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What rates are you being offered by your provider at the moment?
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The EPG is not a rebate. It is a commercially agreed refund of excess money paid to purchase energy. If your supplier has already hedged the energy you will use, they do not receive any additional money from the government by putting you on SVT.
It is not illegal and it is not immoral.0 -
So Scottish gas offering me to move from :
To that:
Do we think it is worth it???
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Save 11.5p per day on standing charge, pay 1p more per unit for electricity and 0.25p more per unit for gas.
How much do you use per day? Their estimates suggest almost nothing - which is why you would make a saving - but that seems very odd to me.0 -
At first glance it would seem that Scot Gas is hardly being very generous at offering to sting you for 2 x £75 for the privilege of moving to a variable tariff where the saving on the basis of such a low (annual) consumption amounts to only approx £30 (variable). May be the EPG influences the maths in a way that I have yet to latch onto. Or you anticipate a large increase in the consumption figures that they have quoted.Telegraph Sam
There are also unknown unknowns - the one's we don't know we don't know0 -
Telegraph_Sam said:At first glance it would seem that Scot Gas is hardly being very generous at offering to sting you for 2 x £75 for the privilege of moving to a variable tariff where the saving on the basis of such a low (annual) consumption amounts to only approx £30 (variable). May be the EPG influences the maths in a way that I have yet to latch onto. Or you anticipate a large increase in the consumption figures that they have quoted.
that estemated usage is rediculously low though. is it a garage or do you have solar or something?Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott
It's amazing how those with a can-do attitude and willingness to 'pitch in and work' get all the luck, isn't it?
Please consider buying some pet food and giving it to your local food bank collection or animal charity. Animals aren't to blame for the cost of living crisis.0 -
I'd be reluctant to wager 2 x £75 just to find out which interpretation is correct. I reckon it's a south facing solar-heated garage with a turbine on top.Telegraph Sam
There are also unknown unknowns - the one's we don't know we don't know0 -
Telegraph_Sam said:I'd be reluctant to wager 2 x £75 just to find out which interpretation is correct. I reckon it's a south facing solar-heated garage with a turbine on top.Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott
It's amazing how those with a can-do attitude and willingness to 'pitch in and work' get all the luck, isn't it?
Please consider buying some pet food and giving it to your local food bank collection or animal charity. Animals aren't to blame for the cost of living crisis.0 -
Very wise. It would be painful if you did not and found out that "other people's" experience was not universal.Telegraph Sam
There are also unknown unknowns - the one's we don't know we don't know0 -
I've just worked out that on my EDF Fix Total Service May 24 I'm going to be overpaying around £20/month...unless it goes up again in October0
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From SO EnergyIf I go for this and Martin's weekly email seems to suggest it's worth it, I'd be saving £17 per month. It's less than what I was paying from June last year at £94.
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