Octopus Energy reviews: Give your feedback

worrywart_3

I have switched to octopus tracker for electricity and still with so for gas which I want to change I’m confused would I be best just changing to the cheapest gas not octopus 

bristolleedsfan

worrywart_3 said:

I have switched to octopus tracker for electricity and still with so for gas which I want to change I’m confused would I be best just changing to the cheapest gas not octopus 

Gas Standing Charge is very low on Tracker 15.09p per day in my region compared with most tariffs, moving out of Winter Tracker tariff appears prudent choice for most people, however there are those who believe due to policies Gas will keep on increasing in price and thus 2 year fix is prudent with for example Zog

Telegraph_Sam

If  only one could answer such a question!  There are  indications that gas often gets cheaper in the summer only to jump higher in the winter. In this case it is a matter of comparing both the unit costs and the standing charges in order to judge when to switch from fixed to variable. I use a spreadsheet (and crystal ball) to do this - Octopus have agreed with me that looking at the lump sums in their Tracker "demo" can give misleading results though the graphs are interesting.
I have yet to come across Zog in any of the search engines. They sound very exclusive ..

bristolleedsfan

Telegraph_Sam said:

I have yet to come across Zog in any of the search engines. They sound very exclusive ..

Gas only supplier

worrywart_3

bristolleedsfan said:

worrywart_3 said:

I have switched to octopus tracker for electricity and still with so for gas which I want to change I’m confused would I be best just changing to the cheapest gas not octopus 

Gas Standing Charge is very low on Tracker 15.09p per day in my region compared with most tariffs, moving out of Winter Tracker tariff appears prudent choice for most people, however there are those who believe due to policies Gas will keep on increasing in price and thus 2 year fix is prudent with for example Zog

Utility point are coming out cheapest then so energy then zog for me 

UnclaimedEnergy

Read the Utility Point thread first before joining just to see what you're getting yourself into (Main issue is delay in credit refunds when leaving)

BargainBear

Just had a look at Zog, they're more expensive than the fixed tariff I mentioned earlier in our area. I'll add it to my list though cheers.

bristolleedsfan

BargainBear said:

Just had a look at Zog, they're more expensive than the fixed tariff I mentioned earlier in our area. I'll add it to my list though cheers.

Reason I specifically mentioned "2 year fix", is I know of a few who are on Tracker Tariff/Agile for Electricity and decided prudent in longer term to do 2 year Gas fix with Zog, there are those within the industry who are lobbying for taxes on Green Electricity to be moved to Gas, only the other week Greg Jackson founder of Octopus Energy made comment on Twitter words to effect would be happy not to have to sell Gas, as far as saving planet/climate change is concerned Gas is apparent dirty word, best way of encouraging more to change to Electric heating will be to up price of Gas.

I did also say "with for example Zog" I was just giving an example of a known cheaper Gas supplier particularly for 2 year fix, equally 2 year fixes dont suit everyone

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9046263/Electricity-taxes-slashed-energy-revamp.html

Telegraph_Sam

For me Tracker is currently on a par with the best of the fixed tarifs, and better than their own fixed rate at present. Tracker are forecasting a rates decrease over the coming months - but forecasts are only forecasts and it might be that they are just using last year's data as a basis for the coming year.

worrywart_3

Is there any referral or cash back for zog anywhere