Moving home fuel query EDF

cloudyskies

Good morning
Electricity and Gas supplied by EDF previously GNE. We are moving home in next couple of months (dependant on completion of repairs) and have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise. Once EDF obligation to hold price ends we will be paying considerably more here as not wishing to commit to contract. Is there any way I can have some control over potential new prices whilst still being able to close supplier on completion of move? Many thanks

Neil_Jones

cloudyskies said:

Good morning
Electricity and Gas supplied by EDF previously GNE. We are moving home in next couple of months (dependant on completion of repairs) and have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise. Once EDF obligation to hold price ends we will be paying considerably more here as not wishing to commit to contract. Is there any way I can have some control over potential new prices whilst still being able to close supplier on completion of move? Many thanks

Well it doesn't work like that.  You move out of 221B Baker Street and phoned up EDF and say I'm moving out, here are my meter readings.for 221B Baker Street, please close my account and issue my final bill.

You move into 17 Cherry Tree Lane and phone up whoever is the existing supplier and say hey I've just moved into 17 Cherry Tree Lane, can I have a new account please here are my opening readings.

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking?  You can't take energy tariffs from one property to another.

slimbuck

cloudyskies said:

Good morning
Electricity and Gas supplied by EDF previously GNE. We are moving home in next couple of months (dependant on completion of repairs) and have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise. Once EDF obligation to hold price ends we will be paying considerably more here as not wishing to commit to contract. Is there any way I can have some control over potential new prices whilst still being able to close supplier on completion of move? Many thanks

If you want some surety over the price you will pay at your current address, then you will need to, as you put it, 'lock into a deal'.
A fixed tariff will ensure you know the price you will be paying for the duration of that tariff
(that's not the same as the ultimate cost to you, as that will obviously still depend on the level of consumption you incur)

When you eventually move out of the current property (and you are no longer responsible for it) then contact your supplier, tell them, provide them with closing meter readings, and they will issue you with a final bill.

I'm not sure what you mean by you " not wishing to commit to contract". If you are using the energy, you will be in contract with the supplier.
In the absence of agreeing otherwise, you will be placed on the suppliers default tariff, usually the most expensive solution.

Reed_Richards

Neil_Jones said:

....You can't take energy tariffs from one property to another.

I'm not sure that is necessarily true but it is likely to be so.  You would have to ask your supplier (EDF) and presumably promise to switch the supplier to your new house to EDF as soon as you were able to (which would necessarily be a few weeks after you moved in).  It's really just down to whether EDF wants to be helpful in order to retain your custom or not.  There might also be an issue over how far you move.  If you move to another area then the tariff with the same name could well have a different unit rate and standing charge.   

Ebe_Scrooge

cloudyskies said:

and have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise.

What do you mean by this?  As per previous posts, when you move into a new house, the energy is supplied by whoever supplied it previously at that address.  You contact them, register a new account with them, give them the meter readings on the day you move in.  From that point, you are then free to shop around and change suppliers as you wish.

slimbuck

Reed_Richards said:

Neil_Jones said:

....You can't take energy tariffs from one property to another.

I'm not sure that is necessarily true but it is likely to be so.  You would have to ask your supplier (EDF) and presumably promise to switch the supplier to your new house to EDF as soon as you were able to (which would necessarily be a few weeks after you moved in).  It's really just down to whether EDF wants to be helpful in order to retain your custom or not.  There might also be an issue over how far you move.  If you move to another area then the tariff with the same name could well have a different unit rate and standing charge.   

The OP has already stated that they have "have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise."

Whilst EDF do sometimes allow you to take your tariff with you to your new home in certain circumstances, you can only get that option from them if you 'move out' and 'move in' at the same time.
https://www.edfenergy.com/for-home/help-centre/faq/i-was-edf-my-old-home-how-do-i-get-new-energy-deal-my-new-home

That is clearly not the case as far as the OP is concerned here.

Reed_Richards

slimbuck said:

The OP has already stated that they have "have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise."

Yes they did say that but how is that possible?

[Deleted User]

Reed_Richards said:

slimbuck said:

The OP has already stated that they have "have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise."

Yes they did say that but how is that possible?

It is possible in the way that you suggest: I have done it with Octopus.  The present supplier agrees that if the consumer switches back to them within a prescribed time that the consumer can stay on the same contract/tariff (same end date but subject to regional price differences). 

The risk is, as some people have found out to their cost, that the essential step of informing the Deemed Supplier is not actioned properly.

slimbuck

Reed_Richards said:

slimbuck said:

The OP has already stated that they have "have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise."

Yes they did say that but how is that possible?

Quite simply. Fixed tariff.

slimbuck

[Deleted User] said:

Reed_Richards said:

slimbuck said:

The OP has already stated that they have "have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise."

Yes they did say that but how is that possible?

...  The present supplier agrees that if the consumer switches back to them within a prescribed time that the consumer can stay on the same contract/tariff (same end date but subject to regional price differences). ...

There is no suggestion that the OP secured their fixed tariff at their new property with the supplier they currently have at their current address. i.e. EDF

Hopefully they consulted a comparison site, and found the best deal for them from the whole of market at their new property.

I should have perhaps made it clearer with my previous post, that that is also the approach they should adopt with their current address as their current deal comes to an end.

slimbuck

Ebe_Scrooge said:

cloudyskies said:

and have locked into deal at new home prior to price rise.

What do you mean by this?  As per previous posts, when you move into a new house, the energy is supplied by whoever supplied it previously at that address.  You contact them, register a new account with them, give them the meter readings on the day you move in.  From that point, you are then free to shop around and change suppliers as you wish.

That is presumably what they have done. Except you do not need to physically move into the new address; you simply need to be legally responsible for paying the bills there e.g. by completing a purchase.