Energy tariffs

Energy bills and tariffs are all so complicated, it's hard to believe it's that way by accident, it does seem intended to confuse. Such a fiasco about supplying a basic essential that every home needs, and that costs so dear.

Well Cameron's energy ministers have not confirmed his statement. Is it another Cameron lie, or another misunderstanding of what his ministers are actually up to or proposing. A bit of both. I think he said what he said for a great sound bite. He is another Blair for doing popular sounding sound bites, but look into the detail of their policies quite often we are left un impressed.

The idea of energy companies giving the cheapest available tariff is totally correct, but it needs a complete overhaul of energy fro wholesale to retail, and sound bites will not give any of us what we need.

I went on uswitch last week and saved £47 per month on my gas and electric fixed for around 18 months. It took 10 minutes and I don't know why I hadn't done it before.
I'd recommend it as soon as poss before the best deals are gone.

Indeed there are big savings to be made by shopping around on price comparison sites, especially if not done before. I have for years used these sites to get the best deal, but once you have made the switch, the price savings in subsequent years are nothing like as great. Also many people do not have computers or the ability to do this. Also not all can pay by Direct debit, as usually the cheapest way to pay is by On-line Direct Debit tariff.

I believe the only possible way of getting the very best deal, while we have so called competition is for a legal requirement for companies to give the cheapest tariff to all customers, irrespective of if they have internet or pay by direct debit, and it is very wrong for pre payment scheme customers to be forced to poay the highest prices.

Ultimately the cheapest supplier would be a nationalised supplier possibly run as a co-op, with profits going back to the customers by means of lower prices, and into improving the business. The Tories, Lib Dems and Labour though are all committed to big business so none of this will happen.

BRING BACK THE GAS BOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Atlas wrote:BRING BACK THE GAS BOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Totally agree, over £90 of each gas/Electric bill today goes to shareholders banks, dispicable!

Not if the shareholders include the companies looking after my pension fund!

You have a pension Dalelad..haha, we'll see about that...

Scientists are making petrol out of air and water, using electricity. It takes more energy in electricity than comes out in the petrol, but it sort of makes sense to do it because "On windy nights when we are all asleep, the windmills make lots of spare electricity."

I shall think of those windmills pumping out their spare electricity on cold and windy nights.

Irishman wrote:You have a pension Dalelad..haha, we'll see about that...

Fingers and toes crossed, Irish!