Are there any suppliers taking on new customers?

newbie8

Hello all,

I appreciate the whole of UK are in the same boat.. but are there any suppliers taking on new customers? 
I'm looking for my parents who are currently with Shell Flexible 7 and there DD has gone from £66 to £162! 

I know there won't be any cheap deals but at least something where I can fix for them. 

Thanks,

Ultrasonic

Most suppliers will take new customers on fixed term tariffs but in the short term these won't be cheaper than the standard variable tariff your parents are already on. Longer term it comes down to a bit of crystal-ball gazing...

MWT

newbie8 said:

I'm looking for my parents who are currently with Shell Flexible 7 and there DD has gone from £66 to £162! 

I know there won't be any cheap deals but at least something where I can fix for them.

Before you move them, have you checked that the £162 is accurate for their usage on the Shell tariff?

newbie8

MWT said:

newbie8 said:

I'm looking for my parents who are currently with Shell Flexible 7 and there DD has gone from £66 to £162! 

I know there won't be any cheap deals but at least something where I can fix for them.

Before you move them, have you checked that the £162 is accurate for their usage on the Shell tariff?

I send regular meter readings. Is this enough? 

newbie8

Ultrasonic said:

Most suppliers will take new customers on fixed term tariffs but in the short term these won't be cheaper than the standard variable tariff your parents are already on. Longer term it comes down to a bit of crystal-ball gazing...

I can't seem to find any. I've looked on individual suppliers sites and also on uSwitch. But nothing comes up. 
What am I doing wrong? 

QrizB

newbie8 said:

I appreciate the whole of UK are in the same boat.. but are there any suppliers taking on new customers?

Yes, EDF and Octopus - plus perhaps others.

I'm looking for my parents who are currently with Shell Flexible 7 and there DD has gone from £66 to £162! 

I know there won't be any cheap deals but at least something where I can fix for them.

You're not going to find a tariff significantly cheaper than Shell Flexible 7, and fixes are likely to be considerably more expensive. If Shell have calculated £162/month accurately, I would hazard a guess that most fixes will be over £200/month.

Plug their details into one of the comparison sites and see what pops out.

Ultrasonic

newbie8 said:

Ultrasonic said:

Most suppliers will take new customers on fixed term tariffs but in the short term these won't be cheaper than the standard variable tariff your parents are already on. Longer term it comes down to a bit of crystal-ball gazing...

I can't seem to find any. I've looked on individual suppliers sites and also on uSwitch. But nothing comes up. 
What am I doing wrong? 

Maybe it varies with region but if I look on this site's Cheap Energy Club I have options from 4 suppliers. Scottish Power are giving quotes for new customers for me as well. I've not tried others recently.

https://clubs.moneysavingexpert.com/cheapenergyclub

However, as per my first post it's highly debatable whether any of the fixes you'll find are a good idea right now. They will definitely all be more expensive until October, and then it comes down to how much the price cap increases by.

QrizB

newbie8 said:

Ultrasonic said:

Most suppliers will take new customers on fixed term tariffs but in the short term these won't be cheaper than the standard variable tariff your parents are already on. Longer term it comes down to a bit of crystal-ball gazing...

I can't seem to find any. I've looked on individual suppliers sites and also on uSwitch. But nothing comes up. 
What am I doing wrong? 

Have you tried eg. Which? Switch or the CAB site? Or Energylinx?

MWT

newbie8 said:

MWT said:

newbie8 said:

I'm looking for my parents who are currently with Shell Flexible 7 and there DD has gone from £66 to £162! 

I know there won't be any cheap deals but at least something where I can fix for them.

Before you move them, have you checked that the £162 is accurate for their usage on the Shell tariff?

I send regular meter readings. Is this enough? 

Probably not, it should be, but not all suppliers are getting the monthly amounts 'right.'

The good news is that if you have been sending regular meter readings you should be able to calculate the actual use over the last year, then use the current tariff to work out the annual cost, divide by 12 and see what you get...