Scottish Power announces huge price hikes

chucky

DervProf wrote: »

Great idea, switch to another provider who will no doubt follow Scottish Power's lead in the next few weeks/months.

i'm sorry i only suggested trying to get a better provider through an online tool that finds the cheapest energy supplier.

you want a tool that looks into the future that will tell you what energy prices from each energy suppliers will have in the future.

sorry but i don't think that exists.

Blobby8_2

chucky wrote: »

i'm sorry i only suggested trying to get a better provider through an online tool that finds the cheapest energy supplier.

you want a tool that looks into the future that will tell you what energy prices from each energy suppliers will have in the future.

sorry but i don't think that exists.

I think you will find plenty of "tools" around on here who can predict the future, but not very accurately.

shortchanged_2

chucky wrote: »

hasn't anyone heard of uSwitch or is every single person in the UK using Scottish power and aren't able to change fuel provider?

Unless people are able to get a good deal on a fix now (highly unlikely after Scottish Powers announcement) they are all going to follow suit in the next few weeks anyway chucky.

Plus there is always the risk you could move to a supplier who hikes their prices even higher than Scottish Power.

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

It does. Though you do have to wait for 36 hours before it arrives here.

Lol, they sell power wholesale from the grid not just what they produce.

There is no way of getting electricity produced by a certain company to your house. It is just electricity, the electricity transported on the national grid.

Think of it like a pot, not strands for each supplier going to each house.

wotsthat

shortchanged wrote: »

Unless people are able to get a good deal on a fix now (highly unlikely after Scottish Powers announcement) they are all going to follow suit in the next few weeks anyway chucky.

Plus there is always the risk you could move to a supplier who hikes their prices even higher than Scottish Power.

If investigating the the potential to find a cheaper supplier is greeted with such apathy on a money saving website the utility companies will be delighted.

shortchanged_2

wotsthat wrote: »

If investigating the the potential to find a cheaper supplier is greeted with such apathy on a money saving website the utility companies will be delighted.

Just stating the facts wotstat. The utility companies don't have a very good track record on this, do they?

wotsthat

shortchanged wrote: »

Just stating the facts wotstat. The utility companies don't have a very good track record on this, do they?

Well I'll keep changing to the cheapest energy provider every 12-18 months. You keep taking the shaft.

shortchanged_2

wotsthat wrote: »

Well I'll keep changing to the cheapest energy provider every 12-18 months. You keep taking the shaft.

Nah you keep your shaft to yourself wotsthat, I'm not interested.

Don't you worry I shop around for my utilities as well.

noh

Really2 wrote: »

Lol, they sell power wholesale from the grid not just what they produce.

There is no way of getting electricity produced by a certain company to your house. It is just electricity, the electricity transported on the national grid.

Think of it like a pot, not strands for each supplier going to each house.

Really? Really2
And there was us thinking that the electricity from Scottish power was identified by its tartan electrons and that we had special meters that only allowed those through.

prosaver

so what can we do ?
can I change from sp (ive only joined them a few months ago)?