On 22/03/2017 16:44, Roger Mills wrote:
On 22/03/2017 12:30, Davey wrote:
I have a flat, which is used as occasion arises, ie not regularly, but
when we or friends or family need it. The heating is switched on all
the time, at a sensible maintenance temperature. The gas supplier is
currently British Gas. It is renewal time, and they have offered
a Fixed Tariff, which could save some money if gas prices change.

Looking at options on a comparison website, I can make substantial
savings by switching supplier, to either Bristol Energy, Greenstar
Energy, or PFP Energy. I called British Gas to ask about them matching
these lower prices, and they don't do that, but suggested that I
research the other companies before jumping to one of them.
So does anybody here have any experience, good or bad, of any of these
suppliers? It's a fair question, I don't know how the website Service
Ratings are calculated, but Bristol Energy is pretty low. The only one
I have even heard of is PFP.

Useful comments welcomed.


I've got no experience of any of them,

I have been with Greenstar Energy for a couple of years, no issues with
them. I pay quarterly by DD for energy used in that quarter. They have
a good website for entering meter readings and if you do that a couple
of days before the bill is calculated you will get an accurate bill not
an estimate.



but it's worth looking at one or
two of the comparison websites such as "switch with Which?" - or
whatever it's called. If you feed in details of your likely consumption
(assuming you know it!) you can see relative prices *and* get an idea of
the customer satisfaction rating for each potential supplier.

If your consumption is very low, it's worth looking at tariffs which
don't have a standing charge.

I have a friend who uses very little energy in a holiday flat. They used
to be on a no standing charge tariff with NPower, but NPower have just
abolished that raising the predicted bill by over £100/ year. We have
just switched to Ebico in a perfectly quick and painless process.


You pay more per unit for the first so
many units (until the equivalent of the standing charge is recovered)
but save overall if you don't use enough to qualify for any cheaper
units. Hope that makes sense!


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Chris B (News)