Eon/NPower.....what's the point in changing supplier

BirnamBear

This time last year I paid £218 a month dual fuel and had used 7,166kwh of electricity and 50,989 kwh of gas for the previous 12 months.Eon wanted to increase my payment to £248.
I went onto several comparison sites and they all said for my usage that NPower had the best deal.

I switched to them paying £225 a month.I have used in the last 12 months 8,081 kwh of electricity and 47,062kwh of gas.They now want to increase my payment to £318 a month.

Npower sent me one bill in the year and that was only because I insisted on it.Up till two weeks ago I was £2300 in credit and they had not planned to send me a bill till August(18 months after I joined them !!)

My question is based on the above:is there any point changing and would it not be better just to make your house more energy efficient ?

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

Hmm, well the 1MWh increase in elec should offset the 4MWh increase in gas (elec costs approx 3 times as much and there's been a price rise) therefore what you're paying should stay fairly similar.

That said, you are with the worst supplier for getting bills/payments correct, and your numbers are just enormous. I assume your house is on the large side?

BirnamBear

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

Hmm, well the 1MWh increase in elec should offset the 4MWh increase in gas (elec costs approx 3 times as much and there's been a price rise) therefore what you're paying should stay fairly similar.

That said, you are with the worst supplier for getting bills/payments correct, and your numbers are just enormous. I assume your house is on the large side?

241 square metres or 2600 sq ft.Late 60's build 6 bedroom detached.
Frightening though these prices.

Nada666

BirnamBear wrote: »

My question is based on the above:is there any point changing and would it not be better just to make your house more energy efficient ?

Surely you should be doing both?

Assuming your usage is correct (and you have checked that you are not being charged for an imperial meter where you have a metric one) the reason for changing tariffs is very important for you - you save £750 to £900 every year. If you would rather pay an extra £75 each and every month then you are free to do so.

A change in direct debit can be irritating - but surely it is better to ride occasional variation if over the long term you pay £75 per month less.

And if you are in Glasgow you should really work out how it is possible to use £50,000 over such a mild winter - what are you using the gas for? It wasn't needed for heating a great many weeks this winter so you have to investigate that.

BirnamBear

Nada666 wrote: »

Surely you should be doing both?

Assuming your usage is correct (and you have checked that you are not being charged for an imperial meter where you have a metric one) the reason for changing tariffs is very important for you - you save £750 to £900 every year. If you would rather pay an extra £75 each and every month then you are free to do so.

A change in direct debit can be irritating - but surely it is better to ride occasional variation if over the long term you pay £75 per month less.

And if you are in Glasgow you should really work out how it is possible to use £50,000 over such a mild winter - what are you using the gas for? It wasn't needed for heating a great many weeks this winter so you have to investigate that.

Heating is on from 6.30 till 8.30 then 4.30 till 10.30 Mon -Fri
8-11 and 4.00 - 10.00 Sat/Sun.Gas only used to heat the house....17 radiators.

JJ_Egan

Your electric seems very high don't mind the large gas bill .