Can't cancel my contract but all I will be paying is standing charge

MeteredOut

wrf12345 said:

Octopus have a business tariff with zero s/c but not a domestic one

With no minimum usage?

saajan_12

They can do this because the contract logic flow would be
> standing charge is payable as long as you have the meter in place
> termination cost of £x00 to remove the meter when you terminate and cease supply
> this is avoided if someone else takes over the supply so there's no need to physically remove
> in practice, its usually cheaper to pay £x0 for the time until someone does take over rather than paying the £x00 to remove. 

Its up to you, but because most people choose the last line, that's what the agent jumped to. 

DougMLancs

Details on the mentioned Octopus account- it’s not currently available for Band 1 customers so wouldn’t help just yet but it’s still early days and they’re looking at broadening it in future https://octopus.energy/blog/no-standing-charge-business-tariff/