New British gas customer ?

jack_121

Hi Thanks for reading. I just moved into a new house and  got a letter from british gas declaring themselves as my energy provider, giving me an account number, and saying i should call them to set up an account

Can they do this, can they force their services onto me

I am however shopping around for an energy supplier and will appreciate any advice in that direction. I live in west  yorkshire and heard that british gas are expensive

Is that true, are british gas expensive, and do you know of any suppliers with better prices

MyRealNameToo

You will have to pay BG for when you move in to when you transfer your account to someone else. All it means is the last person living in the property was with BG and when they called to say they were moving out they gave your name as the person moving in after them. 

All suppliers vary by area and depending on if they are the original suppliers for that area or not can mean they arent free to price due to rules created dealing with the fact it was historically a monopoly 

Ayr_Rage

Yes, you need to set up an account with the incumbent supplier before switching.

Unless you choose otherwise you will be paying the standard variable tariff, it maybe called the deemed tariff.

That SV tariff is fixed for the region across all suppliers.

You need to do some research before switching to make sure it fits your usage and lifestyle, such as whether you have solar panels and an electric vehicle.

jack_121

Thanks!

The guy living in this house before me died and was with evo energy not british gas, i know because i got some of his mail

Who should i use, i heard british gas are expensive, are there any cheaper suppliers in the west yorkshire area. I am electricity only

Ayr_Rage

You heard wrongly, BG are not more expensive on the deemed tariff.

jack_121

Thanks! 

There's  Fuse, E-on next, EDF, have you heard anything positive or negative about them

I am getting different results from the different energy comparison websites, not sure why that is

marcia_

jack_121 said:

Thanks! 

There's  Fuse, E-on next, EDF, have you heard anything positive or negative about them

I am getting different results from the different energy comparison websites, not sure why that is

 The sites are only as good as the information you input. Did you put the exact same information into each site?

jack_121

Thank you !

Yes i did put in the same information. I have used money supermarket, my utility genius, U switch, and the energy shop.

I can only think there may be sponsoring going on to explain the difference in quotes i am receiving

Does you have experience of any energy companies

debitcardmayhem

Well I am currently with Octopus 🐙, gas tracker and flux, previous with Ovo(ex SSE) dreadful company, and also with BG, but before I knew there was a huge difference.

Ildhund

jack_121 said:

The guy living in this house before me died and was with evo energy not british gas, 

In that case, evo (OVO?) should still be the supplier unless something happened in the interim. You can find out who the supplier is here: Who is my electricity supplier? | Northern Powergrid. You have to open an account with the current supplier before being able to change to a different one of your choice. 

jack_121

Ildhund said:

jack_121 said:

The guy living in this house before me died and was with evo energy not british gas, 

In that case, evo (OVO?) should still be the supplier unless something happened in the interim. You can find out who the supplier is here: Who is my electricity supplier? | Northern Powergrid. You have to open an account with the current supplier before being able to change to a different one of your choice. 

As evo was the supplier with the last person who lived here, why has british gas said i have to ring them and open an account