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Should I go for Standing Charge or Tiered tariff?
I have shown below my meter reading history (as much as I can get
from my account ). So you can roughly see how much I use throughout
the year.
Could someone confirm whether I should go for a tariff with
a Standing Charge or a Tiered Tariff?
Or does it not really matter?
Last years annual consumption for me was:
GAS = 14279 kwh (per year)
ELEC = 4753 kwh (per year)
Gas meter readings:
08/08/2012 = 4818
25/07/2012 = 4805
30/05/2012 = 4758
29/02/2012 = 4572
23/02/2012 = 4554
11/02/2012 = 4488
09/02/2012 = 4473
29/11/2011 = 4110
Electric meter readings:
08/08/2012 = 15065
25/07/2012 = 14916
10/05/2012 = 14057
29/02/2012 = 13237
11/02/2012 = 13000
09/02/2012 = 12982
28/11/2011 = 12037
09/11/2011 = 11802
30/08/2011 = 10977
10/08/2011 = 10755
02/08/2011 = 10668
29/06/2011 = 10290
31/05/2011 = 9958
12/05/2011 = 9739
05/05/2011 = 9654
10/02/2011 = 8588
11/11/2010 = 7204
09/10/2010 = 6814
from my account ). So you can roughly see how much I use throughout
the year.
Could someone confirm whether I should go for a tariff with
a Standing Charge or a Tiered Tariff?
Or does it not really matter?
Last years annual consumption for me was:
GAS = 14279 kwh (per year)
ELEC = 4753 kwh (per year)
Gas meter readings:
08/08/2012 = 4818
25/07/2012 = 4805
30/05/2012 = 4758
29/02/2012 = 4572
23/02/2012 = 4554
11/02/2012 = 4488
09/02/2012 = 4473
29/11/2011 = 4110
Electric meter readings:
08/08/2012 = 15065
25/07/2012 = 14916
10/05/2012 = 14057
29/02/2012 = 13237
11/02/2012 = 13000
09/02/2012 = 12982
28/11/2011 = 12037
09/11/2011 = 11802
30/08/2011 = 10977
10/08/2011 = 10755
02/08/2011 = 10668
29/06/2011 = 10290
31/05/2011 = 9958
12/05/2011 = 9739
05/05/2011 = 9654
10/02/2011 = 8588
11/11/2010 = 7204
09/10/2010 = 6814
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Comments
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Won't affect your bill one jot.That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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Thanks for the info, just thought I would ask before changing supplier.0
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As part of bill simplification OFGEM are pushing suppliers to offering Standing charge and not tiered tariffs as they are easier to understand.IT Consultant in the utilities industry specialising in the retail electricity market.
4 Credit Card and 1 Loan PPI claims settled for £26k, 1 rejected (Opus).0 -
if you put your annual kWh figures into any comp site it will tell you the difference-which will be a matter of a few pence.No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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