Current supplier is suggesting their new tariff is better than what it is?

bailey_uk

I am in the last month of my British Gas tariff which is extremely cheap compared to even the cheapest deals right now.

CEC website works out that with my usage it is currently £1435 and then will be £1714 on their variable if i don't switch.


Today British Gas text me suggesting to stay with them with a tariff that is unavailable elsewhere. Its showing as this


I am gathering that they are being cheeky and comparing their new, apparently good tariff, to the variable they have, however if I scroll further down the offers its suggesting their variable is this, which is only £1 more.


My annoyance is that its not possible to see the annual KWh that they are using for their estimation of £1700ish per year

My question is, is there a stand alone energy comparison tool where you can manually type in the newly quoted pence per kWh and standing charges, and enter my own usage to do a proper comparison?

My only other idea would be to select the new British Gas tariff as my current one on the CEC website and then compare that to the others on the market right now?

Hope this makes sense

Cheers

Gerry1

Forget the CEC, use Citizens Advice and you can see the tariff details and do the sums.  Also try 'Which? Switch'.

Always ignore all projections and claims about savings, they're misleading because of Ofgem's crazy rules.

Don't forget to compare separate suppliers as well as dual fuel.

bailey_uk

Gerry1 said:

Forget the CEC, use Citizens Advice and you can see the tariff details and do the sums.  Also try 'Which? Switch'.

Always ignore all projections and claims about savings, they're misleading because of Ofgem's crazy rules.

Don't forget to compare separate suppliers as well as dual fuel.

Thanks yeah will check out the CA one, heard of it but not used yet 

niktheguru

if you click the “tariff info” on the British Gas link where you showed the screen shot it will show you the unit rates. You can then quite easily compare the deal by comparing with the unit rate and standing charge from a price comparison.  The current British Gas offer isn’t very good,
just for reference, in london the home energy fix mar 22 is 3.48p per kWh with standing charge of 26p in south east England. Not very competitive.

bailey_uk

niktheguru said:

if you click the “tariff info” on the British Gas link where you showed the screen shot it will show you the unit rates. You can then quite easily compare the deal by comparing with the unit rate and standing charge from a price comparison.  The current British Gas offer isn’t very good,
just for reference, in london the home energy fix mar 22 is 3.48p per kWh with standing charge of 26p in south east England. Not very competitive.

Yes I have been comparing the unit rates side by side but I just need to see it all calculated x by my huge gas usage of 21000 and elec of 5400 for me to visualise the actual money involved cos I am on a shoestring here with 3 kids!

macman

The unit rates don't matter-the only figure that does is the total annual cost, which any comp site will give you. Otherwise there are too many other variables, such as dual fuel discount, DD discount, online billing discount, etc...

Petriix

bailey_uk said:

niktheguru said:

if you click the “tariff info” on the British Gas link where you showed the screen shot it will show you the unit rates. You can then quite easily compare the deal by comparing with the unit rate and standing charge from a price comparison.  The current British Gas offer isn’t very good,
just for reference, in london the home energy fix mar 22 is 3.48p per kWh with standing charge of 26p in south east England. Not very competitive.

Yes I have been comparing the unit rates side by side but I just need to see it all calculated x by my huge gas usage of 21000 and elec of 5400 for me to visualise the actual money involved cos I am on a shoestring here with 3 kids!

If you're on a shoestring then you should consider cutting your usage significantly. I'd start by turning the heating right down and making sure everyone is wearing warmer clothes. 18 degrees is warm enough for most people.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

set up a wee spreadsheet and do your own comparisons,

usage x unit rate, + days x dsc, add vat if not already included.

Tallerdave

bailey_uk said:

niktheguru said:

if you click the “tariff info” on the British Gas link where you showed the screen shot it will show you the unit rates. You can then quite easily compare the deal by comparing with the unit rate and standing charge from a price comparison.  The current British Gas offer isn’t very good,
just for reference, in london the home energy fix mar 22 is 3.48p per kWh with standing charge of 26p in south east England. Not very competitive.

Yes I have been comparing the unit rates side by side but I just need to see it all calculated x by my huge gas usage of 21000 and elec of 5400 for me to visualise the actual money involved cos I am on a shoestring here with 3 kids!

You're probably going to get the cheapest outcome by going with separate suppliers,  since your consumption of both fuels is high. FWIW we're using 42000 gas and 4400 electricity,  so it could be worse!

mac.d

Easiest thing to do is just click on the box at the top of your CEC page and choose to base the 'savings' on your current deal, instead of what you'll be paying once it ends. That way you'll get a true reflection of how much any new deals are going to cost in comparison (hint you'll be lucky to find any cheaper due to price increases). It is one good feature of the CEC. But also, as suggested, use your own usage figures and try at least one other comparison site. 

bailey_uk

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

set up a wee spreadsheet and do your own comparisons,

usage x unit rate, + days x dsc, add vat if not already included.

Just done this and it works out correct to the penny so thanks yes I can just put any new figures in there now and do a true compare