES9 customers only)