Is £4 standing charge for electricity too high?

petscomefirst

Hello guys, I have just moved into a new property, so both electricity and gas were automatically treated as deemed tariff. The energy supplier is Opus Energy, they just sent me a bill for the following rates:

Electricity: 
Standing Charge: 400.000p per day
Unit Rate: 85.000p per KWh 

Gas:
Standing Charge: 250.000p per day
Unit Rate (I don't use any gas so there isn't a rate stated)

Can anyone advice that if I can dispute of these sky high rates, and what to do if I stand any chance?

Thank you all in advance.

theoretica

Is this commercial, rather than domestic?

MWT

Opus are a business supplier, if you are not a business then you will need to tell them that and get your meter changed to domestic then switch to another provider.

There are a few other similar posts around if you search for 'Opus'...

petscomefirst

theoretica said:

Is this commercial, rather than domestic?

It's commercial

petscomefirst

MWT said:

Opus are a business supplier, if you are not a business then you will need to tell them that and get your meter changed to domestic then switch to another provider.

There are a few other similar posts around if you search for 'Opus'...

Thanks for the information. 

petscomefirst

MWT said:

Opus are a business supplier, if you are not a business then you will need to tell them that and get your meter changed to domestic then switch to another provider.

There are a few other similar posts around if you search for 'Opus'...

I have checked those opus posts but can't find anything on sky high deemed tariff dispute. 

MWT

petscomefirst said:

theoretica said:

Is this commercial, rather than domestic?

It's commercial

This forum is focused on domestic consumers so you will not find many business users here.

In general though, no, you can't dispute the rates, but you can opt to sign-up for a contract, but exercise extreme caution when talking to anyone, be it a supplier or an agent as you can enter into a binding contract on a completely verbal basis which may have extortionate exit penalties.

You are in the business world so you are expected to do your own due diligence and you are without the vast majority of the protections you would have as a consumer, so tread carefully...

Robin9

Par for the course with commercial tariffs.

I'm not with Opus but in my 2nd month with these costs (all plus VAT)

Standing Charge: £2.13 per day 
Unit Rate: 36.0210p per unit 
Start Date: 01/03/2022 
End Date 30/09/2022 

Standing Charge: £3.59 per day 
Unit Rate: 9.7362p per unit 
Start Date: 01/03/2022 
End Date: 30/09/2022 

Robin9

petscomefirst said:

Hello guys, I have just moved into a new property, so both electricity and gas were automatically treated as deemed tariff. 

Thank you all in advance.

Not so with a commercial tariff - you do not inherit a supplier like the domestics do.

You ring around and get competive quotes.
Easier said than done in these times.

MWT

Robin9 said:

petscomefirst said:

Hello guys, I have just moved into a new property, so both electricity and gas were automatically treated as deemed tariff. 

Thank you all in advance.

Not so with a commercial tariff - you do not inherit a supplier like the domestics do.

Is that still the case these days?

If you move into new business premises you will usually be on the deemed contract with the existing supplier so you can switch as you are not under contract, but someone will be trying to charge you for your use from day 1 ...

Robin9

You may well be correct.  If you are still the tenant or owner and want to swop suppliers you can only do so without penalty one month before your contract ends. If as the OP is doing he is moving into a vacant premises he needs to get a contract as the Out of Contracts are exorbitant (+50%) - as I found out.