I've been such a fool

FunLovinCriminal

So.
I have been so busy with my family, I have taken the eye off the ball.
Realised my energy tarrif ends in june.
I am currently paying a lot more than I thought.
We live in a 3 bed detached house.
Me, my wife, 4yr old daughter, 2yr old son.
Currently with SSE and paying £89 a month for elec and £112 for gas.
That seems far too much.
Do you agree?
FLC

AndyPK

On the bright side, it's summer so you shouldn't be using masses amounts of energy at higher prices.

Yes that is very expensive ! Should be about a quarter of that !

martin has been telling us at this time of year we should check if we are in credit with the energy companies, and if we are (significantly) ask for it back. I do hope this is the case for you

matelodave

Hard to tell - what you pay depends on two things. Firstly how much you use and secondly your tariff. You should be checking your bills and making sure that they truly reflect your consumption by getting any estimated ones corrected. As always the advice is to read your meters monthly and send in reading to your supplier and make sure that they are using correct information.

You need to know how much you are using - so you have to look at your bills (making sure that they are based on actual meter readings and not estimates) to work out your annual consumption. You then put the consumption figures in kwh (one for gas and one for leccy) into a comparison site to see if you could save money by changing your tariff or suppliers.

Robin9

It's not June yet - time to put your actual consumption (in kwh) into a comparison site.

AndyPK

Oh, does Summer start next week? :j

Lookin forward to it :cool:

FunLovinCriminal

Just rang them back.
Out of contract 9th July. I was gobsmacked THAT much I got date wrong. Bill has increased from the awful weather Scotland endured over Feb.
Bulb are coming up cheapest and will pay my termination charges.
Are they decent?

D_M_E

9th July is less than 49 days away so you are free to switch without penalty or termination charges at any time from now.

AndyPK

you don't have to pay termination charges within 49 days of the end date.


Your actually ahead of the game :cool:

FunLovinCriminal

Tried MSE comparison. And cannot find anything.
USwitch are saying Bulb.
Any other comparison sites I should try?

Shavuot

FunLovinCriminal wrote: »

So.
I have been so busy with my family, I have taken the eye off the ball.
Realised my energy tarrif ends in june.
I am currently paying a lot more than I thought.
We live in a 3 bed detached house.
Me, my wife, 4yr old daughter, 2yr old son.
Currently with SSE and paying £89 a month for elec and £112 for gas.
That seems far too much.
Do you agree?
FLC

I wouldn't dare disagree with you.

Question is, what are you going to do about it?

You'd have thought energy suppliers in this day and age would have come up with a system where you can keep an eye on how much energy you are using, wouldn't you?

And does anyone else rem,ember David Cameron promising he would pass legislation to ensure we were all put on the lowest tariff?
Well, I know he soon chickened out of that, but you'd have thought some clever people (e.g. MSE) might have come up with their own method to alert people if the could save money by moving to an alternative tariff or even supplier, wouldn't you?
They could even trouser a pony from all those that follow the advice?
(and that would be after they give you a little bribe to make it all worth your while)

Perhaps it's all come one day, eh?

AndyPK

CEC and uswitch email me within 50 days of my fixed deal ending

I'm usually way ahead of them though.