Don’t put it off for one more moment. Get that energy bill out of the filing tray, get to grips with your individual rates for both Gas and Electric and get online. There are a number of excellent energy helplines to choose from that offer top advice and promises of savings up to £389 a year. The average saving for most people is around 16% of their current bill.
If you had a fixed price energy deal that’s nearing its end, then it’s time to re-negotiate. There appears to be a puzzling array of tariff options to transfer to, but fear not you can and should have a go at sorting yourself out a good one. Go online and after entering your postcode and details you’ll get a results table. You then simply follow the links to a comparison based on your current fixed price energy tariff.
Look, things aren’t going to get better any time soon. The recent so-called “Energy Summit” when the Prime Minster David Cameron summoned the top six energy companies to “a duel” about fuel, has so far offered cold comfort. The fuel bill for an average British family is now around £1,300 and pensioners – saddled with a fixed income – will have to consider going without heating during what’s looking like a tough winter ahead.
It’s time to take matters into your own hands. In September 2011, prices rose by an average of around 14.4% across the six main energy suppliers. Recently the energy companies wrote to us saying “if you don’t like it, switch”. So switch.
