SSE freezes energy prices until 2016

Mikey17

Screw SSE.
The one thing that makes me madder than all these highway robbers, is the total apathy of people to change their supplier. My current deal with First Utility is about to end. The cheapest deal now appears to be Extra Energy,fixed till Sep 2015
A comparison test takes less than 5 minutes. If saving money is not enough, then surely it's the principal of the matter, that these companies are laughing all the way to the bank. Also SSE shares up 2.7% today

Mee

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

Of the big 6, SSE were dead last to reduce prices and pass on the reduction in Green Levy. BG did this 3 months ago. SSE have benefited from the full winter period of higher prices.

Just about to ask about the GL refund - not seen sight of it, yet.

Gratis

Hmm.

Suffice it to say that on my own family’s annual consumption – 23,500 gas, 10,300 electricity – freezing SSE’s current variable standard rate dual-fuel tariff until January 2016 would produce an annual charge (£2,536) that is identical to SSE’s own current offer of a fix to March 31st 2017…

And both of them would be £164 per annum more expensive than Ovo’s current offer of a fix to March 31st 2016 (£2,372).

Cause for whooping celebration today over the Despatch Box in Parliament about SSE's announcement?

Hardly. I know which of those three tariffs I would choose. :cool:

Mikey17 wrote: »

Screw SSE.
The one thing that makes me madder than all these highway robbers, is the total apathy of people to change their supplier. My current deal with First Utility is about to end. The cheapest deal now appears to be Extra Energy,fixed till Sep 2015

A comparison test takes less than 5 minutes. If saving money is not enough, then surely it's the principal (?) of the matter, that these companies are laughing all the way to the bank. Also SSE shares up 2.7% today

The principal principle of the matter is to be wise enough to buy shares in the energy companies and laugh along with them. _party_ :beer: :dance:

If you can't beat them, join them. :money:

polymaff

Just another big advertising con which our esteemed media and politicians have fallen for for their own purposes.

This freeze applies to SSE's expensive Standard tariff only (sound familiar - other energy suppliers?) and leaves that tariff still way more expensive than similar products from other suppliers.

chanz4

smoke screens, I bet the others will follow with the scam

cgzz

I hate SSE more than ever now. 500 job losses is morally unjust to fund a freeze on their most expensive tariff. SSE deserves to lose customers because of this.

Gratis

cgzz wrote: »

I hate SSE more than ever now. 500 job losses is morally unjust to fund a freeze on their most expensive tariff. SSE deserves to lose customers because of this.

Some might suspect that the truth lies the other way round: namely that SSE wanted to make the cutbacks and decided to hide this behind a huge smokescreen of announcing that it was freezing its expensive standard tariff for a period during which it is privately expecting the wholesale price of energy to fall. :cool:

digp

gratis is prob closer to the truth

Coveredinbees!!!!

It's all smoke and mirrors they were going to cut the 500 jobs and are just using this 'deal' to cover the bad press.

Nada666

polymaff wrote: »

This freeze applies to SSE's expensive Standard tariff only (sound familiar - other energy suppliers?) and leaves that tariff still way more expensive than similar products from other suppliers.

No it is not. Third place of the big six for the Standard tariffs. Even including all suppliers there are only three that are more than a pound cheaper per month.