Standing Charge

20122013

My property is currently unoccupied and the bills are costly I cannot do much about the council tax.  I  am wondering whether there is a tariff or utility company that has low or no standing charge? As my bill is 98% standing charge. Utilita Energy requires a pre paid meter which I don't have/

GingerTim

20122013 said:

My property is currently unoccupied and the bills are costly I cannot do much about the council tax.  I  am wondering whether there is a tariff or utility company that has low or no standing charge? As my bill is 98% standing charge. Utilita Energy requires a pre paid meter which I don't have/

Is it a smart meter? You could ask them to put it in pre-pay mode.

20122013

GingerTim said:

Is it a smart meter? You could ask them to put it in pre-pay mode.

It is an economy 7 I am not sure whether they it can to a pre paid mode.

Brie

meanwhile ensure that absolutely everything in the place is turned off and unplugged because otherwise you'd still be paying a standing charge.  

debitcardmayhem

Brie said:

meanwhile ensure that absolutely everything in the place is turned off and unplugged because otherwise you'd still be paying a standing charge.  

they will pay that unless they have the meters taken away

la531983

debitcardmayhem said:

Brie said:

meanwhile ensure that absolutely everything in the place is turned off and unplugged because otherwise you'd still be paying a standing charge.  

they will pay that unless they have the meters taken away

About to say, surely this is common knowledge. 

km1500

Every energy supplier will be required to offer energy tariffs with low or no standing charges so customers can choose to pay these costs as part of the unit rate, under plans published by Ofgem today.  

The regulator has launched a consultation on how proposals to introduce an option under the price cap that will cover zero standing charge tariffs, where the fixed costs covered by standing charges would shift to unit rates, could work in practice. Ofgem’s proposal is for these tariffs to be available for next winter (2025/2026). 

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/ofgem-drives-forward-plans-introduce-zero-standing-charge-tariffs

debitcardmayhem

km1500 said:

Every energy supplier will be required to offer energy tariffs with low or no standing charges so customers can choose to pay these costs as part of the unit rate, under plans published by Ofgem today.  

The regulator has launched a consultation on how proposals to introduce an option under the price cap that will cover zero standing charge tariffs, where the fixed costs covered by standing charges would shift to unit rates, could work in practice. Ofgem’s proposal is for these tariffs to be available for next winter (2025/2026). 

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/ofgem-drives-forward-plans-introduce-zero-standing-charge-tariffs

that was in february , and supposedly for winter 25/26

20122013

thanks for all the replies  very helpful - as I want to check I have not overlooked something, as I have to paying standing charge, and I use maybe 2 units of electricity a month. Should I be looking for the cheapest standing charge rather than the cheapest electricity/ unit? as the consumption is so low it does not work on the comparison websites, so I will look at Octopus (current) EON next, OVO, EDF ?

QrizB

20122013 said:

thanks for all the replies  very helpful - as I want to check I have not overlooked something, as I have to paying standing charge, and I use maybe 2 units of electricity a month. Should I be looking for the cheapest standing charge rather than the cheapest electricity/ unit? as the consumption is so low it does not work on the comparison websites, so I will look at Octopus (current) EON next, OVO, EDF ?

There are a few low users on the forum who keep chasing the lowest SC. Maybe look at some of wrf12345 's threads/posts, for example? Some of their comments make my head hurt but there's a few golden nuggets on there!

km1500

debitcardmayhem said:

km1500 said:

Every energy supplier will be required to offer energy tariffs with low or no standing charges so customers can choose to pay these costs as part of the unit rate, under plans published by Ofgem today.  

The regulator has launched a consultation on how proposals to introduce an option under the price cap that will cover zero standing charge tariffs, where the fixed costs covered by standing charges would shift to unit rates, could work in practice. Ofgem’s proposal is for these tariffs to be available for next winter (2025/2026). 

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/ofgem-drives-forward-plans-introduce-zero-standing-charge-tariffs

that was in february , and supposedly for winter 25/26

yes, this coming winter