Energy prices

[Long slender neck]

Appear to have soared over the past year as I am just looking at getting a new fixed deal

Last year

Gas 2.3p now 3p+
Electricity 13.6p now 18p+

Anyone got any tips? I've already compared a few of the comparison sites.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Went with Octopus last year. Haven't got a yearly bill yet so cant comment but prices seem comparable, it's all renewable and they come out top for customer service on loads of different metrics.

[KenleyO]

Have you tried doing the gas and electric seperately? Can be cheaper than going 'Dual Fuel' with one provider

[Betterleytonever]

I switched to HUB Energy back in March and all seems to be good so far.

Gas 2.6092p/kWh
Electricity 15.8563p/kWh

It's also worth taking into consideration the daily 'Standing charge' and they are also competitive and brings the overall price down.

Gas 17.48p/day (£60.77/year)
Electricity 14.11p/day (£49.06/year)

0800 830 3670 they don't leave you waiting for hours
https://hubenergy.co.uk/

Hope this helps

[Fellowo]

Martin Lewis was on the box a couple of weeks ago about this. Basically all the suppliers have either pulled their cheap deals or will be by October.

Sounds like you've done the rounds with the comparison websites and had no joy. Might be worth trying the suppliers directly.

Other than that, might have to resort to sitting in the dark with the heating off.

[Long slender neck]

FFS. Why have they pulled the cheap deals?

[Long slender neck]

I switched to HUB Energy back in March and all seems to be good so far.

Gas 2.6092p/kWh
Electricity 15.8563p/kWh

It's also worth taking into consideration the daily 'Standing charge' and they are also competitive and brings the overall price down.

Gas 17.48p/day (£60.77/year)
Electricity 14.11p/day (£49.06/year)

0800 830 3670 they don't leave you waiting for hours
https://hubenergy.co.uk/

Hope this helps

3.4p and 17.9p now, thanks for the recommendation though.

[LittleMate]

I used Martyn Lewis' site about 6 weeks ago to secure a new deal.

[Long slender neck]

Haven't got a time machine unfortunately.

[Tent Keague]

What I don't understand is when they say things like EDF or E.On have bad customer services.

Literally all you do is sign up and pay and then at the end of your contract you switch with uSwitch or a similar site.

What do you need customer services for?

Same with most utility companies. They've ultimately got us all by the bollocks unless you're on an introductory offer or a deal. You have to keep switching.

I just don't understand why you'd be more inclined to go with a company with better customer services.

Things like insurance and home care arrangements are different. You want a decent level of customer service to get the right service and you do get what you pay for.

[tuffers#1]

Ovo used to be fairly decent

[Long slender neck]

What I don't understand is when they say things like EDF or E.On have bad customer services.

Literally all you do is sign up and pay and then at the end of your contract you switch with uSwitch or a similar site.

What do you need customer services for?

Same with most utility companies. They've ultimately got us all by the bollocks unless you're on an introductory offer or a deal. You have to keep switching.

I just don't understand why you'd be more inclined to go with a company with better customer services.

Things like insurance and home care arrangements are different. You want a decent level of customer service to get the right service and you do get what you pay for.

Easy to think that until they do something like f*** up your bill. Never happened to me with utilities but had poor experience with 'quotemehappy' insurance.

[Max B Gold]

It should come as no surprise to any of youse to learn that I am with People's Energy.

Was one of the best deals on Martin Lewis's Cheap Energy Club. He emails me when deals pop up that save £100 or more. Give it a go.

Cannot wait until Nicola makes energy free.

[Fellowo]

FFS. Why have they pulled the cheap deals?

Because the cost of wholesale gas/electric has rocketed according to the suppliers, but my assumption is that the energy suppliers are losing money hand over fist with people either racking up debt, or unable to pay due to being furloughed/sacked.

[Kimpon]

Like car insurance, if you phone the companies direct rather than comparison sites, you ten to get a better deal especially if you ‘white lie’ and say you have had a better quote. Once they have you on the phone , they won’t want to lose you. I have always found British Gas the best , if I get out of contract I negotiate a newer long term deal. Agree with the above by keeping the utilities separate though. Seems that ordinary people are paying for those who have swimming pools , air conditioning indoors garden lighting and now electric car charge points who I’m told by engineers I know , never pay the energy for such luxuries as they all have them connected up on the fiddle.

[o-no]

Like car insurance, if you phone the companies direct rather than comparison sites, you ten to get a better deal especially if you ‘white lie’ and say you have had a better quote. Once they have you on the phone , they won’t want to lose you. I have always found British Gas the best , if I get out of contract I negotiate a newer long term deal. Agree with the above by keeping the utilities separate though. Seems that ordinary people are paying for those who have swimming pools , air conditioning indoors garden lighting and now electric car charge points who I’m told by engineers I know , never pay the energy for such luxuries as they all have them connected up on the fiddle.

Finding that last part a little hard to believe. People who have these things don't need to fiddle the lecky, they've got bigger fish to fry.

