Energy Cap - Electricity Only

JeztheDonk

Hello. We live in an area where there is no gas,. So we are heated by oil and the rest of our energy is electric. We were with Pure Planet and are moving to Shell Energy. How does the energy cap work for just electricity? The current advice is not to shop around for a fixed deal but stay on the variable tariff.
What is the best advice for those is my circumstance?

Gerry1

Welcome to the forum.

Exactly as for gas.  Stay on the default (deemed) tariff.  Don't try to switch provider, don't sign up to any tariff that Shell may offer you.  Just give them your opening meter reading and your DD details then sit tight until April.

deb.p123

Hi, We have oil heating and was with Igloo for Electric. I have been put on eon next flex which is 22p per kWh and 23.5 standing charge Is this correct? I thought I read somewhere the price cap is 21p per kWh.

MWT

deb.p123 said:

Hi, We have oil heating and was with Igloo for Electric. I have been put on eon next flex which is 22p per kWh and 23.5 standing charge Is this correct? I thought I read somewhere the price cap is 21p per kWh.

There are different caps for different regions, so nothing intrinsically wrong with 22p/kWh.

emmajones1976

The price cap depends on how you pay, and there are different caps to reflect this. Putting it on a monthly DD will likely reduce the costs.

matelodave

have a shufti here, it gives the prices for Next Flex which is the capped tariff, based on region and how you pay (DD, Receipt of bill) Next_Flex_Credit.pdf (ctfassets.net)

for some reason it doesn't show PayGo although it its somewhere between DD and receipt of a bill. The cheapest is DD

[Deleted User]

Hi,

some folks use this wee gadget for cap prices.