Switching Dual Fuel from Southern Electric

benjitheman

Good Afternoon,


Please bare with me if I ask any silly questions as I have never switched energy supplier before (I know, I know)...


I am currently with Southern Electric as stated above and pay DD £74 per month for gas and £72 per month for electric. We live in a 3 bed mid terraced house with 2 adults and 2 young children.


I have just done a check on uSwitch as well as through this website and see that I can switch to a fixed price plan with Scottish Power until March 2015 whereby we save £159 per year.


I have just logged into my account with Southern Electric and given the latest meter reading, the results came back that for electricity I am £105.55 in debit and the bill is issued today (my DD will come out next week to cover the majority of this) and my gas is currently £889.79 in credit with a £79.15 bill issued today.


Obviously I know we will use more gas and electricity over the winter, however with switching that money will be refunded to me anyway, would it not?


It may seem obvious to some but should I definitely press on with switching to Scottish Power and request a refund for the remaining balance from Southern Electric and ensure I'm locked in for the next 2 winters?


Thanks in advance for any help.

Nada666

Yes, the money will be refunded - some of it ought to be refunded (about half, at least, but not much more - winter is coming) immediately on request now. The balance will be refunded if you switch supplier.

Make sure you are using typical annual consumption in kWhs when comparing prices on a comparison site and not using your current total spend. If you used your £146 spend when comparing then the usage and savings suggested will be far too high.