Why don’t we include energy firms’ kilowatt hour costs in the weekly email?

MSE_Eesha

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's "Martin Lewis: Why don’t we include energy firms’ kilowatt hour costs in the weekly email?" Blog.

Please click 'post reply' to discuss below.

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And of course there's all the subsequent cashback, dual fuel discount, direct debit discount, paperfree discount and whatever else that can make a huge difference to the final outcome. As one thing is done to simplify, the companies will look for other ways to market to and confuse the public. Sadly some "savvy savers" are blind to this level of manipulation.

zerog

This also assumes you are at home all year equally. We are away for maybe up to 4 months of the year but not all at once. The cheapest for me would actually be to switch to ebico every time I'm away for a month or more (to pay 0 standing charge) then switch to another provider, but that's far too much hassle.