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Hi all,
What’s everyone thinking of doing RE energy bills?
Going on variable and paying the cap prices?
Choosing a 1 or 2 year fixed tariff?
Staying with current supplier or switching suppliers?
Already on fixed tariffs and haven’t run out yet?
I’m currently on a fixed tariff for elec until 2023 so that’s good for me, my gas was also fixed till 2023 but supplier went bust and now I’m with EDF who tbh, I’m not overly impressed with so I’m looking to try and move gas supplier but proving a bit troublesome lol. Contacted via twitter, got tariff info but no no reply when trying to re-engage chat etc.. phoned them up but no one available via registration to get quotes etc so now in limbo waiting a email with quotes… I’ve emailed yesterday to advise tariff I want and to just move Gas to it and keep Elec as is (Elec already wit them o a fix) but no reply yet…
By my calculation I’d save a couple of quid moving to this supplier which normally I wouldn’t’ do but EDF seem a nightmare, they email to say need a reading by x to get a bill, I give them the ready and they then say bill not due yet, need reading in like 2 weeks time.
Then suddenly I get a bill and it says this is a estimated bill, even though the last reading on the bill is my actual ready? all very odd..
Kev
I did look but it seems you basically have to contact them, the tariff info I could find is higher price unfortunately. I heard good things from Octopus but just a bit too pricey and seems to show Elec/gas tariff so unsure if would do single gas.
Ultimately eventually I’ll prob go dual duel with someone but atm they are out of sync. as Elec will run out 2023 and gas I’ll fix for 2 years as I’ve read online that whilst prices are predicted to come down a bit in 2023, it is likely the savings wont be passed on to us till 2024 so worst case if that’s Jan 2024, I’ve only got to go till June/July – 49 days so wouldn’t be too much hassle so decided to fix for 2 years.
When Elec is up next year, I’ll re-evaluate and if it’s beneficial, I’ll pay the exit fee and re-fix both or switch as required but suspect will remain on the 2 years, might just fix Elec for 1 year and go from there.
Kev
It is a balancing act I do agree, luckily you Electric was fixed until 2023 – but defo strange you did not opt for dual fuel at the time and split the GAS / Electric over two different suppliers.
GAS via BULB is another option, and good value so I understand ?
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).
I had gas separate as I went with a small company and the prices were very competitive and I’ve been with them for a few years and they were great. Admittedly no bells and whistles, a work in progress online login account was being worked on towards the end but i got emails regular each month and was very easy, no hassles at all.
I did toy with fixing my gas and elec with same supplier but existing gas came to a bit cheaper and as they had been fine up till then, I decided to stick with them but turned out the company went bust purely because the company they bought gas off went bust and they couldn’t get it for similar price so they went bust as they couldn’t make it work then due to rice rises etc.
I’ve always found better deal son single tariffs than dual fuel so they have always been separate but now the market has effectively shrunk as most smaller/competitive companies are fewer, I suspect they will all be fairly similar now as no real need to compete much these days they can just all hike the prices. Whereas with smaller companies they had reasons to try be competitive and smaller companies got certain tax breaks etc to help them be more competitive.
Kev
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