MSE Cheap Energy Club - the suppliers/tariffs they DON'T want you to know about

PaschalFun

Seeing as it is not just me that has noticed that contrary to MSE claims that their Cheap Energy Club compares ALL the market, I thought we could start a list of the suppliers and/or tariffs MSE appear not to want to tell you about.

I'll start with a couple I've mentioned elsewhere, but feel free to add any more you uncover
You may find them listed on other comparison sites, such as Energylinx, Energyhelpline, etc ... or simply become aware of them.

Utility Point - it seems MSE ignores this supplier entirely.

Brilliant Energy - MSE lists some of their tariffs, but appears to ignore many of the recent ones (arguably aimed at low - medium users) such as Fair Deal Gas 3.5, Fair Deal Gas 3.5b, Fair Deal Gas 3.7 & Fair Deal Gas 3.7b

PaschalFun

Utilita Energy - Apparently, MSE admit to not listing this supplier because of their "unusual tariff structure" meaning they are "not currently able to calculate the costs of its tariffs" :cool:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=73735803&postcount=3

So they suggest you use an alternative Ofgem accredited comparison site, who presumably can do the mathematics...

[Deleted User]

MSE do not calculate the prices correctly for Powershop so they do not appear in the correct place in your results.

pewe

The MSE comparisons are the same as USwitch - and they are rubbish.

I spread sheet actual usage comparing our costs with British Gas and the actual tariff from the top few 'biggest savings' in the comparison results.
I could not get over HALF what they quoted, then add the fact we get a Warm Home Discount and they don't and our savings were less than 3 figures - the max being £80 per year - a quarter of the savings quoted.

PennineAcute

PaschalFun wrote: »

Utilita Energy - Apparently, MSE admit to not listing this supplier because of their "unusual tariff structure" meaning they are "not currently able to calculate the costs of its tariffs" :cool:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=73735803&postcount=3

So they suggest you use an alternative Ofgem accredited comparison site, who presumably can do the mathematics...

Would love to know how they do the mathematics?

If you use x kWh of either gas or electric pa, there is no way of knowing how much of this will be used each month. Assuming you have gas heating, then electricity would be quite accurate, but there is no way you could work out your monthly gas usage.

I notice when Utilita give you a quote, they just divide your annual usage by 12. Not a very good mathematical model.

SamGrundy

I don't see Symbio Energy listed - they only currently supply electric but are not appearing at all, which is surprising as they are cheapest for electricity for us.

joonee

Zebra is also not included. I'm not impressed with their claim that all suppliers are included

WiseOwll

Utility Point are on there. They just don’t have a decent tariff out there. You need to scroll way way down.

Wilt

EnergyTwist wrote: »

Nice to see MSE only took 18 months to list them after being highlighted here. :cool:
Probably happy to list them now they "don’t have a decent tariff".
Shame they were not listed when they were offering some really good tariffs. I understand those who already have joined them coming to the end of a fixed tariff get access to exclusive 'existing customers only' tariffs that can at times be good value.

I joined Utility Point over a year ago after seeing them on CEC...