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First Time Buyer & Price Cap

arieder
arieder Posts: 1 Newbie
in Energy
With fixed tarrifs being higher than the current price cap and the coming price cap, is there any way as a first time buyer/new customer to enter the default tarrif? Can I inherrit the supplier of the previous owner to enter that suppliers default?

Any advice appreciated.

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  • jimjames
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    When you move in you should just go onto the standard variable tariff
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • davemorton
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    Just to highjack this thread, but same lines, I have just moved today and the supplier is SSE, and from what I can see, they dont have a SVT? 
    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
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  • QrizB
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    davemorton said:
    Just to highjack this thread, but same lines, I have just moved today and the supplier is SSE, and from what I can see, they dont have a SVT? 
    Every suppplier does. They are obliged to. What makes you think SSE don't?
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.
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  • davemorton
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    QrizB said:
    davemorton said:
    Just to highjack this thread, but same lines, I have just moved today and the supplier is SSE, and from what I can see, they dont have a SVT? 
    Every suppplier does. They are obliged to. What makes you think SSE don't?
    I cant seem to find details on it.  I tried to put my details online to let them know I had moved in, and saw it wasnt an option, I could not complete the sign-up without choosing one of 2 offered fixed tariffs, so went looking for it.  It could be that it is hidden under the Ovo umbrella. 
    “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
    Juvenal, The Sixteen Satires
  • QrizB
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    edited 3 February 2022 at 9:45PM
    davemorton said:
    QrizB said:
    davemorton said:
    Just to highjack this thread, but same lines, I have just moved today and the supplier is SSE, and from what I can see, they dont have a SVT? 
    Every suppplier does. They are obliged to. What makes you think SSE don't?
    I cant seem to find details on it.  I tried to put my details online to let them know I had moved in, and saw it wasnt an option, I could not complete the sign-up without choosing one of 2 offered fixed tariffs, so went looking for it.  It could be that it is hidden under the Ovo umbrella. 
    Some suppliers are sneaky and don't let you choose it online.
    Don't worry, if you've moved in you're already on it.
    Phone them, give them your detials, but don't under any circumstances* agree to a fixed-rate deal; say you'd like to stay on the deemed tariff until you've settled in.

    * Unless they offer you (or you ask for, and can get) Fix and Protect v4 which was offered in error earlier in the week.
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
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