Switching Gas/Elec - Price/Unit rates

findmeister85

Hello,

I am looking for some advice. My partner & I ar currently on a standard duel fuel tarriff from British Gas and we were looking at various comparision websites and found a good deal from EDF on there blue price promise.

We phoned British Gas to enquire about other tarriffs as well and the cheapest one we got offered was a variable rate one until November 2013. Once we discussed it we decided we would go with the EDF and sign up to them but when we phoned British Gas again to cancel she said its not all about the price you pay per month and mentioned about the price/unit price and daily charge saying theres is cheapest rates around but does this matter if you are on a fixed rate? EDF's electricity rates were cheaper but gas was more expensive. Have to say all this just confused me more.

Also how do you go about cancelling with one provider and signing up with another? Do you just sign up with another provider and they let other gas company know?

Thanks
Eddie

rogerblack

There is no such thing as 'a fixed rate' as you seem to imply you mean.
You will always be charged for your consumption per unit used.
Your direct debit may be set at a figure, but this will if you use more or leas than forecast lead to you building up either a credit or debt.
However, usually, if you have an accurate idea of what you'll use over a year, you can use a switching site to compare all offers.
Uswitch, for example.

macman

It's a fixed unit rate, not a fixed monthly rate regardless of actual consumption.
If you use a comp site with your annual kWh figures (not monthly DD amounts) then you will get accurate results.
What matters is the annual total, not what your monthly DD is set at.
The incoming supplier takes care of everything and notifies the outgoing supplier.
If you want that EDF fix I'd act quickly...like today. It won't be around for much longer now.
Whatever you do, get off Standard...it's the most expensive tariff.

Atidi

findmeister85 wrote: »

Hello,

I am looking for some advice. My partner & I ar currently on a standard duel fuel tarriff from British Gas and we were looking at various comparision websites and found a good deal from EDF on there blue price promise.

We phoned British Gas to enquire about other tarriffs as well and the cheapest one we got offered was a variable rate one until November 2013. Once we discussed it we decided we would go with the EDF and sign up to them but when we phoned British Gas again to cancel she said its not all about the price you pay per month and mentioned about the price/unit price and daily charge saying theres is cheapest rates around but does this matter if you are on a fixed rate? EDF's electricity rates were cheaper but gas was more expensive. Have to say all this just confused me more.

Also how do you go about cancelling with one provider and signing up with another? Do you just sign up with another provider and they let other gas company know?

Thanks
Eddie

Yes, you cancel your existing supply by contacting a new supplier and asking them to take over the supply. The new supplier does everything.

You can either contact the new supplier directly or via a comparison or cashback site if you want a little cashback