E.ON Energy Fixed 1 Year v18

laudo

E.ON Energy Fixed 1 Year v18 is due to expire in Feb 2017.

Anyone decided where's best to go next?

Clare43

Had email today saying mine expires in Feb too and to decide on new tariff. Will do a comparison when get chance but any opinions gladly received

superbigal36

Suprised anyone is on that tariff.
V19 came out within days of V18 and was lower cost.
I remember switching twice within days.
On original question many are giving eon as long as possible to come up with a sensible option.
Other than that you will have a cost increase regardless.

brewerdave

v19 was appreciably cheaper than v18 -and subsequently ,there were several even cheaper EON collective tariffs.
Mine ends mid March so I'm giving EON until ~ end Feb . to come up with something approaching sensible -otherwise I'll take advantage of their switching window to retain the low rates as long as possible before moving to ??.
Currently the best tariff for me is with Avro (who I hadn't heard of!) -but it will mean ~ £250 more pa:eek:

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@laudo @clare43
There are no stellar deals around currently. Every tariff currently available will be a price rise of some type, painful though that is.

So the old advice of checking the switching sites and then research the company(s) that looks good for you, is still true. Check out using single suppliers not just dual fuel.
Does the company offer features you need like a web based where you can alter Direct Debits etc (smaller companies tend not to)
Is the company easy to contact (happens irrespective of size)
Has the company been around for awhile (not so much of a problem as the demise of GB Energy has set a precedent for how customers of failed suppliers will be looked after)
Just a few questions to ask.

FOREVER21

brewerdave wrote: »

v19 was appreciably cheaper than v18 -and subsequently ,there were several even cheaper EON collective tariffs.
Mine ends mid March so I'm giving EON until ~ end Feb . to come up with something approaching sensible -otherwise I'll take advantage of their switching window to retain the low rates as long as possible before moving to ??.
Currently the best tariff for me is with Avro (who I hadn't heard of!) -but it will mean ~ £250 more pa:eek:

I am in the same position as you, staying with E-on at their current "best"! rate for me would mean an increase of nearly £350.

Looking at comparisons they all involve a rise but unfortunately this is as a result of the very good deal I got last year from my collective switch.

I would prefer to stay with E-on, but not at such a price hike that is now available. I think it will be a case in Feb of seeing which company has the smallest rise.

Still it was good whilst it lasted.

macman

I'm also on an expiring E.On tariff: EHL Collective Fixed 1, ends 16/2/16. In the absence of any decent new collective deals, I'm hedging my bets by (probably) switching to So Gopher, unless something better comes up in the next couple of weeks. This will cost me approx £160pa more, but at least offers another one year fix, and since the dual fuel exit fee is only £10, I can bail out early should better offers come along in 2017.
As was stated above, switching now is really only about damage limitation.
My only doubt is whether to commence the switch now (as of today, I'm within the 49 day limit), or wait until 21/1-by which time So Gopher may have been pulled.

jlfan

The ridiculous thing is with eon's policy is that fuel prices have risen. we are all going to pay more, mine is about £130 per year more, but Eon want £320 per year i.e. a cost to not move of £190, which is too much. I suspect the majority would stay if the cost to move was £50 - 100pa, not everyone, but the majority, which must make sense to be more competitive. The goodwill they have built up and customer service/ website design costs will be lost. Just doesn't make sense to me.

macman

Agreed: the online service and billing from E.On has been first rate, they're obviously hoping that apathy will retain them most of their newly acquired customers (which it probably will). Present company excepted, obviously. My premium to stay would be in excess of £400.

ali-t

Im with eon v19 and did the comparison sites last night - cheapest is over £250 dearer. Am going to hold out until closer to feb to see if any good tarrifs come out. Thats quite a jump and its gonna hurt!

dave_dph

I'm in a very similar position.

Currently on E.on MSE Collective Feb 2016 which expires 04/02/17. I'm all electric with economy 7 using a total of 9231kwh's per year, 25% of which is day use and 75% night. On my current tariff this equates to £691 per year. Moving forward, the cheapest tariff from E.on is Fixed 1 Year V.21 Online which equates to £923, an increase of £232

Looks like I'll be using Cheap Energy Club to start my switch to Scottish Power around the 15th Jan. At £815 their Online Fixed Saver March 2018 is currently the cheapest tariff available to me, and whilst that is £124 more expensive than my existing E.on tariff it's still £108 cheaper than E.on's best new offer!!!