Energy Suppliers

HungryHippos · 14 Sep 2021 at 18:38

Fortunately I'd only paid them once so my balance would be easy to work out!

I'll take meter readings today though so I have a point of reference.

MissChief · 14 Sep 2021 at 18:40

Given the massive spike in prices many smaller companies won’t have the finances or bank balance to pay the much higher prices and hold out until the higher bills start getting paid. There may be some other companies going to the wall before the end of the year.

darael · 14 Sep 2021 at 18:43

HungryHippos said:
I just switched to Utility Point as well lol!

Meh, guess I need to switch away again... :9

I know prices are regional, but are any suppliers doing anything near this at the moment? this was already a big increase on last year, but I can't even match this anymore!

I'm in the same boat, I've only just switched to Utility Point as well. This should be fun.

Holst1981 · 14 Sep 2021 at 19:41

We are in the process of switching away from utility point. We agreed the switch on youswitch least week but we have yet to be asked for meter readings.

I'm expecting this to be a bit of a nightmare.

PiKe · 14 Sep 2021 at 19:47

Holst1981 said:
We are in the process of switching away from utility point. We agreed the switch on youswitch least week but we have yet to be asked for meter readings.

I'm expecting this to be a bit of a nightmare.

Switch will still go through fine, getting your credit back is a different story though.

Holst1981 · 14 Sep 2021 at 19:56

PiKe said:
Switch will still go through fine, getting your credit back is a different story though.

We were 100 in credit in July but my partner called them and halved the direct debit for the last few months so I don't think we will be owed much, we might even owe them.
Can't find out for sure as the website is now down.

As long as the switch goes through I'll be ok to wait for any credit to come back.

Zenduri · 15 Sep 2021 at 01:27

Anyone on Octopus's Agile tarrif?

My home is all electric sadly so im on an E7 tarrif with 35% of my usage on the night rate. I've not paid too much attention to prices recently and while i knew they had gone up im a bit suprised by how much they have shot up.I've done a bit of digging around and im interested in their agile tarrif for the above reason as its coming out the cheapest for me at the moment

Nikumba · 15 Sep 2021 at 06:39

I was with Peoples Energy and switched to Octopus on the 10th but they have now ceased trading, but my account had not been closed and I was around £110 in credit with them.

What happens now? Should I cancel my DD with them or just leave it and wait and see?

bloodiedathame · 15 Sep 2021 at 07:36

Zenduri said:
Anyone on Octopus's Agile tarrif?

My home is all electric sadly so im on an E7 tarrif with 35% of my usage on the night rate. I've not paid too much attention to prices recently and while i knew they had gone up im a bit suprised by how much they have shot up.I've done a bit of digging around and im interested in their agile tarrif for the above reason as its coming out the cheapest for me at the moment

Not on Agile but I am on Go to take advantage of my smart meter and cheap night leccy to charge the car, run the dishwasher etc.

postmanfw · 15 Sep 2021 at 08:51

Zenduri said:
Anyone on Octopus's Agile tarrif?

My home is all electric sadly so im on an E7 tarrif with 35% of my usage on the night rate. I've not paid too much attention to prices recently and while i knew they had gone up im a bit suprised by how much they have shot up.I've done a bit of digging around and im interested in their agile tarrif for the above reason as its coming out the cheapest for me at the moment

Have you looked at Utility warehouse? They have a very attractive night rate for E7 at 7.53p for me but the day rate is very high.

Troop · 15 Sep 2021 at 09:34

bloodiedathame said:
Not on Agile but I am on Go to take advantage of my smart meter and cheap night leccy to charge the car, run the dishwasher etc.

How long did it take them to change from their interim tariff to the go tariff, I went live with them on the 13th using your code and now on the interim tarif. (awaiting switch to the Go tariff)
Email from them yesterday the day after I switched....price rise !!.

bloodiedathame · 15 Sep 2021 at 09:44

Troop said:
How long did it take them to change from their interim tariff to the go tariff, I went live with them on the 13th using your code and now on the interim tarif. (awaiting switch to the Go tariff)
Email from them yesterday the day after I switched....price rise !!.

Looking back at my emails it took two weeks. Hopefully, it'll be a bit quicker for you.

Surprisingly I've not had any emails from them about price rises...

Jokester · 15 Sep 2021 at 09:53

Price of gas up almost 15% today, now about 4x historical averages.

PiKe · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:03

Jokester said:
Price of gas up almost 15% today, now about 4x historical averages.

This can't keep going on surely.

Jokester · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:08

PiKe said:
This can't keep going on surely.

We’ll see what comes out of COP26 in November, but one thing you can be sure of is higher energy prices going forward now that the energy transition is highly politicised.

Troop · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:09

bloodiedathame said:
Looking back at my emails it took two weeks. Hopefully, it'll be a bit quicker for you.

Surprisingly I've not had any emails from them about price rises...

Price rise is from the 15th October for the interim tariff "flexible octopus" rates going from/to SC 23.5830p .....23.5830p
DR 21.9975p .....22.0185p
NR 13.8705p..... 16.3065p ouch! (00.30-07.30AM)
Blood, they have taken the first dd ....referral should pay out in a couple of weeks.

Zenduri · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:16

@Jokester

@robj20 please dont send octopus referal codes which are unsolicited. You didnt even respond to my question in the thread other than basically saying "im not on agile but use these guys" in the trust message. Instead you send an email fishing for a referal and i dont appreciate a email notification early in the morning when im sleeping because you want a £50 credit.

People in here need to stop being thirsty for referals

robj20 · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:17

Zenduri said:
@Jokester

@robj20 please dont send octopus referal codes which are unsolicited. You didnt even respond to my question in the thread other than basically "im not on agile but use these guys" but instead send an email fishing for a referall and i dont appreciate a email notification at early in the morning when im sleeping because you want a £50 credit.

People in here need to stop ebing thirsty for referals

Nice to talk to you to, Mr Sunshine. You're welcome.
The rules are no referrals in the thread.
How dare i seek out free money.

robj20 · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:21

Troop said:
Price rise is from the 15th October for the interim tariff "flexible octopus" rates going from/to SC 23.5830p .....23.5830p
DR 21.9975p .....22.0185p
NR 13.8705p..... 16.3065p ouch! (00.30-07.30AM)
Blood, they have taken the first dd ....referral should pay out in a couple of weeks.

It's scary how big this jump in price is, never seen it go up so much so fast before.
First time is not been chat what to do, for now I'm staying on a variable, the fixes for 18 and 24 months seem a long time to fix at a high price, though I guess it might be worth it with a supplier that doesn't charge an exit fee.
Might just knock a degree off the heating over this winter and tighten up the times it's on to compensate.

PiKe · 15 Sep 2021 at 10:27

Still seriously considering somehow finding £5k to get solar installed, I know its a lot up front, but its piece of mind for the future.