Have N power increased yet?

Benson

Hi

My retired parents have asked my to look at their Gas/elec bill and im v suprised to see that they are on British Gas Standard tarrif!!

Looking at the comparisons the options are

N Power Sign online 23 (saving 357.50)
Eon online 9 (saving 334.00)

or fixed

Scottish power (saving 152.45)

I can see that Eon have increased their prices but have N power? I don't want to get them to do the N power tarrif if they are going to put up their prices (noone seems to mention N Power which makes me wonder if they are yet to increase etc)

Or is the Fixed saving worth it?

Any advice appreciated - i would feel bad if i got it wrong, if i did it for myself thats not too bad but when looking for someone else I want to make sure im doing it right

Thanks :beer:

MillicentBystander

No, npower haven't announced increases yet so take care.

Benson

ok thanks so maybe worth going for the EON deal then or would you advise to wait? If i wait will the others increase again (soon) or is that it for them?

apt

EON online 9 is a variable tariff that has not yet been increased. EON says it is not being increased when its other variable tariffs go up, but it could easily be increased to only 2% below the standard tariff at some not too distant point.

MillicentBystander

apt wrote: »

EON online 9 is a variable tariff that has not yet been increased. EON says it is not being increased when its other variable tariffs go up, but it could easily be increased to only 2% below the standard tariff at some not too distant point.

This is the new sneaky marketing tool the Big 6 seem to be adopting. All in the T&Cs, obviously, but I'm sure there will be many who don't know anything about this. Or in Eon's case the no discount on final bill T&C.

macman

If staying on variable, wait unti the NPower anouncement.
If fixing, move now (though just too late for the cheapest EDF fix, not sure what they are offering instead).
Edit: EDF Fix for 2012 is now available, not done the comparison with the old Fixed Saver v2 yet.
The 2014 fix is still available though.

MillicentBystander

macman wrote: »

If staying on variable, wait unti the NPower anouncement.
If fixing, move now (though just too late for the cheapest EDF fix, not sure what they are offering instead).

Excellent advice.

NittyGritty

when on fixed deals if the prices do come down you wont benifit from them, there is talk that sometime early next year prices will come down, weather thats true or not time will tell

Dustykitten

Npower have announced now:

Energy company Npower is to raise gas prices by 15.7% and electricity prices by 7.2% from 1 October, it has announced.

From bbc

Benson

Ok ive done a new comparison today after the N power rise and the top supplier is still N Power with the same saving?
At the top of Uwitch it says that the prices reflect the new price rises, will this be correct?

MillicentBystander

That's because npower haven't increased SOL23. yet.