British Gas Essentials Tariff

shammyjack

Confirmed prices as of today for

http://www.southernelectric.co.uk/Home/CustomerServices/energyPlusCare.aspx


GAS

Standing Charge 8.34p per day, £30.44p per year

Rate 1.54p per kWh

PRICES DROP an extra 12% from April 1st 2007 !

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ELECTRIC Single Rate

Standing Charge 14p per day, £51.10p per year

Rate 6.96p per kWh

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ELECTRIC Dual Rate ( Economy 7 )

Standing charge 21.84p per day, £79.71p per year

Day Rate 8.45p per kWh

Night Rate 2.968p per kWh


PRICES DROP an extra 5% from April 1st 2007 !


Hope this helps all who qualify .


shammy

Ken68

Thank you Shammy, really useful stuff, might risk a phone call.

Cardew

Shammy,
Thanks for this.

I am still puzzled.

I rang up again just now and questioned them. They would not volunteer the information, until I mentioned pluscare by name. He then told me that the scheme(if you qualify) gives you a 20% discount off their tariff - and that is exactly what the website says on the link you gave.

However their tariff is apparently very different to the one you have.

Firstly they don't have a daily standing charge like your tariff - it is a higher rate for the first 1,143/225kWh for gas/electricity

Secondly your current gas rate is already about 35% below their post 1st April 2007 gas rate and if it drops another 12% is will be close to 50% cheaper(not 20%)

Unless I have again been given 'duff' information, it might be that your rates above are for existing customers and they aren't available for new customers

Ken68 - If you ring it will be useful to see what information you get on their tariff.

shammyjack

Cardew.


Southern have various ways of supplying the base tariff, with standing charge or higher and lower rate, they work out to roughly the same whichever you choose .

Energyplus is 20% off the base tariff but last years increases where not applied to it .

The prices are correct as of today and minus the percentage decreases I stated from 01/04/2007.

Confirmed in a 20 minute phone call this afternoon and by mine and my Mothers most recent bill .

The rates I quote are available to all qualifying customers !

shammy

skintscot

Thanks everyone, I'm going to get my calculator out and ring around. Sounds like you need to be specific and persistent with the energy companies. My mother is also struggling to find the cheapesat OAP rate so I can kill two birds with one stone.