No standing charge gas tariff

annedonnelly

Does anyone know of a gas tariff with no standing charge?

And if so, is it worth switching?

I use very little gas - only for cooking. I switched from npower to Ecotricity about 18 months ago because npower imposed a standing charge for gas. Ecotricity have now done the same.

The letter from Ecotricity states that they're doing this to come in line with other providers as per instructions from Ofgem to make all pricing structures similar. Does this mean that all suppliers will be imposing a gas standing charge?

The standing charge will increase my bill massively but I don't want to switch only to find that a new supplier does the same in a few months time. Don't really want to give up my gas cooker either

Thanks

Anne

penrhyn

Ebico, don't have standing charges as yet.

https://www.ebico.org.uk/

macman

Yes, the suppliers will have no choice but to levy a standing charge to reduce their tariff numbers.

Farway

macman wrote: »

Yes, the suppliers will have no choice but to levy a standing charge to reduce their tariff numbers.

But, as with Ebico, the standing charge can be zero pence, it does not have to be pounds

annedonnelly

Farway wrote: »

But, as with Ebico, the standing charge can be zero pence, it does not have to be pounds

Ah, that's interesting. In that case it's worth taking a look at Ebico.

Thanks everyone.

Ilona

Another low user here, I am in the process of changing to Ebico, from BG, as I don't want to pay the new standing charge. I checked how much my gas and electric was going to cost me, based on my current usage, and it came out cheaper than BG. Easy site to navigate and understand. I'm hoping it all goes through smoothly.
Ilona

Solarjunkie

You might like to consider getting a bottled gas stove, or getting adaptors for the one you have. We have used this system for years, as it seems only worth having mains gas if you use it for heating too.