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Record numbers switched electricity supplier last year - MSE News

A record year 5.8 million customers switched their electricity supplier last year, new figures reveal...
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  • brewerdave
    brewerdave Posts: 8,753 Forumite
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    I'm on my 7th leccy supplier since July .......but thats's mainly due to supplier failures and the c**p tariffs the SOLRs have transferred me over to.
  • And if you switch to different gas and electricity suppliers like I did, then you have even less unique people switching.
  • Anthorn
    Anthorn Posts: 4,362 Forumite
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    First of all, just to note a bad link in the opening post: Clicking the text link gets me to the correct article but clicking the button gets me, "Whoops!
    Sorry, you've landed on a page that doesn't exist."

    I wonder how many of those customers forming part of the 6% increase were customers of failed small suppliers who were almost forcibly switched to the SoLR by Ofgem?
  • Consumerist
    Consumerist Posts: 6,311 Forumite
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    So, probably not much of a dent in the numbers who don't switch.
    >:)Warning: In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
  • matelodave
    matelodave Posts: 9,101 Forumite
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    I had three differnt suppliers last year and I shall have at least two this year unless Eversmart goes bust, when it'll be three
    Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
  • geoffW
    geoffW Posts: 184 Forumite
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    I've had to switch 4 times but if Iresa hadn't closed I'd still be with them.
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