PrePayment switching to credit

_andrewstewart

I'm looking into switching from a prepayment meter to paying by credit, currently I'm on EDF but looking into plans at the moment.

Is it best for me to switch to a credit meter with EDF then switch to the supplier of my choice

or

Switch to the supplier of my choice on a prepayment plan, and then change to a credit deal?

It seems EDF don't charge for a meter, don't bother with a credit check and don't have any t&c's to tie you into a deal with them once you have the meter - so is that the best route to go down? However, one of the deals I'm looking at is the British Gas one that includes Hive - but you need to switch to it by 19th April which complicates things a little...

Many thanks!

Nada666

If EDF offer this to you then that is probably easier and as well to try them first since you have a sound history with them (rather than a promise of a meter change over the telephone with another party that changes to a wait-twelve-months risk when you actually switch.)

(British Gas' Fix and Control tariff is £200 more expensive than EDF's cheapest fix! And £330 more expensive than the cheapest combination!)

So you can stay with EDF to get the credit meter (and simply pay the £199 to British Gas for a Hive if you really want one for a lower end cost.) (or buy a similar system independently from someone else)

matelodave

Get the meter swapped by EDF - they'll do it for free and transfer you to a standard tariff. It's far easier to get your existing supplier to do it and even better with EDF as they are one of the very few who do it for nothing.
You can then swap over to your supplier of choice. That's what we did when we moved in.

_andrewstewart

Many thanks, I'll definitely go with the EDF install then! Guess Hive is just a carrot being dangled with a nice advert and I'm biting in haste - I'll look into other systems/plans and stick with EDF until then.