Gas and Electricity supplier advice needed

davnav

Im currently on with british gas standard tariff and have been quoted £923 for my gas usage from 1st dec 2013 till 23rd oct 2014,i pay £20 pound a week for my gas at the min. i am also on with npower for my electric and have been quoted £799 pound from 1st jan 2014 till the 28th oct 2014 i pay £15 per week for this i pay for both by paying fornightly at a paypoint with a card. i live in a 3 bed house with 3 children aged between 5 and 20 and my partner works full time, as theres so many changes with prices and tariffs im unsure what to do could i please have some advice from someone who knows about this thanks.

dogshome

Hmmm - Being on any suppliers 'Standard' tariff is bad news.

From your post it seems you have at least one years useage history with both suppliers - Look at the bills and the later one's should show how many Kwh of Gas /Elec you used over the last 12 months. If these figures are not on the bills phone BG & n'power and ask.

When you have them, punch annual Kwh useages into at least 2 Switch sites to get the prices from other suppliers
Fortnightly Cash payments is not the best way to pay the bills, most suppliers give a discount for monthly Direct Debit payment with further discounts if you opt for Online Billing

Your £20 a week to BG totals £1040, which easily covers the £923 annual bill.
However your £15 a week to n'power for Electric totals only £780, which is doesn't quite cover the £799 annual cost, BUT all the annual figures you quote are based on forecasts and most suppliers tend to over estimate when doing these figures

macman

Standard tariff is always the most expensive variable...