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movinghelp

I've just bought a new 2 bed flat which has prepayment meters for both gas (scottish power) and elec (npower). These are being replaced next week with credit meters. This alone has cost £120. I want to move onto a dual fuel tariff.

Our old 1 bed flat was supplied by Southern Electric and we had a 2 year fixed deal which over the year averaged out at £17 for gas and £33 for elec (gas hob and heating and hot water) as we were careful. I also quite liked their customer service.

We are now looking at doing an npower fix. Using the same kwh usage to get a quote on npower we're looking at £58 for a standard dual, 2014 fix at £53, 2015 fix at £60 or 2017 fix at £65. Obviously this long term fix would be £154 extra over a year.

Slightly confused as it also appears the standard and 2015 fix don't have any standing charge for elec. There's also no unit provided just a monthly cost. Obviously the only use to us would be to have no standing charge on gas as we use it much less in the summer months..

macman

SC or non SC make virtually no difference unless you are a low user, the difference is pence per year. What do the comp sites tell you?

nPower

movinghelp wrote: »

I've just bought a new 2 bed flat which has prepayment meters for both gas (scottish power) and elec (npower). These are being replaced next week with credit meters. This alone has cost £120. I want to move onto a dual fuel tariff.

Our old 1 bed flat was supplied by Southern Electric and we had a 2 year fixed deal which over the year averaged out at £17 for gas and £33 for elec (gas hob and heating and hot water) as we were careful. I also quite liked their customer service.

We are now looking at doing an npower fix. Using the same kwh usage to get a quote on npower we're looking at £58 for a standard dual, 2014 fix at £53, 2015 fix at £60 or 2017 fix at £65. Obviously this long term fix would be £154 extra over a year.

Slightly confused as it also appears the standard and 2015 fix don't have any standing charge for elec. There's also no unit provided just a monthly cost. Obviously the only use to us would be to have no standing charge on gas as we use it much less in the summer months..

Hello movinghelp,


If you would like more information on these tariffs and unit prices please send your details on an email to the address on my profile page and I can look into this for you.


Thanks

Carmel

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

nPower_company_representative wrote: »

Hello movinghelp,


If you would like more information on these tariffs and unit prices please send your details on an email to the address on my profile page and I can look into this for you.


Thanks

Carmel

Dangerously close to touting for business IMHO

wakeupalarm

Yeah, ignore the npower sales representative and go to a comparision site instead which shows all energy companies. Using the amount you pay each month doesn't give you an accurate comparison, you should compare using your actual usage in Kwh.

Nada666

Some npower tariffs do have a £42 standing charge for electricity but this is offset with a direct debit discount of £42 which results in a net cost of £0. Be very careful, though - this is counterbalanced by a complementary gas standing charge of more than £200!

If you do find a suitable cheap electricy tariff from npower for your usage you may be better off with your gas on a different tariff or supplier.