ScottishPower

[v8250]

All, have been with ScottishPower for years. Have today rec'd an update for the gas & electricity monthly bill of £126. Now whilst this is not a lot of money, v8250 Towers is very well insulated and have high output solar PV panels, I thought I'd do the moneysupermarket comparison thing. Have now reduced this to £88.50pcm; an annual saving of £450!!

Plus, where we have online billing...which frankly we never look at...the a/c was in credit by £544.25. So, cheque's in the post as we speak.

I think the majority of us are relatively lazy when it comes to these things BUT it really is worth shopping around for energy suppliers. Give it a go you'll be amazed.

Off now to beat up BT and their phone bills...

[shep1001]

Robbing tts. Just got an email from them, telling me my leccy is going up. it Calculates back to 15.8% for the majority of day, with a 9.8% increase on our E7 night rate. I think it might be time to tell them to fk right off and go elsewhere.

[Quietlybonkers]

Check the basis of their claim for £126 a month - as you are already £500+ in credit, that suggests that they have been taking too much before the change, and will be taking way too much after. Check what your annual usage is and negotiate a sensible monthly direct debit based on that. Mine is £81 a month on a well insulated bungalow, with stables. And that has given rise to a credit..

And if you are in fact overpaying, you will get it back. What you pay for is what you actually use.

[shep1001]

Quietlybonkers said:

Check the basis of their claim for £126 a month - as you are already £500+ in credit, that suggests that they have been taking too much before the change, and will be taking way too much after. Check what your annual usage is and negotiate a sensible monthly direct debit based on that. Mine is £81 a month on a well insulated bungalow, with stables. And that has given rise to a credit..

And if you are in fact overpaying, you will get it back. What you pay for is what you actually use.

Surprised they let the OP get to £500+. When I got to £300, they sent me a cheque un-announced and cut my DD by 40% from the £80/month I was happy to pay. I was a bit pissed because the credit on the account is used in the winter as SWIMBO has to have chez shep like an iguana house from Novemeber to March

[v8250]

shep1001 said:

Surprised they let the OP get to £500+. When I got to £300, they sent me a cheque un-announced and cut my DD by 40% from the £80/month I was happy to pay. I was a bit pissed because the credit on the account is used in the winter as SWIMBO has to have chez shep like an iguana house from Novemeber to March

they returned my money because we have significantly reduced our electrical usage thanks to the solar pv panels. to be frank, i had been lazy in not updating meter readings and had been running on estimates for the past 12+mths. have brought these up-to-date together with the kWh generated from the pv. electricity consumption has reduced by 74% :. proveable to scottishpower, so when i insisted they returned my monies they were happy to issue the cheque...and i'm sure they did not want to lose a customer.

[Gio G]

My deal comes to an end in November with N power. Done the comparison this, every provider is suggesting that my bills will go up at least £25 a month on a new deal. Feels like a cartel these energy companies..

[Deva Link]

You have to be a bit careful with the comparison sites if you're currently on a tarrif which is ending soon and you think you're comparing against that.

The sites know when the tarrif is ending, so they make the comparison based on the suppliers standard rate so any saving (or increase) you see is distorted.