help for new customers gas/elec !

wombatio

my girlfriend and i are moving to an apartment, and as we havent had to pay our own utilities before, we are confused as to how we find the best providers for us. do we have to wait until weve had a couple of bills and then try to find the cheapest supplier, or can we find the best deal straight away before getting connected?

Cardew

Gas and electricity will be connected.

You will normally find at letter addressed to 'The Occupier" or one will come soon after; or you should be able to find out who supplies the property from the previous occupant.

Make sure you read your meters as soon as you move in.

You find out who is the cheapest now, and start off the procedure to change supplier the day you move in. However it takes several weeks and you will have to pay for the gas/electricity you have used from your current supplier.

Bear in mind you will have a problem finding out what your consumption is until you have been there a while; so simply take a guess of 20,000kWh for gas and 4,000kWh for electricity.

Pixie28

wombatio wrote: »

my girlfriend and i are moving to an apartment, and as we havent had to pay our own utilities before, we are confused as to how we find the best providers for us. do we have to wait until weve had a couple of bills and then try to find the cheapest supplier, or can we find the best deal straight away before getting connected?

Find out who the suppliers of your property are for both gas and electricity are wombatio. Contact them and advise them that you are the new owner/tenant, and provide them with reads from your meters. Once you are happy that all that has been set up, you are free to start "shopping" around for the best deal with other suppliers.

Terrylw1

Contact your locsl Distribution service i.e. the guys in the vans that maintain the groundwork, power cables under the ground etc. Ask to speak to the MPAS service and give them your address. They will tell you who your current supplier is. You then need to call them with a meetr reading and set your account up (2 min job).

Same for gas.

Then get shopping. Remember it's best to set your account up now while you are looking around since you will still owe the current supplier.

Always take your readings the day you move in and out, have a meter changed or change Supplier or expect problems with estimation.

Good luck!