Poor advice from MSE...

Boohoo

matelodave said:

Boohoo said:

karalee said:

I recently moved rented properties and planned to go with Octopus for my energy provider but MSE advised i go with SO energy. My bill has gone from £49 to a painful £113, baring in mind the flat is tiny, we are barely there and do not use much energy (we do not have a TV, do not WFH, do not game etc). It seems unreasonable and i wish i went with Octopus... 

Angela your not having a good week are you?

Back to your question as others have mentioned MSE didn't advise you to do anything you chose to go with SO energy.

If you can do switch to Octopus now.

not sure why you are suggesting Octopus,

For me, their quote is 5p/kwh more than I'm paying  - which would cost me £375 a year more for a 12 month fix, or £450 more on a flexible tariff although I would save a whole £10.95 on the standing charge.

SO energy is around 4p/a unit more £300 a year but their standing charge would add another 5p/day = £18.25

You really need to do your own sums to work out how much it should cost using your own estimates rather than letting the energy company do the guessing. Even if you've just moved in and haven't a clue how much energy you are going to use then use the basic rule of around 2800kwh for leccy and 11500kwh for gas.

Its more complex if you are all electric and you have storage heaters on an off peak tariff and even worse if your heating is using an electric boiler or electric radiators.

If your post was to me about why suggest Octopus then read the OP's 1st post as they said they were planning to go with Octopus but MSE advised to go to SO energy.