Energy: Find the cheapest supplier & earn cashback

JJ_Egan

Try one that is not called Martin ,

Citizens Advice or Which .

Forget estimated direct debits etc you need the basic  the price and multiply that by your usage .

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Rosa_Damascena said:

I don't understand why Martin's energy saving club is suggesting that Green energy? The tool says one thing, the website predicts double what I am paying! The cost I concede is now better than Avro, but I don't want to commit to paying >£100pm when it should be more like £45.

You do need to be a bit careful with all the settings on MSE CEC. Have you, perhaps, selected 'green energy' only for your search?

As suggested above, it is always a good idea to check your findings against those of Citizens Advice which is usually the most comprehensive list of tariffs available.

Edit

I tried a quote from Green and finished up on a site called Greenuk - which I think might have gone bust - so be careful.

I suspect you're looking for Green's 'Cypress' tariff - if so, make sure that's the tariff your being quoted for.

For what it may be worth, both CEC and Citizens Advice quoted me exactly the same annual estimate for the Green: Cypress tariff.

olliebean

Wow, I'd heard that prices were going to go up, but I didn't realise quite how much - just been looking at my switching options, as my current tariff is coming towards its end, and all the options the Cheap Energy Club is showing me are over 30% higher than my current bills! My cheapest option - for the first time ever - seems to be to do nothing, whereupon my current supplier will move me onto the next year's equivalent of the fixed tariff I'm currently on, which is their new cheapest tariff, but still a 30% increase.

Even so, thank goodness for MSE - I had a look on a couple of the other comparison sites, and they weren't able to offer me anything less than 50% above what I'm currently paying! Also it looks like nobody is offering cashback any more.

I've heard that the average increase in bills will be around 12%, but I suspect that those of us who were already on the cheapest available tariffs will be seeing much higher increases. The cheapest deals have just gone away.

Gerry1

olliebean said:

Even so, thank goodness for MSE - I had a look on a couple of the other comparison sites, and they weren't able to offer me anything less than 50% above what I'm currently paying!

Sounds like you didn't spot the 'Show All Suppliers, including ones where we can't switch you' buttons.  They're often well hidden.  Always start with Citizens Advice and 'Which? Switch' which show all suppliers by default.

2020x

Does anyone have any experience with Ebico ?

bristolleedsfan

2020x said:

Does anyone have any experience with Ebico ?

Ebico Living is Octopus Energy tariffs/rates and customer service under EBICO branded name, April named tariff shown on some comparison sites is no longer available for new signups.

trevjl

Don't be fooled into paying more for so called green tariffs. selecting green or believing the likes of british gas that advertise they use 100% green energy is nothing short of cobblers. saying that, is like throwing a bucket of mineral water in a swimming pool and saying i only swim in mineral water. The clue is in National Grid

murphydavid

Having taken heed of the advice from Martin that it is best to do nothing when my tarif runs out and I'm placed on the standard tarif. And this is because all companies best offers are now at the capped price. also I have had no recent information from the cheap energy club of which I am a member.
I was surprised to hear on an interview with a top man at Octopus Energy (BBC you and yours I think) a claim that their tarif is reduced to lower than the cap.
Maybe I misheard and he was only referring to pre payment meters or something to do with help for poorer people.

Anyway
Does anyone know of a company that has prices below the cap?
When will the cheap energy club kick back in or at least send the members a reminder now and then of what the situation is?
Is it worth the effort and time to investigate myself about changing suppliers or not? 

Gerry1

Yes, it was last Thursday's You and Yours.  Available on BBC Sounds for the next year.

Octopus's Standard Variable Tariff is priced at £50 below the cap for existing customers, but only £2 below for new customers.

https://octopus.energy/blog/why-we-are-increasing-energy-prices-for-some-customers/

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/octopus-energy-is-first-supplier-to-announce-customers-will-pay-50-below-the-price-cap-1497895

Consumerist

Gerry1 said:

Octopus's Standard Variable Tariff is priced at £50 below the cap for existing customers, but only £2 below for new customers.

Just  to clarify, existing Octopus customers, as of April [2002] 2022, were put on a £48 per annum discount from their standard tariff, which itself is £2 pa below the cap (for a typical user).

The £48 pa discount is currently only guaranteed, however, until Oct [2002] 2022 so only £24 discount is actually guaranteed (in money terms) if you don't switch before then.

Still the cheapest available for those who qualified.