Age Concern High User!!M

holley

My parent are on a age concern tarriff for high users and pay £110 per month during the winter the heating was on most of the time because of my dad but he has now gone into a care home so its just mum in the house and she wont be using so much electric and gas how or where do I find out about the best deals for her most of the comparison sites ask what your usage is but hers will be a lot lower now not really sure how to get her the best deal
Thanks

Ken68

I was on Age Concern/Powergen, Holly, until alerted to it's uncompetative charges. You could try two thirds of your annual bills or better still kWh per year.And where you lives makes a difference.
Ebico is popular for low users but doubt you would come into that category.
Also every supplier has special facilities for the elderly and
fragile, same as Age Concern.

monkeyspanner

Your best bet is to try a comparison site like uswitch. If you tried various usage figures starting as ken68 says with 2/3rds and working up to the previous usage and see if there is a consensus as to which supplier might be best.

We had the same problem with Mum and her heating and eventually stayed with Powergen but changed her tariff to Energy Online Winter Saver but I am not sure if that is still competitive. It could take a couple of months to change provider so now is the time to do it.

Also if your Mum is living on her own now she can apply for the council tax 25% reduction for single occupancy.

holley

brill thanks for that hadnt thought about the 2/3 bit

Cardew

Powergen age concern tariff is a scam IMO.

There have been threads about this if you do a search.

If you contact Powergen they will admit that they have other tariffs that are much cheaper.

Again IMO, it is a disgrace that Age Concern(a respected charity) lend their name to something that 'rips off' those on the tariff.

I am sure many people think it carries some sort of subsidy; in fact it is the opposite.

Age Concern get a 'contribution' from Powergen in return for ensuring that older people pay more.(in fact you don't have to be old to go on the tariff - why would Powergen prevent any youngster silly enough to want that tariff.