Gold FFM Alfa2Evora Posted November 23, 2021 Gold FFM Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Just had an email from the 8-limbed mollusc crowd pointing out that I'm now on their standard variable tariff after the expiry of my previous fixed-price dual-fuel deal with them, but they can offer me this as an alternative if I'm interested - it's a 3-bed bungalow, not Buckingham Palace, . Your new quote £4,717.81 Based on your estimated annual usage, not the figures you gave when signing up. Tariff cost breakdown ⚡ Electricity Daily standing charge 24.86p /day Unit rate 26.39p /kWh Exit fee £0 🔥 Gas Daily standing charge 26.10p /day Unit rate 6.54p /kWh Exit fee £0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusLeftLotusRight Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Blimey, I signed up for a 2 year EDF dual fuel tariff 12 months ago. For comparison, the rates are. Electricity daily standing charge 19.95p per day. Electricity unit rate 15.28p per kWh. Gas daily standing charge 20.74p per day. Gas unit rate: 2.495p per kWh. All above tariffs include 5% VAT. That’s around £1008 per year. I think I’ll buy a big gas tank and some batteries and spend the next 12 months filling them up with cheap energy to use when my contract expires! 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Is there any way I can cap the amount my provider takes on my direct debit Quote hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 4 minutes ago, pete said: Is there any way I can cap the amount my provider takes on my direct debit No. When you sign up for it, you agree they can take varying amounts. But they have to tell you if or when the amount is changing. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Don't agree with the amount and have sent readings to prove it Quote hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted January 8 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 8 On 23/11/2021 at 14:21, LotusLeftLotusRight said: Electricity unit rate 15.28p Gas unit rate: 2.495p per kWh. Can you send in the post? Couple of thousand units of electric and three hundred therms of gas please. 25 minutes ago, pete said: Is there any way I can cap the amount my provider takes on my direct debit An absolute nightmare - I simply gave up and cancelled the direct debit payment method - got fed up with the hassle of ringing them when they decide to go from £100 to £400 per month just cos they fancy it Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 20 minutes ago, pete said: Don't agree with the amount and have sent readings to prove it I always photograph each meter so I have a record on the day the reading was taken. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 16 minutes ago, Barrykearley said: Can you send in the post? Couple of thousand units of electric and three hundred therms of gas please. An absolute nightmare - I simply gave up and cancelled the direct debit payment method - got fed up with the hassle of ringing them when they decide to go from £100 to £400 per month just cos they fancy it What happens when you cancel the direct debit Quote hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted January 8 Author Report Share Posted January 8 Nothing I don't think, just send them a direct payment each month. Worse case they may remove the small discount they give for direct debit payments. Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidoggy Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Not sure they’d wear it, but it would be worth a phone call to gauge their opinion. All the ones I’ve used insist on DD. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCP Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 2 hours ago, pete said: Don't agree with the amount and have sent readings to prove it When BG did this to me a few years back I called them and asked them to provide a detailed analysis of how they had made the calculation. After a bit of waffle from them, I kept insisting on a detailed analysis and in the end they asked me what I thought it should be and accepted that. I left BG shortly afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 Impossible to get through to customer service. 033 number Quote hindsight: the science that is never wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted January 8 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 8 Switch to a supplier who has a full online account, someone like Ovo Energy but many others do it too. Then if you have a smart meter make sure the readings are getting through (they should show up on your online account) or provide weekly/monthly reads directly into your online account. After 8 weeks you can ask them to recalculate your DD payment, or, you have sufficient information to support a request to the DD payment. Remember, how it works is that they try (and believe me they do try but they sometimes are not very good) to assess your annual consumption, then apply the rate, to get to an annual cost. They then split this into 12 monthly charges. The aim is to ensure you don't get any nasty surprises through the year with a big big, and the extra you pay in the summer when you use less energy builds up a small positive balance that is then used up by the higher billing months. To be honest, I've never been pissed about on my DD, yes the amounts have fluctuated, but nothing that has concerned me, and if you think your +ve balance on the account is too high you can just ask them to send you the cash. Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJ Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 I've always paid quarterly by credit card. Submit quarterly meter readings, get an instant bill. I'm with BG, Uswitch doesn't seem to have any offers for me, but going direct to companies Couple of weeks ago I did look to switch and had a quote from Eon which was £9k a year - has dropped to £4.5k/year when I redo it now. Current bill around £2k a year. Others checked: EDF not quoting BG not quoting as a new customer, but as an existing customer - will take the bill to £3.5k/year I'm sticking with BG, and will be trying to reduce energy usage first - hence my post in the what made you happy re the Tumble Dryer - which we use a lot, and is (was from Tuesday) a 30 year old machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frickin_idiot Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 I use OctopusEnergy and I can vary my DD at will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 To be fair, if I stick with the 'Go' tariff it's up, but not as much. That did make me look twice though!! Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
march Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Bloody hell - what are you growing in the attic ? As an aside I have just been trying to buy red diesel for the farm to keep the tractor going - no chance, not even boilerjuice can supply. Hopefully this will be resolved in a week or two or I will be having big problems as I wont be able to feed the cows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exeterjeep Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, march said: Bloody hell - what are you growing in the attic It's probably the Kia using too much electricity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCP Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 Bloody glad I opted for the 24 month fixed back in July rather than the 12 month one, and to think I was moaning like hell back then at our annual quote going up from £1200pa to £1650pa Absolutely crazy prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydclements Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 Not looking forward to the end of March as our current fixed price ends then, so been lucky that I went with one of the firms that has weathered the storm so far (else I'd have been paying more already). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbers Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Wierd, just had my electricity bill dropped by £50 a month. Maybe the Hottub we put away in November has had that effect!! Quote Possibly save your life. Check out this website.http://everyman-campaign.org/ Distributor for 'Every Male' grooming products. (Discounts for any TLF members hairier than I am!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambo Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 11 minutes ago, Kimbers said: Wierd, just had my electricity bill dropped by £50 a month. Maybe the Hottub we put away in November has had that effect!! A decent sized hot tub will cost approx £1.50 - £2.00 a day to run so that sounds about right. That was before the recent hikes in electricity though. If you do want to keep it on all the time though (the most efficient way) it is best to dial down the temp. Each 1C drop will save about 10% energy costs Only rough figures obviously but I think hot tubs might have had their day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydclements Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 That always defies logic yet it seems to be stated by hot tub retailers all the time. Heat lost depends on the insulation of the tub and the temperature differential between the water and the atmosphere, so if it's kept warmer than atmosphere it looses more heat the warmer it is, as it cools the heat loss decreases to zero. Therefore it's less energy used to heat the whole thing from atmospheric temperature back up to usable temp, than if it had been kept at usable temp. It does take a lot of time, and the energy conversion (electricity usage) is all in one big session (probably at peak rate not overnight lower rate if you have that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbers Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 3 hours ago, Rambo said: Only rough figures obviously but I think hot tubs might have had their day Don't say that! EVER! I worked in my Hottub for the last 2 years worth of Summers. Lappy on the side with the phone, or else I would have melted in my small, not ventilated Office with large Glass doors. One day it was well over 45 degrees! 1 1 Quote Possibly save your life. Check out this website.http://everyman-campaign.org/ Distributor for 'Every Male' grooming products. (Discounts for any TLF members hairier than I am!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydclements Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 That face, and that amount of bubbles. Hmmm, what is it @Kimbersis concentrating to do ???? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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