Energy Prices

[Chris Green]

So why? A government set maximum price is surely that, if not then why not?

[Chris Green]

Which is why it's such a load of nonsense.

[SteveW]

It's not nonsense, it still preserves competition, as people can choose a different supplier and different areas, with differing infrastructure costs, can vary prices a little.

[SteveW]

Because it is very expensive to get power to much of Northern Scotland, compared to the rest of the UK. Gas is less of a problem, as they simply won't supply it to the more difficult areas, so the cost is kept down by only supplying bigger towns.

[Andy Bennet]

From 1st October the price cap is fixed at 34p/kWh for electricity and

10.3p/kWh for gas for those on SVP.

For those on a fixed deal the cap is the same EXCEPT if you are paying more than 17p over the cap for electricity you will only get 17p/kWh reduction. For gas there is a 4.7p reduction over the cap.

[Jeff Gaines]

That's brill, thanks :-)

I had just pulled down details of the only two tariffs British Gas offer and started a comparison, the comparison sites are all saying no way Jose at the moment.

[Robin]

For those wanting to revise their spreadsheets those are the "average unit price for dual fuel customers paying by direct debit". AIUI there will continue to be minor differences - including for pre-payment customers.

[Andrew]

I read somewhere that one of the EV car charger companies is now charging £1/KwH. That's going to upset the calculations made by some EV car owners who don't have their own personal charger.