Advice on EDF enfergy tarrifs

PaschalFun

Just seen your edit to your earlier post

icicat wrote: »

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I entered the blue+price promise May 2016 in the information so not sure whats going on?? :S

Whereas in your OP you said

icicat wrote: »

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I am currently on:

Blue+Price Promise May 2017...

But that is obviously not the only error.

Autumnella

molerat wrote: »

Why do they have 2 gas tariffs with the only difference being 0.005p in the unit price ?

The cheaper one is for customers whose tariffs are ending in May and June only.

molerat

icicat wrote: »

molerat: Are you on the June 2018 fix for gas?

Daily standing charge help 26.25p per day
Unit rate help 3.511p per kWh
TCR help 3.98p per kWh
Exit Fees No exit fees

WOW :eek: My region, N Scotland, is 2.410p so maybe not so viable for you :eek:

molerat

molerat wrote: »

Why do they have 2 gas tariffs with the only difference being 0.005p in the unit price ?

Autumnella wrote: »

The cheaper one is for customers whose tariffs are ending in May and June only.

Both tariffs are open to all via their website but only the more expensive April 18 is on comparison sites (with cashback).

icicat

PaschalFun: well spotted! I dont know where my brain was at the time yes I should have inputed 2017 not 2016 for my current plan. Still not sure why I have only paid so little for the year, though most of the year I was using very little gas and electricity due to renovations and living at my dads for a while.

Thanks everyone for your replies. I will read these tomorrow

macman

icicat wrote: »

PaschalFun: well spotted! I dont know where my brain was at the time yes I should have inputed 2017 not 2016 for my current plan. Still not sure why I have only paid so little for the year, though most of the year I was using very little gas and electricity due to renovations and living at my dads for a while.

Thanks everyone for your replies. I will read these tomorrow

In which case you need to input realistic figures on the comp site. Start with 3,300kWh for leccy and 12,500kWh for gas, assuming a 3 b/r property with gas CH and DHW.
Even with part of the year unoccupied, those figures are unfeasibly low if you were doing renovations: for that you would still have been using lights and power?

icicat

Hey macman, thanks for that. I will be using more electric this time round as I have moved into the flat and will be on my PC all day around 5 days a week using two monitors. Would these numbers still count for that sort of usage?

icicat

out of interest, what do you guys think of EDFs June 2018 tariff they suggest? It looks to be cheaper than my current tariff.

molerat

It is not cheaper than your current tariff it is cheaper than your personal projection assuming you do nothing and go onto standard variable at the end of your fix.

icicat

ok thanks molerat. Will check out the price comparison. I dont even think EDF was on the list when I last checked.