British gas prices down 17%

jhp

Ken68 wrote:

According to an energy analyst on the radio this morning
it was the nPower Tracker tariff which prompted
British Gas to lower prices.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-43,GGLD:en&q=nPower+tracker+tariff

The tracker is actually more expensive than npower’s online tariff, so people are already paying £109 more if they get involved in this tracker than the
online. And there is an even cheaper online tariff, which is with
Scottish Power, which is £117 cheaper. So you’re paying a premium
on a premium

jhp

Ken68 wrote:

According to an energy analyst on the radio this morning
it was the nPower Tracker tariff which prompted
British Gas to lower prices.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-43,GGLD:en&q=nPower+tracker+tariff

That tracker is actually more expensive than npower’s online tariff, so people are already paying £109 more if they get involved in this tracker than the
online. And there is an even cheaper online tariff, which is with
Scottish Power, which is £117 cheaper. So you’re paying a premium
on a premium

masonic

masonic wrote:

what makes you think Cardew saw your original post at mid-day?

dc wrote:

For this reason in post #21

#12: 08-02-2007, 11:59 AM
Last edited by dc : 08-02-2007 at 4:52 PM.

#21: 08-02-2007, 6:43 PM

Snow_Angel

boatman wrote:

I like the way they wait until the winter is over before putting the prices down!! Wholesale prices went down ages ago.

Couldn't agree more and I'd love to get a list of names of elderly people who have died due to hypothermia this winter and plaster it to British Gas HQ in enormous letters.

masonic

Snow_Angel wrote:

Couldn't agree more and I'd love to get a list of names of elderly people who have died due to hypothermia this winter and plaster it to British Gas HQ in enormous letters.

Which of the other energy suppliers have passed on wholesale price reductions to customers before british gas, hmmm?

Snow_Angel

masonic wrote:

Which of the other energy suppliers have passed on wholesale price reductions to customers before british gas, hmmm?

That's ok - I'll happily send the list to all of them.

tripled

I thought that was the point of the winter fuel allowance of up to £300, and BG gives an additional rebate of £90. £390 will pay for all the gas used over the winter in most households.

Bunneh_2

Hi I'm new here and I normally just browse. My current leccy supplier is Powergen and has been since, well, forever. I've been looking into switching but kept off doing so because I just wasn't sure what to do and quite frankly it scares me somewhat.

What perked my interest was the following comment

kathrynt wrote:

did they say there would be more discounts if you get income support

I'm in receipt of Income Support for health problems and would like more information, if possible, on whether I can actually get any discounts from Powergen.

I know it's off topic and for that I apologise.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you

Gambler

BexTech wrote:

We certainly did make the right decision going with EDF a couple of years back on their online account and not going with a fixed rate, as through all this time it has remained the cheapest and has work out we saved a lot more taking the gamble and not paying the higher fixed rate.

Can only be a matter of time of when they bring their down too.

I hope so too, BG are actually cheaper for elec at the moment, albeit 2%

jem16

Gambler wrote:

I hope so too, BG are actually cheaper for elec at the moment, albeit 2%

Not for me they're not.

Cheapest BG tariff for electricity would still cost me £65pa more than my EDF Online tariff.