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This is from the independant Martin Lewis article 1 day agoLook at the independent thats where the story was
This is from the independant Martin Lewis article 1 day agoLook at the independent thats where the story was
I would imagine that would be if your out of contract and are basically on a tariff limited by current price cap, once that cap is changed which it will your bill will double its predicted to jump by 50%Not on his website, except in a few cases.
I tried switching mine off at night, It took till lunchtime to heat up again, Edwardian house in an exposed area, my wife works from home and I got a lot of grief, she gets grumpy when it’s cold, definitely not worth the ear bashing.Ours is set to 18 during day time, 21 for evening and off during the night, even cheaper
Yeah he does state dont take fix price deals if they are more than 40% above the current price cap
Ours stays warm overnight, usually around 16 when we get upI tried switching mine off at night, It took till lunchtime to heat up again, Edwardian house in an exposed area, my wife works from home and I got a lot of grief, she gets grumpy when it’s cold, definitely not worth the ear bashing.
With octopus if it does go down we can move with no penalties. So THEY don't expect it to go down.Our fixed price deal ended 1 jan so we are now on what is effectively the price cap - and no cheap fix deals to be had. So it looks like it’ll be a case of sitting tight and hoping the prices come down (rather than go up) at some point and then getting a deal . (Depends if the price cap increase of ~50% that is predicted in April is true or not) Or fix now on the price cap rate and hope that prices don’t go down….
Yes and if you switch now to a fixed deal you will be paying above the price cap until April - hence the advice for most people is to sit tightI would imagine that would be if your out of contract and are basically on a tariff limited by current price cap, once that cap is changed which it will your bill will double its predicted to jump by 50%
I already have hive.My supplier Pure Planet went bust a few months ago, I’ve been switched to Shell by ofcom, was paying on average £260 per month and it looks like it could double when the price cap ends. I need to get a move on and get my loft insulated this summer.
I fitted a Hive thermostat controller a couple of years ago and it brought my gas consumption down from 61,000 KWH to 57,000, it’s set to regulate the temp to 18 degrees during the day and to drop to 16 degrees at night so it might be worth looking to get a Hive/Nest if you don’t have one it’ll pay for itself fairly quickly.
Im going to knock mine back to 14 degrees at night, just won’t tell the wife ….
Yes obviously if your are on a fixed price already then there’s going to be no point moving to a more expensive deal.I would imagine that would be if your out of contract and are basically on a tariff limited by current price cap, once that cap is changed which it will your bill will double its predicted to jump by 50%
Less of the we please....About as stupid as we were to make utilities like gas water and electric private.
No the point is we can go to standard tariff. But even that is a massive hike..Yes obviously if your are on a fixed price already then there’s going to be no point moving to a more expensive deal.
I agree, I’m not saying it isn’t.No the point is we can go to standard tariff. But even that is a massive hike..
Even they will rise by the same percentage, its all relevantOnly housing stock with high degrees of insulation and airtightness levels will to some extent be immune to these energy price rises.
Even they will rise by the same percentage, its all relevant
I don't know if it's everywhere but some States in the USA limit the amount of profit an energy company can make to 10%. If they make more than 10% then they are obliged by law to refund the difference. 10% profit is still a decent rate of return on shareholders investment so shame UK doesn't do the sameAbsolutely, vital services should not be about profit, all should be non profit and nationalised again