standing daily charges who's the lowest?

robmar0se

Just bought a new home and trying to find an energy provider with low or no daily standing charges.  House will be empty during renovations.
Tried MSE search came up with nothing.
Utilita does but can't support the latest smart meters.
Seams like the Utilities switch their tariffs around almost daily so hard to determine who has the lowest daily charges?
Just come off from Eon waited 20 minute while they insisted on going through the whole rigmarole, only to find that their daily charges are high - time waster.

Thanks for any ideas...........

Neil_Jones

"no standing charge" doesn't really exist these days, what did exist now consists of a minimum charge instead.

robmar0se

Having searched for  some hours haven't come cross anyone quoting minimum charges yet.

So the search goes on.  Any ideas?

rp1974

No standing charge supply isn't realistic now.
Try here:https://www.theenergyshop.com/guides/what-is-standing-charge.
Also:https://www.ukpower.co.uk/no-standing-charge-tariffs.

bagand96

Just use the comparison sites and enter 1 kWh as your usage. This will give you the cheapest standing charge tariffs as your top results. Citizens Advice and Which? both allow you to enter this. 

For my region an EON fix was the cheapest at 9.5p for electricity and 8.9 for gas. 

robmar0se

rp1974 said:

No standing charge supply isn't realistic now.
Try here:https://www.theenergyshop.com/guides/what-is-standing-charge.
Also:https://www.ukpower.co.uk/no-standing-charge-tariffs.

Tried both of those, but out of date.  Appears that energy companies are changing their tariffs so frequently that its difficult to find anything - although the Offgen said Cos don't have to have standing charges, only Utiita does but not on smart meters.

Trying to find lowest standing charges is difficult. I went on Eon and asked what tariff had the lowest standing charges, but they insisted going though their rigmarole, 20 minutes later of wasted time, came up with high prices.  Why can't they just answer the b.........y question?

Gerry1

robmar0se said:

Trying to find lowest standing charges is difficult.

You don't need to.  Just follow @bagand96's advice above.

robmar0se

bagand96 said:

Just use the comparison sites and enter 1 kWh as your usage. This will give you the cheapest standing charge tariffs as your top results. Citizens Advice and Which? both allow you to enter this. 

For my region an EON fix was the cheapest at 9.5p for electricity and 8.9 for gas. 

This looks like a good idea, but it does appear as the market at present are all lifting their standing charges, EON who was quoted above no longer offer these prices, as I said above Energy Co's are changing tariffs as often as a blink of an eye.

So search goes on, anyone with recent experience?

bagand96

robmar0se said:

bagand96 said:

Just use the comparison sites and enter 1 kWh as your usage. This will give you the cheapest standing charge tariffs as your top results. Citizens Advice and Which? both allow you to enter this. 

For my region an EON fix was the cheapest at 9.5p for electricity and 8.9 for gas. 

This looks like a good idea, but it does appear as the market at present are all lifting their standing charges, EON who was quoted above no longer offer these prices, as I said above Energy Co's are changing tariffs as often as a blink of an eye.

So search goes on, anyone with recent experience?

The EON tariff that I referred to is still available (prices based on my region so may vary a bit for yours)

It's likely that it is a comparison site exclusive though so may not be available directly on their website.  Try via Which? or uSwitch comparison sites.

matelodave

How long are these renovations going to take that's getting you stressed about the standing charge, bearing in mind that you'll probably need some fuel whilst you are doing the work

TBH although the idea of sasnding charges might be annoying they really aren't everso expensive when compared with the cost of the fuel. 10p a day costs, 70p a week or  £36.50 a year whereas just a penny on the fuel cost per kwh can be worth £100-£150 a year depending on how much you use and frequently a cheaper standing charge equates to a more expensive fuel cost. 

robmar0se

matelodave said:

How long are these renovations going to take that's getting you stressed about the standing charge, bearing in mind that you'll probably need some fuel whilst you are doing the work

TBH although the idea of sasnding charges might be annoying they really aren't everso expensive when compared with the cost of the fuel. 10p a day costs, 70p a week or  £36.50 a year whereas just a penny on the fuel cost per kwh can be worth £100-£150 a year depending on how much you use and frequently a cheaper standing charge equates to a more expensive fuel cost. 

The house will probably not be occupied  fully for 12 months, if that answers yr question.  The average cost of the standing daily charge is typically around £180pa (50p a day) on dual fuel in the SE.  The lowest I have found so far is around £85 pa.  Over the years in other little used properties we have always been able to find  zero daily charges which has had a significant benefit.  It appears today Energy companies see these standing charges as a real earner - so much for Offgen's dictat that standing charges are not mandatory.
The alternative of disconnecting is not an option as you say there will be some little usage over the year.