What rates are you being offered by your provider at the moment?

Mstty

Green energy is not cheap it is just greener (maybe with the right wind blowing)

WillPS

StartledJesus said:

I have just been offered by British Gas an Exclusive May 23 v1 tariff, with the rider that ‘if you then find that one of our future tariffs is cheaper, you can switch again without paying an exit fee.’

I haven’t even looked at the detail yet, but my first thought is whether BG can be trusted with that promise, after the debacle of their SoLR tariffs, and massive customer confusion over when those ‘Welcome’ tariffs lasted until? 

Is there an exit fee?

If there is I would make sure I keep a record of that promise and expect them to screw it up, charge you anyway, and for you to need to complain. But they wouldn't have a leg to stand on so you would eventually get off.

If no exit fee then they wouldn't have anything to charge regardless.

pochase

Joannep1974 said:

MSE_JC said:

With wholesale gas prices at their lowest level since November 2021, we want to know what fixed energy deals you're being offered by your current provider. 

There are very few fixed deals available to new customers on the market, and those that are tend to be pricey. Yet sometimes we do hear of short-lived 'existing customer only' deals from certain firms that can be competitive. These deals aren't available on comparison sites, making them hard to keep track of.

Is there a good one out there that fellow MoneySavers might be missing out on?

Let us know the name of the tariff and the name of the supplier. 

I am with Utilita on the Smart Energy tariff, I am being charged 51.50p Electric & 20.746p Gas for the 1st 2 KWH per day! This is double the daily standing charge on British Gas. Utilita claim they do not have a standing but this charge is above ( or i believe it to be above) the price cap but i cant change provider because no companies are taking on new customers. Not sure what i can do i am stuck!

Your calculation is wrong, your not charged twice the cap rate in comparison.

You are charged 2 x 51.50p for the first 2KWh electric = 103p. You need to take into account that you get 2KWh of electricity, with other suppliers you would pay around 56p, so you only pay 47p more for the first 2Kwh, which is in line with the standing charges on SVT. Same goes for gas. 

So you will not save a lot if you change to another supplier, here you even have the possibility not to use gas for a day and save the standing charge.

Bethmiss

I'm in North East Scotland, and was with Green Energy Limited till it went under in September 2021. My neighbours were with Avro which went down the same day. I was moved to Shell Energy, and have still to receive a correct bill. Email from Shell Energy on 23rd February informing me of price changes from 1st April.

Flexibly 7 Electricity Only
Increase  from 20.834p/kWh to 27.906p/kWh
Standing Charge per day change from 27.39p to 50.05p
Prices include VAT at 5%.

Is there anybody else, in this part of the country, being charged roughly the same? I live on my own since my Mum died, and electricity usage had already gone down a lot since then. Not sure how much more I can do to cut back.

StartledJesus

@WillPS That’s what we thought about the other situation, referred to. Far from losing a leg, BG actually grew a third one…

WillPS

StartledJesus said:

@WillPS That’s what we thought about the other situation, referred to. Far from losing a leg, BG actually grew a third one…

If it's the 'guarantee date' thing then I think that was a bit more ambiguous to be honest - not only because of the conflicting info on the same page but also because of how it should be resolved.

In the case of an exit fee being incorrectly applied, the resolution is quite simple.

contrarymary72

This is the best I am being offered today as a customer of EDF:

contrarymary72

contrarymary72 said:

This is the best I am being offered today as a customer of EDF:

Sorry - can I add, I am in Lancashire and only moved into this house in November, so not sure I can rely on their estimated use.  On the price cap, I am currently Electricity: 28.02p Standing charge 42.25p; Gas: 7.34p Standing Charge 27.22p

CRISPIANNE3

British Gas electricity best offer for me is 33.236p/kwh with a standing charge of 58.475p/day. all inclusive of vat.Fixed for 1 year

EDF best offer for gas and fixed for 2 years is 11.958p/kwh and 27.22p/day. Again vat included.

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Mstty said:

Astria said:

Deleted_User said:

MSE_JC said:

With wholesale gas prices at their lowest level since November 2021, we want to know what fixed energy deals you're being offered by your current provider. 

Bloody expensive ones lol

Wasn’t offered anything amazing by EDF. A 2 year fix at 37p unit price and 44p standing. The £150 exit fee made me stick to the SVT, that is only 27p a unit. Still hurts after I have got used to paying 15p for the last 2 years.

It'll hurt me more as my 15p fix doesn't end until November, after the October price hike

Conversely I see it the other way you have been hurt less and are getting a great rate til November and have already saved a bucket load from the Oct '21 price cap raise, the Apr '22 price cap raise and a couple of months of the potential Oct '22 price cap raise.

That's a big saving over what could be the majority of people👍

That's a good way of looking at it. I have had 2 years of cheap leccy so I can't complain really. Luckily I fixed the Gas last Nov for 2 years.