Capped Gas and Electricity
15-01-2019, 13:15
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Capped Gas and Electricity
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15-01-2019, 13:19
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
And there are likely to be big rises in UK energy bills this spring despite the price cap.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/20...pite-price-cap
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15-01-2019, 13:45
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
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If you're on a standard tariff you're paying way over the odds anyway. Switch it's easy and risk free.
---------- Post added at 13:45 ---------- Previous post was at 13:44 ----------
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Even more reason to get on a fixed tariff.
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15-01-2019, 17:16
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
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Originally Posted by Mr K
If you're on a standard tariff you're paying way over the odds anyway. Switch it's easy and risk free.
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It is their cheapest tariff, and the £40 Direct Debit discounts on both gas and electricity made it far cheaper than their fixed term tariff.
I've not found any supplier that can beat them here... yet. I hold no loyalty to any company, I switch to the cheapest as soon as one appears.
We currently pay £1,488 pa, and the cap is £1,137, but that does not mean we will be getting a £350 rebate... we'd be naive to think that.
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15-01-2019, 17:57
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
The cap is calculated based on average consumption. The average consumption is set by OFGEM.
If you use more than average, your bill will be higher than the cap.
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15-01-2019, 18:56
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
Am I missing something here, if a bill is higher than a cap, then how is it a cap ?
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15-01-2019, 19:02
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
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Originally Posted by Tali
The cap is calculated based on average consumption. The average consumption is set by OFGEM.
If you use more than average, your bill will be higher than the cap.
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So if you live in the far north of Scotland and need more heating and lighting, your bills will be higher than those, say, of someone on the English Riviera way down south.
Or you are a lone person in a small flat, you use less than a family with 4 adults in a 3 bedroom house in the same area.
But nowhere in the TDCV figures is there any mention of locale, or number of people in a property, or type of property.
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/gas/retail-...umption-values
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15-01-2019, 19:03
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
Its not a cap IMO as its just more dishonest shenanigans to make us the public think there was a clear cap on prices when quite clearly that is not the case when it gets down to the nitty gritty of it all.
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15-01-2019, 19:07
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
My buggers capped the per Kw charge but promptly upped the standing charge.
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16-01-2019, 17:04
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Re: Capped Gas and Electricity
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Am I missing something here, if a bill is higher than a cap, then how is it a cap ?
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It's only capped at the advertised amount if you use the exact amount that OFGEM declare as the average amount. Many people have asked the same question.
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So if you live in the far north of Scotland and need more heating and lighting, your bills will be higher than those, say, of someone on the English Riviera way down south.
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Possibly.
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Or you are a lone person in a small flat, you use less than a family with 4 adults in a 3 bedroom house in the same area.
But nowhere in the TDCV figures is there any mention of locale, or number of people in a property, or type of property
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Property size and number of occupants is not considered.
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My buggers capped the per Kw charge but promptly upped the standing charge.
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Different suppliers have changed the unit price and standing charge in different ways. The total price based on the OFGEM average won't exceed the cap.
It seems that the media/OFGEM haven't done a very good job at letting everyone know how this works.
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