How to check if you're on the Energy Price Cap

MSE_Clare

About two-thirds of homes are on a price-capped energy tariff. To quickly check if you're on one, we've created a new Price Cap checker tool.

We'd love to know what you think of it!

How to check if you're on the Energy Price Cap

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MSE Clare

MattMattMattUK

Do we really need a tool when the solution is "Look at bill" or "Look at account"?

t0rt0ise

It's not a real tool. It just asks what tariff you're on.

Swipe

If all suppliers were made to rename their standard variable tariffs to the Standard Variable Energy Price Cap Tariff there'd be no confusion.

TroubledTarts

Price Cap Tariff would suffice

Qyburn

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81987659#Comment_81987659

Then asks "Have you chosen a specialist tariff?"

inkydolphin

There's clearly a need for it for them to bother making a tool for it.

Qyburn

A simple checklist or flowchart would be better than interactively asking questions then ignoring the answers.

MSE_Clare

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81988486#Comment_81988486

Thanks for your feedback on the tool. Are you able to give a specific example of what answers it ignores please? We'd love to improve this for people using it. Thanks

QrizB

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81988569#Comment_81988569

I'm not Qyburn, but for example:

If I tell the tool that I'm with Octopus and then enter "Octopus Go" as the name of my tariff, the tool should know already that I'm on a specialist EV tariff not the SVT.

However it then goes on to ask me whether I'm on a fix (Octopus Go can be fixed or flexible) and whether I'm on a specialist tariff (a question I've already answered by telling it I'm on Octopus Go).

If, having already told the tool I'm on Octopus Go, I then say "no or not sure" to the two following questions, the tool informs me that I'm "almost certainly on the Price Cap" which is entirely contrary to the limited information I've provided.

Qyburn

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81988569#Comment_81988569

I'm with Octopus on Intelligent Octopus Flux, and find exactly the same as QrizB.