Robin Hood move to British Gas ?

EnfieldP17

With the demise of Ebico as part of the above, is anyone aware of a company which

has a No Standing Charge tariff for gas please?

I am already aware of Utilita, who say that they do, though you have to be willing to

take duel fuel with them.

Green Star's telephone operator stated that they do but I have not been able to

confirm this.

Shell Energy ( who I understand now own Green Star ) do not seem to be able to

make their minds up either way.

If anyone knows of other companies who do have such a tariff, I would be thankful

to hear of it.

Thank you,  Pete

UnclaimedEnergy

Do a comparison and put in your gas usage as 0kWh

You'll unlikely to get any £0 apart from Utilita, so the cheapest will have the lowest standing charge.

macman

Ebico no longer offered one anyway. It was just an S/C disguised under the term 'minimum annual charge'.

qwert10

Yes we just had a letter saying that as Robin Hood are selling out to British Gas all Ebico customers are being ransfered to British Gas. We have had a no standing charge account for years so also wondering what to do.

qwert10

Just done a price comparison and it tried to tell me that British Gas is cheapest for me! Joke! The rates are much the same but 50p a day!!!! standing charge so that's going to be £180 more jst for the standing charge!! Help

Utilita, says I have to have a prepayment meter!!

stewie_griffin

What's your annual usage?

Gerry1

qwert10 said:

Yes we just had a letter saying that as Robin Hood are selling out to British Gas all Ebico customers are being ransfered to British Gas. We have had a no standing charge account for years so also wondering what to do.

BG have said that they will honour your Ebico tariff, so stay put until it runs out.

qwert10

stewie_griffin said:

What's your annual usage?

In the summer no gas at all rest of time pay about £200
electric pay about £20 a month.

qwert10

Gerry1 said:

qwert10 said:

Yes we just had a letter saying that as Robin Hood are selling out to British Gas all Ebico customers are being ransfered to British Gas. We have had a no standing charge account for years so also wondering what to do.

BG have said that they will honour your Ebico tariff, so stay put until it runs out.

Yes good idea! bet they put prices up in about 6 months.Can't imagine them forgoing a standing charge either.

Gerry1

qwert10 said:

stewie_griffin said:

What's your annual usage?

In the summer no gas at all rest of time pay about £200
electric pay about £20 a month.

That's not the way to think about it.

• Your DD may or may not be putting enough into the pot to cover your usage, so you could get a big shock when your DD suddenly goes up twice, once to reflect what you have actually been using, and then again to claw back the arrears.  Always think in annual kWh from actual meter readings.
• You can't compare suppliers easily.  £20 in groceries from Aldi won't buy you the same if you get it delivered from Fortnum & Mason or Harrods.

EnfieldP17

Many thanks for the replies so far, all very interesting.
May I now please, respectfully, draw attention back to the original question as follows,
 If anyone knows of other companies who do have such a tariff, I would be thankful

to hear of it.
Thank you  Pete.