ScottishPower £200 upto £650!!!!!!!!!!!!! a month.

Paulcortina

As my current fixed rate deal is coming to a end soon I thought I would check my options with Scottish power.I was aware that prices would rise but by £450 a month!!!!!!  £650 This is more then my mortgage.
my predicted annual usage is 
gas 23206 kWh

Electric 5103 kWh

its a 4 bedroom house but it’s empty all day and there’s only 2x adults and 1x toddler.
How are people meant to pay theses prices?

Verdigris

Cut back your energy use. That is double the national average for both fuels.

MWT

Are those estimates accurate?

Both are high, that is a lot of gas and for a house using gas for heating, that is a lot of electricity, so start there.

Review your meter readings and see if you agree with their estimate of your annual use...

comeandgo

Are these figures your actual use?  They are unbelievable high.

QrizB

Paulcortina said:

As my current fixed rate deal is coming to a end soon I thought I would check my options with Scottish power.I was aware that prices would rise but by £450 a month!!!!!!  £650 This is more then my mortgage.

Fixed-rate tariffs are expensive.

my predicted annual usage is 

gas 23206 kWh

Electric 5103 kWh

On a variable tariff, that would be around £3500/yr, £290/month.

Its a 4 bedroom house but it’s empty all day and there’s only 2x adults and 1x toddler.

How are people meant to pay theses prices?

People with bigger-than-average houses should expect bigger-than-average energy bills.

Phantom151

I would suggest you are missing the point of these quotes. The companies that are offering the ridiculous priced ones don't expect you to actually take them. Bonus for them if you do but they pricethem so high that nobody will agree to them. Same as someone quoting you stuoid money to do a small job.

markin

From the amount of threads it seems many think that they have to take it, Some may simply be stuck in the mind set that fixed is always cheaper, But some of the screen shots posted are a little confusing when they are not labeled with the tariff name so its not clear the 'new quote' is a Fix that they don't have to take. They also don't seem be given the standard Variable tariff to compare it to.

Aylesbury_Duck

Paulcortina said:

As my current fixed rate deal is coming to a end soon I thought I would check my options with Scottish power.I was aware that prices would rise but by £450 a month!!!!!!  £650 This is more then my mortgage.
my predicted annual usage is 
gas 23206 kWh

Electric 5103 kWh

its a 4 bedroom house but it’s empty all day and there’s only 2x adults and 1x toddler.
How are people meant to pay theses prices?

By cutting back on their usage and making savings elsewhere.  That's all we can do.  We're all after 24/7 access to energy that's largely environmentally unfriendly, has a finite supply and is in demand across the continent.  The price reflects that.

Ultrasonic

Scottish Power have some very expensive 'fixed' deals right now but they can be ended by SP any time they fancy with 42 days notice (or at least the ones I've checked the terms of can be). Don't agree to another fixed deal and you will end up on the standard variable rate defined by the price cap.

As others have commented, your energy use is high though and I'm confident you could reduce this, which would be good from an environmental perspective as well as for your finances.

Robin9

Paulcortina said:

As my current fixed rate deal is coming to a end soon I thought I would check my options with Scottish power.I was aware that prices would rise but by £450 a month!!!!!!  £650 This is more then my mortgage.
my predicted annual usage is 
gas 23206 kWh

Electric 5103 kWh

its a 4 bedroom house but it’s empty all day and there’s only 2x adults and 1x toddler.
How are people meant to pay theses prices?

Forget these estimates  - what do your own readings tell you ? Read your meters ASAP and look back in your old statements to find some ACTUAL readings about 12 months ago. Do some simple sums and let us know what  your annual consumption actually is .

Mrs_Bones

Paulcortina said:

As my current fixed rate deal is coming to a end soon I thought I would check my options with Scottish power.I was aware that prices would rise but by £450 a month!!!!!!  £650 This is more then my mortgage.
my predicted annual usage is 
gas 23206 kWh

Electric 5103 kWh

its a 4 bedroom house but it’s empty all day and there’s only 2x adults and 1x toddler.
How are people meant to pay theses prices?

Ouch that is steep, you've got my sympathy. I had to do same with Scottish power (SP) on Monday, the sharp rise didn't help my breathing. My house is smaller than yours, yet being house bound and being affect by cold my energy usage is high, especially in winter, even when I'm doing my best to keep it down. Mine has now gone up by £325 per month, fixed rate for two years, that is way more than doubled my previous monthly cost.

Knowing the rate I was on was finishing at the end of March I've been checking the rates via SP and comparisons sites since February. There were not many deals around in Feb., now it's a desert. In Feb. the deals on the comparisons sites were hardly any different to the ones on offer from SP, some were even higher. Every few days I did a check around for prices it seemed to jump up another £50. Now most of the comparison sites just say "sorry they can't offer deals now due to the volatility of the energy markets and suggest you stick with your current provider and they hope to be able to help you switch again soon". I tried going direct to different suppliers and they were either not accepting new customers or wanted an even higher price. On Monday decided I had to bite the bullet and sort it out. SP online offered me just two deals with only a £1 difference between them and said they best they could offer, but I rang to speak to them direct to see if they could better it (Note the message on the phone said there was a two hour wait which nearly put me off waiting to speak to them but thought I'd give them a little while and got put through in 10 minutes.). It took a while talking to them but I managed to get the price down £9 per month from their original offers online. It was still a steep jump up but £9 off is better than nothing, do try ringing them to see if they can do better from what they first say is their best offer online.

I keep a record of my meter readings each month and have to be fair and say that their figures did match with my actual readings. There is always the option of changing to variable rate which may work out cheaper if you can lessen your energy usage. Personally that would not work for me as I like peace of mind of what my bill will be and work around that for everything else.