Official MSE Economy 7 Guide discussion

molerat

That last bill looks like good use of E7, 50%, especially as a fair part of it was in a warmer part of the year. What is your total split over a year and what is your unit price. Your tariff may be the problem rather than the split.

cbrown372

Help! Is there such a thing as ecomony 7 any more?

Having dreadful problems with Scottish Power, have a meter that has three readings, All/Day, Night and Control with no gas and night store heaters. Phoned SSE today, can't help because of the meter. Looked at OVO as they came up when googling Economy 7 but haven't phoned as yet.

Just had a confirmed bill from Scottish Power and costs are:
Day £224.60
Control £329
Night £31.55 ??
three months

Obviously heating is charged on what they call Control but no-one it seems can tell me why?

Tariff ends in January and the best offer is Basic Fixed Tarriff.

jk0

cbrown372 wrote: »

Help! Is there such a thing as ecomony 7 any more?

Having dreadful problems with Scottish Power, have a meter that has three readings, All/Day, Night and Control with no gas and night store heaters. Phoned SSE today, can't help because of the meter. Looked at OVO as they came up when googling Economy 7 but haven't phoned as yet.

Just had a confirmed bill from Scottish Power and costs are:
Day £224.60
Control £329
Night £31.55 ??
three months

Obviously heating is charged on what they call Control but no-one it seems can tell me why?

Tariff ends in January and the best offer is Basic Fixed Tarriff.

It's an early form of smart metering. They turn on & off your storage heaters according to when energy is plentiful. It ain't cheap though. I think it's now about on par with the cheapest E7 tariffs.

footyguy

cbrown372 wrote: »

Help! Is there such a thing as ecomony 7 any more?

Having dreadful problems with Scottish Power, have a meter that has three readings, All/Day, Night and Control with no gas and night store heaters. Phoned SSE today, can't help because of the meter. Looked at OVO as they came up when googling Economy 7 but haven't phoned as yet.

Just had a confirmed bill from Scottish Power and costs are:
Day £224.60
Control £329
Night £31.55 ??
three months

Obviously heating is charged on what they call Control but no-one it seems can tell me why?

Tariff ends in January and the best offer is Basic Fixed Tarriff.

Yes, nearly every supplier supports economy 7 tariffs.

But you don't have an economy 7 meter. You have legacy metering & tariff and only your legacy supplier is obligated to support that metering.

Do not attempt to switch supplier with your current metering. Attempts by others with such legacy metering who have tried to switch supplier invariably end up in tears.

Good luck!

cbrown372

footyguy wrote: »

Yes, nearly every supplier supports economy 7 tariffs.

But you don't have an economy 7 meter. You have legacy metering & tariff and only your legacy supplier is obligated to support that metering.

Do not attempt to switch supplier with your current metering. Attempts by others with such legacy metering who have tried to switch supplier invariably end up in tears.

Good luck!

I complained back in Sept/Oct when they wanted to up my monthly payment to £204, this is for 2 bedrooms, admitedly old and cold terraced cottage! Asked them when they took me off Ecomony7 that as far as I knew I had been on for the past 26 years and why wasn't I told. At that time they changed my tariff to Help Beat Cancer Fixed Price Energy January 2018 and on the calculation of my bill from Dec 2013 they cancelled charges of £4,190, yes £4K!

Today the girl suggested I seemed to be a high user and to read my meter daily for 7 days and give them the readings to check if there was a problem? I'm totally at a loss as to what to do now.

Mookii

Hi all,

I live in a house with E7, and some rather dated storage heaters. With the coal power stations being shut down in the coming years, my concern is whether it's worth upgrading my storage heaters, or look for an alternative system.

I live in an area that doesn't gave gas central heating (and probably never will), and a few of my neighbours have oil. I don't have loads of money saved up, and I'd rather get something that's efficient and cost effective.

My concern with coal plants being closed is if that'll mean E7 gets shut down and therefore if I spent a load of money on new storage heaters, I'll have thrown good money away instead of investing it into something that will last me as I have no plans on moving.

I don't want to worry any E7 customers, I may just be barking up the wrong tree, but I have yet to find anything to answer my questions (although I've not been looking for too long). I'm hoping there's someone out there that can help

Richie-from-the-Boro

No such thing as "dated storage heaters" Mookii they will be ± as efficient as brand new ones, ditto upgrading them will not be cost effective. "Coal power stations being shut down in the coming years" will have no bearing on TOU tariffs - a pointless worry about a non-happening event me thinks my friend.

Cdeeks

hi.

This is my first time posting, but I’m in a real state of confusion around my electricity bills and am concerned that Eon May have mis-sold me on my tariff.

Moved into a 2 bed too floor flat. We have storage heaters in every room, immersion heater, full electric house. So, by the general consensus I have seen on this website and others, we should be on the Economy 7 tariff (note. Our meter does split between a day and a night rate already) However! When setting up with Eon, and giving them this information, they said a fixed rate tariff would be the best choice for us.

We recently had the meter replaced as the old one was faulty, and the readings were obviously 00000 for night and day when installed. Then, 11 days later 00074 for day, and 00261 for night. I contacted Eon, who assured me over the phone that we were definitely better off on the fixed rate still. Im assuming this is because our summer usage at night will be so low that it all balances out. But can’t help feel those numbers do NOT currently add up.

Any help or advice would be appreciated. My current plan is ride it out and try to manage the amount of energy we are using a bit better through the winter and see what happens up until we are up for renewal. But that is just down to my limited experience in these matters, and probably some naivety.

molerat

Cdeeks wrote: »

hi.

This is my first time posting, but I!!!8217;m in a real state of confusion around my electricity bills and am concerned that Eon May have mis-sold me on my tariff.

Moved into a 2 bed too floor flat. We have storage heaters in every room, immersion heater, full electric house. So, by the general consensus I have seen on this website and others, we should be on the Economy 7 tariff (note. Our meter does split between a day and a night rate already) However! When setting up with Eon, and giving them this information, they said a fixed rate tariff would be the best choice for us.

We recently had the meter replaced as the old one was faulty, and the readings were obviously 00000 for night and day when installed. Then, 11 days later 00074 for day, and 00261 for night. I contacted Eon, who assured me over the phone that we were definitely better off on the fixed rate still. Im assuming this is because our summer usage at night will be so low that it all balances out. But can!!!8217;t help feel those numbers do NOT currently add up.

Any help or advice would be appreciated. My current plan is ride it out and try to manage the amount of energy we are using a bit better through the winter and see what happens up until we are up for renewal. But that is just down to my limited experience in these matters, and probably some naivety.

How mis-sold ? Fixed rate refers to the price of the units on the tariff, it will not change over the contract period and is generally cheaper than a variable tariff. If you have storage heating and you use it then E7 is usually the correct tariff to be on.

busybee100

As molerat says fixed rate refers to the cost. Eon do fixed tariffs for E7. Have a look on your account or ask for the specific tariff then you can look it up to make sure it's the correct one for you.