Choosing a Tariff

Cordie

I am looking for a new gas and energy supplier so rang the energy helpline as a I was interested in the Swalec 2 year Capped Price Plan. I was steered away from that by the representative to the Scottish Power Fixed Price March 2015 plan but am now wondering if I've been given the correct information.

The Capped 2 year Plan with Swalec has a standing charge for both gas and electricity of £60.02p the unit price of gas is 4.295 and electricity is 14.112, but Scottish Power's standing charge is a massive £126.01 with the unit price of gas 4.104 and electricity 14.195.

Is Scottish Power cheaper because of other different discounts available within the package or should I have stuck with my original choice and not been swayed to change my mind by the representative.

Help would be appreciated as I am hopeless at maths.

rogerblack

Go to a switching site - for example - http://uswitch.com/ - there are many, many others.
Enter your current usage and plan. Hit compare.
Yes, they take into account all of the discounts and other things.
It's of course possible you've had bad advice - but check the above and it'll tell you.

Wywth

Cordie wrote: »

I am looking for a new gas and energy supplier so rang the energy helpline as a I was interested in the Swalec 2 year Capped Price Plan. I was steered away from that by the representative to the Scottish Power Fixed Price March 2015 plan but am now wondering if I've been given the correct information.

The Capped 2 year Plan with Swalec has a standing charge for both gas and electricity of £60.02p the unit price of gas is 4.295 and electricity is 14.112, but Scottish Power's standing charge is a massive £126.01 with the unit price of gas 4.104 and electricity 14.195.

Is Scottish Power cheaper because of other different discounts available within the package or should I have stuck with my original choice and not been swayed to change my mind by the representative.

Help would be appreciated as I am hopeless at maths.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/you-switch-gas-electricity

macman

Forget u/c's and standing charges (and the required maths). There are too many other variables that affect the actual annual costs. Just hit any comp site with your annual kWh usage. It takes less than two minutes.