[Kimpon]

Like car insurance, if you phone the companies direct rather than comparison sites, you ten to get a better deal especially if you ‘white lie’ and say you have had a better quote. Once they have you on the phone , they won’t want to lose you. I have always found British Gas the best , if I get out of contract I negotiate a newer long term deal. Agree with the above by keeping the utilities separate though. Seems that ordinary people are paying for those who have swimming pools , air conditioning indoors garden lighting and now electric car charge points who I’m told by engineers I know , never pay the energy for such luxuries as they all have them connected up on the fiddle.

Finding that last part a little hard to believe. People who have these things don't need to fiddle the lecky, they've got bigger fish to fry.

Read this;

https://www.energymanagermagazine.co.uk ... his-crime/

[Sid Bishop]

Appear to have soared over the past year as I am just looking at getting a new fixed deal

Last year

Gas 2.3p now 3p+
Electricity 13.6p now 18p+

Anyone got any tips? I've already compared a few of the comparison sites.

No cheap fixes now, read this BBC article from 5th February 2021.

Energy prices to rise for millions of households
By Kevin Peachey
Personal finance correspondent, BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55925514

[Max B Gold]

Like car insurance, if you phone the companies direct rather than comparison sites, you ten to get a better deal especially if you ‘white lie’ and say you have had a better quote. Once they have you on the phone , they won’t want to lose you. I have always found British Gas the best , if I get out of contract I negotiate a newer long term deal. Agree with the above by keeping the utilities separate though. Seems that ordinary people are paying for those who have swimming pools , air conditioning indoors garden lighting and now electric car charge points who I’m told by engineers I know , never pay the energy for such luxuries as they all have them connected up on the fiddle.

Finding that last part a little hard to believe. People who have these things don't need to fiddle the lecky, they've got bigger fish to fry.

Oh yes they do. I once had a client who had a swimming pool in his North London house and claimed a proportion of the leccy bill because he also had an office in his home but of course most of the bill was down to heating the pool.

At the other end of the social scale big Charlie from the bowling club always had his dinner late during the summer on account of the street lights not coming on until after 10 and his house was connected up to them as there was a lamp post right next to his house. Charlie could drink 25 pints of lager on a Saturday. He's dead now.

[B.whitehouse+10more]

It should come as no surprise to any of youse to learn that I am with People's Energy.

Was one of the best deals on Martin Lewis's Cheap Energy Club. He emails me when deals pop up that save £100 or more. Give it a go.

Cannot wait until Nicola makes energy free.

Yes she creates enough gas talking out of her arse, just got to work on the electricity

[Max B Gold]

It should come as no surprise to any of youse to learn that I am with People's Energy.

Was one of the best deals on Martin Lewis's Cheap Energy Club. He emails me when deals pop up that save £100 or more. Give it a go.

Cannot wait until Nicola makes energy free.

Yes she creates enough gas talking out of her arse, just got to work on the electricity

This isn't a very funny insult. I don't know why you bothered.

I understand that she is not in favour of generating electricity from gas. You haven't even got the underlying facts right on which to base your joke and it therefore had no resonance.

[o-no]

Like car insurance, if you phone the companies direct rather than comparison sites, you ten to get a better deal especially if you ‘white lie’ and say you have had a better quote. Once they have you on the phone , they won’t want to lose you. I have always found British Gas the best , if I get out of contract I negotiate a newer long term deal. Agree with the above by keeping the utilities separate though. Seems that ordinary people are paying for those who have swimming pools , air conditioning indoors garden lighting and now electric car charge points who I’m told by engineers I know , never pay the energy for such luxuries as they all have them connected up on the fiddle.

Finding that last part a little hard to believe. People who have these things don't need to fiddle the lecky, they've got bigger fish to fry.

Read this;

https://www.energymanagermagazine.co.uk ... his-crime/

Yes, I read that. It doesn't say ALL the people with swimming pools, electric cars etc have them connected up on the fiddle though - that's just your biases coming through.

[Sid Bishop]

The cost of fitting the so called ''Smart Meters'' is also pushing up the price of energy bills. So far I have dodged having them fitted in my house and resent the fact that despite not having them fitted myself, that we are all having to contribute to these waste of time and sometimes unreliable gadgets.
I used to read around 500 meters of various types on a weekly basis as part of my job working as a maintenance engineer on a large company site, so sure i can manage to read my own 2 meter's once every 3 months to let my power company know my up to date meter readings.

Britons left out of pocket as smart meters will cost each household £420 - but experts dismiss them as just plain dumb
Billions of pounds are being spent on installing 'smart' energy meters
Experts fear scheme is a waste of money and meters vulnerable to hackers
One expert says smart meters only shave around a tenner a year off bills.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bil ... d-420.html

[Kimpon]

Finding that last part a little hard to believe. People who have these things don't need to fiddle the lecky, they've got bigger fish to fry.

Read this;

https://www.energymanagermagazine.co.uk ... his-crime/

Yes, I read that. It doesn't say ALL the people with swimming pools, electric cars etc have them connected up on the fiddle though - that's just your biases coming through.

No bias here , only thing coming through is your naively.

[o-no]

Read this;

https://www.energymanagermagazine.co.uk ... his-crime/

Yes, I read that. It doesn't say ALL the people with swimming pools, electric cars etc have them connected up on the fiddle though - that's just your biases coming through.

No bias here , only thing coming through irks your naively.

Sorry, in English please?