Switching sites useless at moment?!

oldwiring

They must as all I have tested give substantial savings for my annual consumption 14000 kWh gas and 3000 kWh elec, even those which have upped prices. I used Energy Help Line, U Switch , and Simply Switch. The last was utter rubbish: it promised savings of ~£300 pa!!!

I had checked that kWh had been chosen.

Even worse was that Simply was intrusive, requiring full name with address, email, and tel. no.

How dare they! So rubbish data was what I gave them.

1. Are there any accurate and up to date sites?

2. Should sites be allowed to intrude so much as Simply Switch?

uptomyeyeballs

I tend to use the UKPower one. It's easy to use, clear to read and isn't intrusive at all.

MillicentBystander

The switching sites are a total mess at the moment unless you are going for a fixed deal. Some of the companies who have announced rises have deliberately left one of their tariffs untouched so they (at the moment) look fantastic value. Please note most of them have a T&C guaranteeing a %tage discount off standard rate (say 2%) but at the moment they are waaayyy cheaper than that. You sign up then the company can use their right under the T&Cs you agreed to to increase the tariff so it's just the minimum %tage less than the standard rate.

macman

energyhelpline requires no personal data at all, other than (obviously) the postcode.

Plushchris

uptomyeyeballs wrote: »

I tend to use the UKPower one. It's easy to use, clear to read and isn't intrusive at all.

But not exactly up to date is it?

Have a look at their homepage, they still list Union energy and Countrywide as suppliers they deal with.

Then click on Union energy, it gives some "info" about Union energy having teamed up with Scottish Power "one of the few companies left in the energy market which is UK-controlled" - which is odd as I thought they were owned by Iberdrola, a Spanish company.