Energy Suppliers

grudas · 6 Apr 2022 at 09:56

Blackjack Davy said:
You're not wrong there just had an email from EON its gone from £65 per month to £160!!!

Time to scrutinise their breakdown I think

I mean price increases have literally been talked about everywhere for the last few months. April is when it kicked in which is why you're seeing the jump. Everyone is.

Puzzled · 6 Apr 2022 at 10:30

grudas said:
I mean price increases have literally been talked about everywhere for the last few months. April is when it kicked in which is why you're seeing the jump. Everyone is.

A lot of people won't see what is going on until the new bills start coming through. I've talked to a few friends and family that had no idea what is coming when their fixed deal ends in a couple of months time.

413x · 6 Apr 2022 at 10:37

Puzzled said:
A lot of people won't see what is going on until the new bills start coming through. I've talked to a few friends and family that had no idea what is coming when their fixed deal ends in a couple of months time.

Coming off fixes is going to seem even worse!
Long fixes could mean 3x bill increase for some

b0rn2sk8 · 6 Apr 2022 at 10:40

Puzzled said:
A lot of people won't see what is going on until the new bills start coming through. I've talked to a few friends and family that had no idea what is coming when their fixed deal ends in a couple of months time.

Given the energy price rises have been discussed to death for the last 3 months, if they don’t know what’s coming, it’s difficult to have sympathy for the bill shock unless they are genuinely unable to engage with it (E.g. have certainly disabilities).

Foghorn Leghorn · 6 Apr 2022 at 10:51

b0rn2sk8 said:
Given the energy price rises have been discussed to death for the last 3 months, if they don’t know what’s coming, it’s difficult to have sympathy for the bill shock unless they are genuinely unable to engage with it (E.g. have certainly disabilities).

Most folk pay little to no attention to most of their bills, there's going to be quite the kick off when the new rates hit the door mat.

b0rn2sk8 · 6 Apr 2022 at 10:54

Foghorn Leghorn said:
Most folk pay little to no attention to most of their bills, there's going to be quite the kick off when the new rates hit the door mat.

And that would be nothing but their own fault for not engaging with it which is why I said its difficult to have sympathy for that group of people.

Foghorn Leghorn · 6 Apr 2022 at 11:10

b0rn2sk8 said:
And that would be nothing but their own fault for not engaging with it which is why I said its difficult to have sympathy for that group of people.

Totally. Sadly I think these are also the customers that are most likely going to be yelling down the phone at the poor folk in customer services as though it's all their fault.

b0rn2sk8 · 6 Apr 2022 at 11:43

Yes, Pretty much.

Richie · 6 Apr 2022 at 12:30

Although it has been in the media for a while, making your feelings known about the large increase to the relevant people should not be criticised.... Else what do people do, just shrug and accept it?

touch · 6 Apr 2022 at 12:33

Richie said:
making your feelings known about the large increase to the relevant people should not be criticised

How are the call centre staff relevant people?

Richie · 6 Apr 2022 at 12:38

touch said:
How are the call centre staff relevant people?

I didn't say call centre staff were relevant people :confused:

b0rn2sk8 · 6 Apr 2022 at 13:37

Making your feelings known is very different to not having a clue until ‘the latter drops on your doormat’ (via email…).

benjii · 6 Apr 2022 at 16:22

I wish energy bills were like car insurance, decreasing every year.

rG-tom · 6 Apr 2022 at 17:46

so EON is still refusing to install a smart meter citing that their system says there is no signal here.

Is there anything (sensibly priced and easily installed) that I can get that would give me the same information as a smart meter? I want to identify if there are periods where usage is higher than others, or where I've expected it to be low but it hasn't been etc...

Richie · 6 Apr 2022 at 17:49

b0rn2sk8 said:
Making your feelings known is very different to not having a clue until ‘the latter drops on your doormat’ (via email…).

Of course. The vast majority of people who claim to be unaware of fuel prices increasing are simply liars or ignorant.

The people who are still shocked by HOW much it has went up by (especially long term fixers) are not. They have been told by all the media to expect a circa 56% increase? (I may be slightly out) but a lot are seeing 100%-150% increase so it will come as a shock.

robj20 · 6 Apr 2022 at 18:09

rG-tom said:
so EON is still refusing to install a smart meter citing that their system says there is no signal here.

Is there anything (sensibly priced and easily installed) that I can get that would give me the same information as a smart meter? I want to identify if there are periods where usage is higher than others, or where I've expected it to be low but it hasn't been etc...

https://www.theowl.com/index.php?cID=185

TheVoice · 6 Apr 2022 at 18:26

rG-tom said:
so EON is still refusing to install a smart meter citing that their system says there is no signal here.

Is there anything (sensibly priced and easily installed) that I can get that would give me the same information as a smart meter? I want to identify if there are periods where usage is higher than others, or where I've expected it to be low but it hasn't been etc...

https://geotogether.com/product/minim-led/

They're a good brand, they make some of the IHDs used with smart meters.

MatsyLR · 6 Apr 2022 at 18:34

rG-tom said:
so EON is still refusing to install a smart meter citing that their system says there is no signal here.

Is there anything (sensibly priced and easily installed) that I can get that would give me the same information as a smart meter? I want to identify if there are periods where usage is higher than others, or where I've expected it to be low but it hasn't been etc...

Out of curiosity, do you think they are lying to you? many areas across the UK still have signal problems.

chrcoluk · 6 Apr 2022 at 22:06

rG-tom said:
so EON is still refusing to install a smart meter citing that their system says there is no signal here.

Is there anything (sensibly priced and easily installed) that I can get that would give me the same information as a smart meter? I want to identify if there are periods where usage is higher than others, or where I've expected it to be low but it hasn't been etc...

Only watt meters I can think off, they do store historical data, the per hour breakdown is only for previous 24h though, after that its per day, and after 7 days its per week, and they would only work on anything that uses a socket, so not things hardwired like immersion heater.

Note my answer is obsolete haha, someone above pointed out the owl meter.

rG-tom · 6 Apr 2022 at 22:06

MatsyLR said:
Out of curiosity, do you think they are lying to you? many areas across the UK still have signal problems.

Not lying, but they haven't physically checked. My robot lawnmower is 2G and has full signal, I've checked coverage on a few networks and they've all had 2G, so i think they're just doing a "computer says no", and when i requested they actually came and checked instead of relying on a map, they said they couldn't do that...