Does it sound like I have confused my energy supplier?

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My DD is just shy of £100. I had run up debt on the account without knowing, nothing massive just say £50 under for six months. Then of course the energy prices increased, so it was more like £80 under a month. So I knew I was paying under, and it recommended I up my DD to something like about £170 a month, all fine. I didn't increase it, as I knew I was making a bulk payment soon, as I was due a lump sum. Kick myself for that now. 🙄

As now, I have made the bulk payment, and the day after I made it, it recommended I increase my DD to £250. I pulled a confused face and ignored it (yes, I am stupid). A week later it was £300. I have waited until my new bill was due (end of jan I was expecting it) and now it is up as high as £335! As of right now, I have no debt on the account.

Now I know rates have increased, and I expect to pay more. But I am on a flat rate (set in august), and my energy usage has not increased, so wtf have I missed? Have I just confused the way they work out the DD by paying a bulk amount?

My bill has over tripled?!

Yes, though in August there were many fixes on offer that were below the level of the current price cap - which isn’t true now.

She would havre at her tariffs to find out and compare it to what the new capped rates are .

I sure Martin Lewis was says that standard rates was the cheapest in August. Energy companies were going bust in August.

No, according to the Standard and elsewhere there were still some (just) sub-cap tariffs around in September (and def in August) - and if you’d fixed for a year or two then you’d be laughing going into April.

This doesn’t help OP though without is knowing what her actual bill is

September was when I got my fixed energy price which was double the unit price of the current capped unit price

I fixed in October and rates were slightly lower than current average cap I think

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