does an increase in kWh affect a bill more than an increase in Standing Charg

Dee89

generally does an increase in kWh affect a bill more or less than an increase in Standing Charge? Thanks to anyone who can answer

NittyGritty

a standing charge is charged only Once a day, how many units of Kwh a day do you use? I think that answers ur question regardless of increases

apt

Proportionally high users are more affected by increases in the unit price, low users by higher standing charges.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

NittyGritty wrote: »

a standing charge is charged only Once a day, how many units of Kwh a day do you use? I think that answers ur question regardless of increases

Rubbish.

It varies entirely on your consumption. If you are a low user, you really don't care if the p/KWh increases, as long as the standing charge stays low (see ebico ad nauseum).

Conversely, if you are a family spending £2k a year on energy, if the unit rate doesn't change you'd probably stomach a £50 per year increase in standing charge.

There is no hard and fast rule, put your consumption details into a price comparison site, this will tell you the best permutation for your individual scenario.

DragonQ

Depends...

Dee89

Thank you. One more thing if I could, if I entered into a fixed rate tariff I understand they can't increase the kWh but can they increase the Standing Charge?

Nada666

Dee89 wrote: »

Thank you. One more thing if I could, if I entered into a fixed rate tariff I understand they can't increase the kWh but can they increase the Standing Charge?

No, they can't. Only a change in VAT can be enforced.

Nada666

Nada666 wrote: »

No, they can't. Only a change in VAT can be enforced.

That is, if it is a 'fixed' tariff. Watch out for discount fixes, though - they can mess you about with a massive restructuring of their tariffs through messing around with standing charges of the base tariff.

Dee89

Thank you all :-)

macman

Dee89 wrote: »

Thank you. One more thing if I could, if I entered into a fixed rate tariff I understand they can't increase the kWh but can they increase the Standing Charge?

No, a fix is a fix. But of course they can increase your bill-it's only the unit rate that is fixed. Use more units and you pay more.