Moving home / energy tariff

Nathanlowe25

I am moving house 27/05 and I am wondering what will happen in terms of the energy tariff when I move?

1 - will I stay on the same tariff as the current owner? 

Or 

2 - when I call the company to confirm name/account change, will they roll me onto a different/new tariff

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I explored changing tariff for my current property and was advised it’s best to stay with current provider due to rates & tariff protection. But conscious of what will happen when I move. 

Thanks 

Nathan 

Mstty

You will roll straight onto that suppliers standard variable tariff and to be honest that is probably where you want to be.

Won't hurt contacting them to confirm but don't let them sell you a high fixed rate deal.

Gerry1

Read the closing and opening readings yourself, don't let anyone else do it for you.  Otherwise you could end up paying for usage by others or for a void period.

Nathanlowe25

Gerry1 said:

Read the closing and opening readings yourself, don't let anyone else do it for you.  Otherwise you could end up paying for usage by others or for a void period.

Thanks. I’m aware of this, moved multiple times before. 

My query is more around ensuring I end up on the right/best tariff. 

In normal times I’d just go online and find the best deal. But when I looked to switch in my current property it said It was best to stay and not switch because of a tariff protection or price promise. 

Conscious when I move and the account changes the tariff may also change?

MWT

Nathanlowe25 said:

Gerry1 said:

Read the closing and opening readings yourself, don't let anyone else do it for you.  Otherwise you could end up paying for usage by others or for a void period.

Thanks. I’m aware of this, moved multiple times before. 

My query is more around ensuring I end up on the right/best tariff. 

In normal times I’d just go online and find the best deal. But when I looked to switch in my current property it said It was best to stay and not switch because of a tariff protection or price promise. 

Conscious when I move and the account changes the tariff may also change?

When you move into a new property you are automatically on the deemed tariff for the existing supplier, which will be the capped variable tariff.

You will probably need to phone that supplier rather than go to their website as many of them are not allowing people to complete their account registration online and stay on the capped variable rate, so call if you need to but do not accept a change of tariff.