Switching gas suppliers. ( non stag related unless you save to spend on the stag :) )

[staginhiding]

I have a house that is empty and have had no bills for 2 years and there was no standing charge..
Now they want to put a standing charge in place so i have nothing to compare with..

And that aside why shouldn't we be able to see what the price per unit is from company to Company easily..

Its like the car salesmans ploy with a "cost to change" figure,leaving out all the hidden bits that he doesn't want you to see..

[Steve JP]

Take it from someone who works in the oil and gas industry. There is no chance that the gas will run out in our lifetime or the next. Gas is self and regenerating continuously. The drawbacks are the costs of bringing gas to the surface and supplying it to households and industry. Those costs are increasing but they sre friven by government policies. In effect the gas price is driven by market, government and demand. The most cost effective wsy to recover huge quantities of gas is to use fracking. There are so many nimbies around thst is being prevented from being used and so we are stuck with current ancient methods.
By the way I changed my gas supplier last night. Took twenty or so minutes ..is it much cheaper? for a few month maybe.

Well said that man!

Glad I fixed mine until July 2015 last month before the current round of price increases raised their head- did an analysis of the competition, but stayed loyal to my current supplier, there wasn't much in it to bother changing.

bring on the Fracking!!

[edd]

Get used to it Gent's as it will happen year on year until it all runs out, and with the Chinese and Indian economies expanding so quickly, it will probably be sooner rather than later!

Paul

The funny thing is they mostly use coal and its the good old ohh so green Australians who sell it to them . They are a fickle bunch , protect the great barrier reef but lets burn a few million tons of coal , they cant even ofset as most of the country is baron .

[edd]

btw way some great links i will hopefully try to get a three year fixed soon, my hottub is a necessity and its rubish when cold !
Edd

[KansasCityMilkman]

I've just gone with First Utility. Was paying £190 per month for gas / elec combined. It's gone down to £150 although no doubt it will creep up a bit more bearing in mind we're heading into winter. Fixed until April 2015.

[Goldstar]

I've just gone with First Utility as well. Used them before and there service was pretty good

[DJT]

Cheers guys. Just switched from BG to First Utility with a price fixed to 30/4/2015. £100 per year cheaper than I'm currently paying, so it will be quite a bit cheaper when the BG rise comes into force.

[stagmuffin]

im fixed up with first utility as well now until 2015 ,ever the sceptic but they managed to reduce my annual by £174 so more than happy . good tip on that one .
cheers
steve

[KansasCityMilkman]

I should have been on commission!!

[wilf]

I see the next supplier has made their announcement this morning. Won't be long before we have the full set.

[DJT]

I see the next supplier has made their announcement this morning. Won't be long before we have the full set.

Nothing has been more certain since the first one made a move. The only uncertainty had to be the size of the rise

[stagmuffin]

I should have been on commission!!

I will buy you a pint next time we meet

Steve

[edd]

Well i,m really glad i started this NON RELATED STAG THREAD , sorry had to make that point , its helped a few out and helped myself , i just saved £265 and fixed till 2015 with first utility
Thanks for all the information.
Edd

[73stagman]

We just saved around the same..... £240 a year going with new supplier Daligas. They rang today to check all details were correct before they started the switch for us.