Pence per unit? And I hate energy companies.

Aug 03, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 21 Replies

I appear to be on Bulb's 'vari fair' tariff, the 'fairness' element seems to be that it keeps going up. I presumably changed to them to save money and given I'm paying 18 pence per unit it's hardly remained competitive.



Just wondered what others are paying for a unit*.



My main beef though is this. They set a monthly payment which, like every supplier i've used, is likely to put you in credit. I used to log into OVO and claim back my overpayment, not all of it of course, they liked to sit on at least some of my money for their benefit. But Bulb will only allow me to reduce my monthly payment and they set a minimum that I can change it to so that I can chip away at the £400 they owe me over many months to come.



The cheeky, cheeky bastards.


*14 pence looks about best. Which leaves me unmotivated to change given the absolute fiasco with the smart meters last time I did :(

15p but you really need to factor in daily standing charge too, especially for lighter users

According to the MSE page, Bulb would cost me £105/year more than my present supplier, even my current supplier's current best tariff would cost me £32/year more.

Looks like a bad time to be switching?

I got a good fixed price dual fuel deal in February Currently Bulb would cost me £318* per year more than my current tariffs with Avro. Avro have since increased prices.

  • £187 more for electricity only

12.11p/unit, 18.53/day plus VAT but that's going to get a hike up in October so looking elsewhere now.

I pay by credit card within a few days of them billing me.

https://support.igloo.energy/hc/en-us/articles/360003816958-How-does-the-3-interest-reward-work-

3% interest on the money they are holding, better than available on the High Street and on my radar for a switch in a month or so.

Not going smart meter. Who's the 14p with and I need gas too.

The wholesale price has risen substantially. Symbio will be charging me more than I pay now. The price rise could well be caused by a government failure to ensure that there is an adequate generating capacity.

Its all very messy,I had a long chat to EDF and after some time it turned out that the standard variable was actually cheaper over two years than the fixed price for economy 7. Its all a bit of a con though as although its only 9p at night, in the day its nearly10p more than the numbers quoted here, so then it becomes, what can I do at night.

Brian

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19p (inc VAT) per kwh.

I clearly must try a bit harder.

Yep, they haven't invested in enough windmills and solar panels. Isn't this just a result of giving people what they have demanded - green energy by 2025?

While wholesale prices are clearly rising it's worth bearing in mind they fell sharply last year because of the pandemic. So there were some very good deals around last year which ain't going to be seen again. When comparing costs per kWh it may be worth asking "until when?"

From what I've seen Jan/Feb this year was the sweet spot for 12 month fixed price deals and it was than that I signed up for 12 months. The MSE site says I cannot get a better deal now by changing (I have a zero exit fee on my contract)

I'm not sure i've ever changed supplier and *not* regretted it for one reason or another including meter problems and gas leaks.

Yes, it's a national scandal that new gas suppliers don't fix their pipes up properly to the property when you switch.

R D S formulated on Tuesday :

E = 13.5930p per kWh, G = 2.0563p per kWh

It varies considerably with where you live.

. . . and the standing charge. Who's your supplier - that looks low. Scottish Power:

Standing/Day 0.2555 0.2533

They've aslo made available off-peak tariffs - presumeably due to the smart meter.

In article <see1al$9u3$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Harry Bloomfield <?.?@harrym1byt.plus.com> scribeth thus

Seems very good, who's that with Harry?...

Did they ever get their billing sorted out?, it was all over the place a while ago but they were cheap;!...

And was Boris in the news yesterday moaning that Coal stations should shut down?. Mind you coal is giving as a useful Gigawatt today.

I reckon the whole thing is borked, by the time small scale modular Nuclear comes on line we'll need all the fossil we can get!...

The German Greens should be well f***ed then given that their pushing the shutdown of many viable nuclear plants in recent years is the direct cause of Germany burning a lot of coal.

Only two "full-sized" ones left now? ... Ratcliffe has announced it'll close one unit earlier than previously announced.

Do you mean "who's that with, Harry?"

Punctuation and grammar - R.I.P. c.1970

PA

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