Anyone know what the best fix British Gas are offering customers at the moment is?

What_time_is_it

Asking for a friend with British Gas who is trying to phone them but not getting through.
Unit rates and standing charges obvs.

xzibit

My current offer is Sep 23v2

Gas @ 17.391p/kWh
Elec@ 63.146p/ kWh

Gas SC @ 29.292p
Elec SC @ 31.298p

MuckChucker

Yesterday morning offered Oct 23v4
Elec - 58.552, sc 20.110
Gas - 16.220, sc 24.480

xzibit

I just wonder why yours is cheaper than mine? Does the offer depend on your location in the country? I am currently sat contemplating whether to accept my offer, however if it's likely the Oct one will appear I shall wait.  

Also, the fix states the early termination fees are if you leave for another supplier. If we were to fix this deal and in 6 months the SVT was far better, could we return to it for free (staying with BG)??

MuckChucker

xzibit said:

I just wonder why yours is cheaper than mine? Does the offer depend on your location in the country? I am currently sat contemplating whether to accept my offer, however if it's likely the Oct one will appear I shall wait.  

Also, the fix states the early termination fees are if you leave for another supplier. If we were to fix this deal and in 6 months the SVT was far better, could we return to it for free (staying with BG)??

They are location dependant, possibly other factors like usage thresholds - our elec usage is quite high. I'm in Essex.

What_time_is_it

Thanks. Sounds like its still above the current SVR predictions for the next 12 months then?

xzibit

No I don’t think so. It’s cheaper than the January onwards predictions afaik. 

macman

xzibit said:

I just wonder why yours is cheaper than mine? Does the offer depend on your location in the country? I am currently sat contemplating whether to accept my offer, however if it's likely the Oct one will appear I shall wait.  

Also, the fix states the early termination fees are if you leave for another supplier. If we were to fix this deal and in 6 months the SVT was far better, could we return to it for free (staying with BG)??

No. the ETC is levied for exiting the tariff, not the supplier.
Prices have always varied by region, presumably because the transit fees vary.

xzibit

macman said:

xzibit said:

I just wonder why yours is cheaper than mine? Does the offer depend on your location in the country? I am currently sat contemplating whether to accept my offer, however if it's likely the Oct one will appear I shall wait.  

Also, the fix states the early termination fees are if you leave for another supplier. If we were to fix this deal and in 6 months the SVT was far better, could we return to it for free (staying with BG)??

No. the ETC is levied for exiting the tariff, not the supplier.
Prices have always varied by region, presumably because the transit fees vary.

Oh interesting. My offer says ‘Exit Fees (if you change supplier before the end date): £100 per fuel’

So had assumed it meant moving to another company. 

macman

That would indeed indicate that it only applies if you switch supplier, but most tariffs just quote 'Exit Fee £x.
Check with the supplier.

xzibit

macman said:

That would indeed indicate that it only applies if you switch supplier, but most tariffs just quote 'Exit Fee £x.
Check with the supplier.

Haha, if only BG answered the phones… 😉

The terms and conditions link doesn't work for my offer so I jumped on the chat and they said they'd send them to my email. I've just had an email from BG stating

Hello
Fixed price energy until 30 September 2023 Your unit rates are fixed, not your payments  £100 exit fee per fuel if you switch to another supplier before 13 August 2023                     

FIXED Tariff - This means that the price you pay per unit is fixed - not your payments.

Surely this can't be the terms and conditions? All this information and much more is available on the web page. So I read this as I can sign up and then drop back to the SVT without penalty.