British Gas announce second price drop this year in price of gas

footyguy · 15 July 2015 at 10:09AM

http://www.britishgas.co.uk/content/britishgas/products-and-services/gas-and-electricity/reducing-energy-bills.html

Average reduction of 5%, effective 27th August 2015

As always, consult a comparison site top find the best deal for you (and check carefully whether or not the planned reduction has been included)

poppellerant · 15 July 2015 at 10:24AM

Let's hope everybody else follows suit soon.

Bark01 · 15 July 2015 at 10:28AM

And yet post change they are still only in 3rd place for gas only among the big 6...

bulktrans · 15 July 2015 at 10:43AM

which co is the cheapest?

[Deleted User] · 15 July 2015 at 10:45AM

And for my usage, the new prices would mean the yearly bill would be 50% higher than my current npower gas tariff.

Wont be changing to them then.

[Deleted User] · 15 July 2015 at 10:48AM

@bulktrans

Cheapest can be found on comparison sites. It varies by region/energy used/standing charges so there is no simple answer.

Get your yearly gas/electric from your bills (you have been checking them and making sure that the meter readings are correct not estimates) and try a few websites.

macman · 15 July 2015 at 10:50AM

There is no 'cheapest': it depends on usage and region.

bulktrans · 15 July 2015 at 10:58AM

Thanks guys I will check the comparison website. At present I am with Scottish Power (for both gas and elec). But I am moving house soon and I think I will just stick with Scottish Power to save any other hassle .. any ideas?

molerat · 15 July 2015 at 11:14AM

For me the cheapest gas available is £7 (1%) cheaper than my current deal and with my current supplier, the cheapest "big 6" is £74 (13%) dearer and BG's new cheapest is £285 (50%) dearer so dropping their prices by a measly 5% is only to grab a headline and try to fool the stupid.

bulktrans · 15 July 2015 at 11:25AM

The Scot Power one that I am looking at present has Standing charge of 20p and unit rate of 3.31p

Former_MSE_Paloma · 15 July 2015 at 11:44AM

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