anyone else on the edf blue price promise April 2014 tariff ?

molerat

M271 wrote: »

You will get 2% Sandander 123 cashback with Scottish Power, as I will from OVO, so it isn't only the 'Big 6'

Not from Zog or ExtraEnergy though

Bark01

Aquamania wrote: »

So I think I'll delay any application to switch for more like 3 weeks now and continue to take advantage of the current, cheap EDF tariff for as long as possible :beer:

The price hold only applies for 50 days after the products ended, its not for ever.

victor2

Aquamania wrote: »

Final paragraph about what if you want to change supplier includes:

If you do decide to leave, as long as your new supplier tells us by 30 April 2014 we'll continue to hold your current prices until you switch.

So I think I'll delay any application to switch for more like 3 weeks now and continue to take advantage of the current, cheap EDF tariff for as long as possible :beer:

I was pleased to see that as well, as I'm also looking at leaving EDF. To make that work though, you do have to apply to the new provider before the end of April plus their cooling off period (usually 10 working days?), as they won't notify EDF until that has elapsed.
I agree though, might as well let EDF's prices roll over while waiting for the switch to take place.

JJ_Egan

Time scale of my change from EDF to date of new connection .
Switch via MSE Energy Club 13/3/14 new supply goes live 14/4/14 with Ovo . Four weeks to six weeks is the posted time scale for changeovers .

victor2

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Time scale of my change from EDF to date of new connection .
Switch via MSE Energy Club 13/3/14 new supply goes live 14/4/14 with Ovo . Four weeks to six weeks is the posted time scale for changeovers .

Energy Club doesn't seem to be doing very well at the moment, judging by the negative feedback we see on it here.
I'll probably go for the £30 cashback with Quidco for switching through them and uSwitch.

Tharweb

hoof wrote: »

Thanks - would be great if you could provide update on developments as switch progresses; hopefully with no problems.

Will keep you posted.

Gratis

Gratis wrote: »

My family’s annual domestic consumption of energy at our home in England is 23,500 KwH of gas and 10,300 KwH of electricity.

On Scottish Power’s current dual-fuel “Online Fixed Price Energy June (30th) 2015” offer that would cost £2,148.

On EDF’s “Blue + Price Promise June (30th) 2015” offer it would cost £2,345.

That would make the EDF offer £197 more expensive for them, per annum, than the Scottish Power offer.

Clearly, your own consumption rate of energy is different!

This goes to show, doesn’t it, how important it is for everybody to work with their own exact figures and not rely upon those quoted for the “average U.K. house” (whatever such a thing may be). The latter are grossly misleading and could prove disastrous for some who simply take them at face value.

welshee wrote: »

Yes as you say there is a vast difference in usage.

Evidently so.

As Hoof Hearted points out, Scottish Power has higher fixed charges but lower tariffs, so it becomes a better choice than EDF for higher energy consumption.

Interestingly, at my family’s level of consumption, Ovo’s “Cheaper Energy Fixed to (30th) June 2016” offer would cost only £27 per annum more (£2,372) than EDF's “Blue + Price Promise June (30th) 2015” offer (£2,345) !

It does carry an early cancellation penalty of £30 per fuel but it would be a far better deal than EDF's.

So, either way, the EDF offer is uncompetitive, for them. Scottish Power would be over £200 a year cheaper for the same 15 month period and Ovo would be only £27 more, per annum, for a 27 month fix.

I wonder how that Ovo offer works out for you, on your consumption?

kittybangbang

After much calculation and deliberation, I think I will be switching to First Utility. I can get £47 cashback on Top Cashback, and the reason this is so good for me is the really low daily standing charge.

EDF= Electric .14p and Gas .22p per day
First U= Electric .01p and Gas .02p per day (I really hope I am reading these figures correctly...!) please, please correct me if i'm wrong!

Anyway I worked out how mand units of Gas/Electric we use on an average winter's day, then compared them all and FU came out cheapest daily. Although the unit costs were higher, the high EDF standing charge made it much more expensive.

JJ_Egan

The EDF standing charge would be the old ones not current charges that are more like 25p + per day .
The suppliers that have a low standing charge have a higher KWH rate .

kittybangbang

The standing charge for me would go from:

Elec .14 p & Gas .23p to Elec .19p & Gas .26p

per day with EDF! that's crazy, £164 per year just in standing charges...

That's why I'm not sure that the FU Standing Charges are correct? But it's what I see on the website, I guess I'm just scared it's too good to be true...lol.