Massive electric bill ! - going to change who are the cheapest?

[lars]

I just had the electric bill in and can't believe how much it is nearly three hundred pounds. I going to change who are the cheapest?
I am with npower, but not for long.

You can have a look at www.uswitch.com, but bear in mind that gas and electricity rises have affected all suppliers.

ditto to using uswitch. they saved us loads last time we switched.

and uswitch as recently been criticised (along with another price comparison site) for not making it clear to users that it gets a commission (like an 'independent financial adviser) for referals from them

Try moneysavingexpert.com

It also partly depends where you live. Different areas are charged different tariffs

I tried one of those online sites, and they came up with Atlantic for us (gas and electric).

Just because they get a commission, doesn't mean they are bad. I would try a number of sites. I used uswitch last time, but switchwithwhich.co.uk gave more choices.
I don't have gas, and it said British Gas were by far the cheapest for us!

Utility discount warehouse are the cheapest. You can join online if you google it. You won't find them on uswitch or companies like that cause they have to pay the website a fee every time they are suggested and they won't do that cause it increases costs. Also, if you've never heard of them it's cause they use word of mouth for advertising to save on overheads. They do gas, electricity, home and mobile phones, broadband and freephone numbers and they are great. Promise to save you £400 a year or something on your utillity bills. I've found them fantastic (and I think they should be paying me for this!!!)

npower comes out as cheaper for a lot of people who use comparison sites, lars...

Moneysaving martin says don't switch now, wait until all the price rises have been announced and implemented.

We've just had a huge gas bill (British Gas) and switchwithwhich recommended Seeboard who I've never heard of. But the site did say that most companies will be raising their prices over the next couple of weeks so it's worth waiting.

British Gas off a Winter Fuel Rebate for families who claim DLA/Carers. Does anyone know if other companies off it?

Janh - that's who I with npower. I have used 4,000 units withinn 3 months - this is normally a years supply for me, could it be our new electric fire that heats up conservatory? We have central heating rest of house. larsxx

That's what I mean lars, another supplier might charge you even more than npower!

Is your electric heater on a thermostat so it comes on whenever it's cold? If so it could have been using 20 or 30 kw a day for the last couple of months (ie 600 - 900 per month).

No, it's just a little heater that's looks like a log stove if that make sense. It just a normal heater. Npower have said to monitor meter for a week as it seems excessive. larsxx

hi ,
regarding what calvemjoe says about utility discount warehouse.
my dp is actually an authorised distributor for utility warehouse, and yes she is right they are the cheapest for gas,electric,phone, internet,mobile phones.
Anyone interested in saving money on their bills.
Please check out.
www.telcomplus.org.uk/pocketmore
or call him on 07985988093.
his name is paul and would offer you any help and advice you may need.

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british gas are raising their prices by 22% in april !!!
power gen will be 15% andutility warehouse is only 11%
every company will be raising their prices, just depends on how much you want to pay.

thanks joec. larsxx

We are with Scottish Power / Manweb and have just capped our prices until Oct 2007 at the price it was before the recent increases - it's going to cost us an extra £4 a month to do it for both gas and elec, but we're hoping it's well worth it!

seeboard is based in kent. it is an old company existing long before deregulation in the 90's. It was bought out by EDF (Electricite De France) which also owns London Electricity and SWEB.

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