I don't know what to do about moving home and new tariffs and bills now!

dbks

MWT said:

GrumpyDil said:

That's good but have you asked about getting the prepayment meter removed as that will be more expensive than being on their SVR tariff? 

If I remember correctly, Boost are prepayment only, so that would require a switch …

Boost is just a trading name of Ovo Energy.

dbks

Armengar said:

I thought all suppliers must offer an SVR deemed as part of their supplier licence? They might not sell this openly but must have the option to do so internally.

All suppliers will have a default tariff for those on deemed supply contracts.

Default tariffs will be variable and have no exit fees.

There is no 'option' as such to go onto a default tariff, as opting into a supply contract means you are not on a deemed supply contract.

A deemed supply contract exists where a customer does not enter into any express supply agreement with the supplier, but uses their energy, such as when moving into a property supplied by that supplier (and not agreeing to any other tariff) or not agreeing to another tariff when a fixed term tariff expires.

Armengar

which was exactly what I was getting at.

molerat

There should be no big panic about being on pre-pay now, apart from having to remember to top up and with Boost it is all on line anyway, as the capped price at 3100kWh is only £5 pa dearer than DD.  Gas is a bit more expensive at +£25 pa at 12000kWh.

MWT

dbks said:

MWT said:

GrumpyDil said:

That's good but have you asked about getting the prepayment meter removed as that will be more expensive than being on their SVR tariff? 

If I remember correctly, Boost are prepayment only, so that would require a switch …

Boost is just a trading name of Ovo Energy.

True, but it is still technically a switch to move between them. 

MWT

dbks said:

Armengar said:

I thought all suppliers must offer an SVR deemed as part of their supplier licence? They might not sell this openly but must have the option to do so internally.

All suppliers will have a default tariff for those on deemed supply contracts.

Default tariffs will be variable and have no exit fees.

There is no 'option' as such to go onto a default tariff, as opting into a supply contract means you are not on a deemed supply contract.

A deemed supply contract exists where a customer does not enter into any express supply agreement with the supplier, but uses their energy, such as when moving into a property supplied by that supplier (and not agreeing to any other tariff) or not agreeing to another tariff when a fixed term tariff expires.

That got a bit circular, but the basic point remains that the 'deemed' tariff is the suppliers Standard Variable Rate tariff which is capped by Ofgem, and a customer can choose to be on it, so you can choose to go onto the 'deemed' tariff as it isn't something separate, it is just the SVR...