Energy again - sorry - but a bit more complicated for me and I need help

[Graphista]

Partly I need help cos my maths is crap!

Situation is I am currently on prepay with a company that only does prepay and I wouldn't wanna stay with them anyway.

I think I can provide information on kWh energy usage from their data on me

Moving to a smaller place but similar building. I think I've found out who the current provider is.

With the energy price rises etc though I have no idea how to choose which company and which tariff to go with.

At the moment I am thinking to do a meter read when I move in and another a week later using everything as normal to get a baseline?

That will give me my kWh usage per week in winter I think?

Comparison sites are apparently useless at the moment?

And they always were for comparing prepay to credit anyway.

So can knowledgable/clever mners who know/understand this stuff PLEASE help me work out or signpost me to how I check prices to compare and what information I need to hand and what to look for etc I am SO confused at the moment by it all (as I'm sure many are)

I can't even check prices with the current provider to the new address as they only show them to existing customers! Wtf! I don't yet have an account with them will be calling them tomorrow

MSE advice is to stay on deemed tariff until prices can be checked?

I'm sure there must be energy industry people on mn - feel free to name change to help me I totally understand why you may want to do so in the current climate, pm if you'd prefer I won't out you in any way.

Just really need solid help/info on this as I'm on a low income and need to keep prices as low as possible - yea I know who doesn't!

The electric shower is lovely but it adds up. Of course, just reducing how much a shower is used can significantly reduce bills.

@Graphista

Glad you found the explanation helpful. This video might be useful

@BarbaraofSeville I think slow cooker will do me for now, I'm vegetarian and WAS trying to lose weight before all this (bloody piled it all back on!) so I think slow cooker more suitable than air fryer for me

Good that you're not a long or daily showerer (are you allowed to admit to that on MN??)



Yea it's risky isn't it! I have ocd so you'd think I'd be in there loads but with the physical disability not so much.

@cakeorwine thanks I'll have a look at the video later as I'm on a stack of calls re the move at the moment

Why do my emojis keep vanishing?

Ok

Energy company call done. At least at first it's gonna be direct debit of just over £100 a month and that's based on April prices

I am very happy with that.

They have based that on size, placement and style of property and 1 occupant.

I'm gonna take regular meter readings to check my usage

I'm fine with that for now, when I'm in and settled and have a good sense of my usage I may shop around for a better deal if there's one available.

That sound a good plan?

Ok just taken meter reading (would have done it fri but it was kinda tricky with one due to where meter is and I’ve just managed to sort that)

Is anyone around who would be able to help me work out usage, cost etc based on readings and tariff/which company I’m with? I have the info around somewhere but as has been obvious on this thread my own maths is atrocious!

Can’t get through to energy company but have submitted readings via app not sure how long it will be until they update info on app so I can maybe see if my direct debit is gonna be higher or lower than I thought or the same

Very much an estimate at the moment as I haven’t really been using the central heating and I haven’t been cooking yet as didn’t know how to use the cooker. I do now but I don’t tend to make meals that take ages to cook or anything.

At some point I will organise a smart meter I hope (need landlords permission) and that will make things easier.