Pure Planet faces becoming latest casualty of industry crisis

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https://apple.news/AJ7SOUxNHTm-bbMUK4dWrxA

Sky News at it, now. 

Paulm1978

They have just put my DD up even though I’m in credit I might just cancel the direct debit to stop them taking any more of my money 

Ultrasonic

Paulm1978 said:

They have just put my DD up even though I’m in credit I might just cancel the direct debit to stop them taking any more of my money 

Wasn't the DD increase just the expected one for the colder months? 

maryb

Your credit balance is safe under the SOLR regime.  I’m in the same situation but I’m inclined to  keep things simple so that any transfer goes through smoothly.  But I’m taking daily meter readings to make sure as much as possible of my usage is charged at the old fixed rate tariff rather than an estimated reading since I don’t know when the switch will happen

ive been trying to work out how much more I’ll be paying but it’s really hard to make sense of the price cap.  I know I’ll be on a standard variable tariff but because all the comparison sites have stopped doing switches, I can’t see what the unit rates will be.  I can only assume it will be a lot more

Paulm1978

Ultrasonic said:

Paulm1978 said:

They have just put my DD up even though I’m in credit I might just cancel the direct debit to stop them taking any more of my money 

Wasn't the DD increase just the expected one for the colder months? 

Yes I was expecting that which went from £76 to £116 then it jumped to £132 a couple of days after payment even though I’m £135 in credit it’s a joke the whole energy crisis is a joke and we are the ones who end up paying  for it bottom of the food chain 

spot1034

maryb said:

Your credit balance is safe under the SOLR regime.  I’m in the same situation but I’m inclined to  keep things simple so that any transfer goes through smoothly.  But I’m taking daily meter readings to make sure as much as possible of my usage is charged at the old fixed rate tariff rather than an estimated reading since I don’t know when the switch will happen

ive been trying to work out how much more I’ll be paying but it’s really hard to make sense of the price cap.  I know I’ll be on a standard variable tariff but because all the comparison sites have stopped doing switches, I can’t see what the unit rates will be.  I can only assume it will be a lot more

Just put any big supplier's standard variable rate into a comparison site as your present tariff, then go to any alternative being offered - it doesn't matter what as you're not going to accept it - and you'll be able to see the SVT prices as your present deal. 

Ultrasonic

Paulm1978 said:

Ultrasonic said:

Paulm1978 said:

They have just put my DD up even though I’m in credit I might just cancel the direct debit to stop them taking any more of my money 

Wasn't the DD increase just the expected one for the colder months? 

Yes I was expecting that which went from £76 to £116 then it jumped to £132 a couple of days after payment even though I’m £135 in credit it’s a joke the whole energy crisis is a joke and we are the ones who end up paying  for it bottom of the food chain 

Oh, OK. I haven't had a notification of an increase beyond the expected one, but my first winter level payment isn't due till 23 October so if it may be expected after this I suppose I wouldn't know yet. And may of course never find out now...

maryb

Thanks for that but when I tried it the comparison site couldn’t find me any tariffs.  I believe the big six don’t show the SVT anywhere on their sites because they are not accepting new customers to those tariffs because the cap makes it uneconomic.  So at the moment SVTs are only available to transferred customers under the SOLR rules.  Bizarre!

Ultrasonic

spot1034 said:

maryb said:

Your credit balance is safe under the SOLR regime.  I’m in the same situation but I’m inclined to  keep things simple so that any transfer goes through smoothly.  But I’m taking daily meter readings to make sure as much as possible of my usage is charged at the old fixed rate tariff rather than an estimated reading since I don’t know when the switch will happen

ive been trying to work out how much more I’ll be paying but it’s really hard to make sense of the price cap.  I know I’ll be on a standard variable tariff but because all the comparison sites have stopped doing switches, I can’t see what the unit rates will be.  I can only assume it will be a lot more

Just put any big supplier's standard variable rate into a comparison site as your present tariff, then go to any alternative being offered - it doesn't matter what as you're not going to accept it - and you'll be able to see the SVT prices as your present deal. 

Yes, this will give an approximate idea of the costs but for @maryb's benefit I'll just add that there will be some variations between suppliers, that can be bigger the further away an individual's usage is from the assumed 'typical usage' that defines the price cap.

spot1034

If it's any help this is E On Next's SVT, called Next Flex. This is the tariff for the three companies they were recently appointed SOLR for. There will be minor variations between different suppliers but they are all in the same ball park.

https://assets.ctfassets.net/gmgnreshss7h/6WrFfQKiuMYJ0YGRCpml5j/9e500c91845c5e72e94219d6bed47141/Next_Flex_Credit.pdf