Soldato
They mention it on their own website, everyone calls it different things, but for EON you want to be on the "Variable DD" rather than "Fixed Monthly DD".
See: https://www.eonenergy.com/on-it/pay-by-direct-debit.html.
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They mention it on their own website, everyone calls it different things, but for EON you want to be on the "Variable DD" rather than "Fixed Monthly DD".
See: https://www.eonenergy.com/on-it/pay-by-direct-debit.html.
Fish Fingers?
Ah, they make it sound so easy. Once you're logged in to your account there's no where to change it from fixed to variable, I think it must be done when you change tariff or bank. I could call them but I'd rather bang my head on the table and be clinically brain dead for 30 minutes as the result would be the same.
Soldato
Battered FishThey mention it on their own website, everyone calls it different things, but for EON you want to be on the "Variable DD" rather than "Fixed Monthly DD".
See: https://www.eonenergy.com/on-it/pay-by-direct-debit.html.
Fish Fingers?
They won't be holding onto the £400 from the Gov, they are going to pay it into your bank at £66 a month for 6 months
Soldato
Yes you would need to contact them but you said you already are?
Soldato
No I read they'll keep the 400 with suppliers.
So they've changed their minds then? i read a few days ago that BG were one of the suppliers paying back to customers ?
Yes true, however that is knocked off your bill first if your DD doesn't cover it (British Gas, unsure about others). So if they're saying I'll owe them money if I reduce my DD then I'd assume they think my DD WON'T cover it so I'd NOT get the £66 in my account but knocked off my bill, at least that's how I think it works. But who knows what their estimating process includes or doesn't!
British Gas said:
Soldato
Nothing seen on that. All the providers so far have stated you pay your normal DD and then they will refund you the £66 a few days after your payment. I still can't find anything suggesting otherwise tbh.
Current assumed info by suppliers, E.On say this
We'll be paying the money differently, depending on how you pay for your fuel now:
- Fixed Direct Debit customers will receive the money automatically as a deduction to their monthly Direct Debit.
- Pay on receipt of bill customers and regular cash payment customers will see the money automatically applied as a credit to their energy accounts in the first week of each month. This will show as a credit in the payments section of their monthly bill.
- Smart prepayment customers will see the money credited directly to their meters as a top up in the first week of each month.
- Traditional prepayment customers will be provided with vouchers in the first week of each month. It's likely these will only be redeemable at the Post Office, not at all top-up locations.
British Gas say the normal DD comes out and they refund the difference so it depends but at no point does the supplier get the £400 as a lump from the government and they withhold it from you. Tbh I would rather it was a top up of credit on my account rather than a refund to me so if that is how it works I will likely up my DD by the £66 to keep the same amount flowing in as such.
Soldato
repost cap estimate breakdown
Pretty close to my January calculation, but April for me is coming out at 22p for gas and 86 for electric . The predictions change on a daily basis though so we both might be way off!!
Just put in my request to go on Octopus tracker for gas - if the October prices are bad then I expect they will pull it ASAP, and if not then I can always go back on the variable. Compared to the cap rates I worked out it will cost me ~£20/month more October - January, then save ~£40/month January - April, and then ~£60/month after that!
Obviously the above is heavily dependent on what the caps come out as, and what the weather does, but considering we generally have the coldest period from January-March, it definitely looks worth doing
Soldato
Curious if anyone else got the British Gas 'exclusive' electricity offer? It was an email with a fixed plan offer about double it's current variable rate. £100 penalty for switching to another provider within the term.
My mum received the offer by email. Less than 24 hours later, when she clicked to take up the offer it said it has no-longer available.
I found that a bit strange.
My mum received the offer by email. Less than 24 hours later, when she clicked to take up the offer it said it has no-longer available.
I found that a bit strange.
Soldato
From BG The Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS)The EBSS is part of the government’s wider support to help households with the cost of living. It’s open to all domestic households who use electricity. | ||||||||||||||
How much will I get?Every household will get £400, paid over six months starting from October 2022. So you’ll get the following each month: | ||||||||||||||
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If your electricity bills are less than £66/£67 a month, you’ll still get the same amount. You can carry on using the discount to pay for your electricity after March 2023 (until all the £400 is used up) |
Soldato
Therein lies my issue with the SC.
I am with Eon Next and fixed a few weeks ago. My unit rate is lower but the SC is significantly lower here and that just take the ****.
Elec SC: 49.65p (54% more)
Gas SC: 27.22 (same)
So I pay £5.32/month more in standing charges than another area served by the same supplier - nearly £65/year extra... Seems fair
Soldato
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Old draughty 4 bed house here, now I'm feeling better that in Jan 21 we used 340kWh electric and 3200kWh gas which I thought was crazy high.
Email from British Gas
Soldato
Therein lies my issue with the SC.
I am with Eon Next and fixed a few weeks ago. My unit rate is lower but the SC is significantly lower here and that just take the ****.
Elec SC: 49.65p (54% more)
Gas SC: 27.22 (same)
So I pay £5.32/month more in standing charges than another area served by the same supplier - nearly £65/year extra... Seems fair
Indeed. The same company Eon and my SC is 63.75p per day.
I may pay a lower kWh rate and it's purely based on when I fixed a contract? It's scandalous that the public are all paying different amounts when it's the same energy, there's no competition in the market any more and no excuses either.
actual and estimate two different things you might find
Sorry that was my actual usage last year not estimate
We are currently £849 in credit , I put estimate in error that was our actual usage from last year sorry
I now need to decided if to fix or go variable
