should i take a 2 year fixed energy plan because energy prices never drop?

JJ_Egan

gas unit: 2.84

Good

standing 26.02

Bad

elect unit: 15.92

Good

standing-26.49

Bad

I would look at those unit prices with lower daily standing charges .

FaceHead

It's strange how we all remember when prices go up, but never when they go down. Historical prices are collated nicely here:

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/retail-market-indicators#thumbchart-c7770745751913637-n95437

Whilst things are a bit distorted by consumption going down over the years (does the price of a unit even matter, surely the overall cost is all that matters) the overall picture is that we're paying no more than we were a decade ago, with significant reductions in recent years. 

Before the data at the link above, prices were going up rapidly, but consumption was coming down even faster.