Are You An E.on Customer

[emmie]

this doesn;t look good, i heard on the news that it will rocket by 18 percent, where on earth do they get the gall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39192297

[hc4361]

Big six energy provider E.On has said it will increase its dual fuel standard variable tariffs by 8.8% from next month.

Electricity prices will rise by an average of 13.8%, and gas prices by 3.8%.

So not 18% and they've done it because "However it is the first such increase in three years."

[emmie]

its still exhorbitant. should we renationalise the energy companies, because it seems the way the energy companies work is next to day light robbery.

[Old_Geezer]

That's the commercial world for you. Charge whatever you think you can get away with, regardless. Maybe time to look into switching suppliers ? One can probably get a better deal for at least a week or two.

[emmie]

i am not an E.on customer, and have negotiated my energy down to a more sensible payment. I just wonder whether re-nationlising them would be the answer, i don't know.

[anotheoldgit]

E.ON is a German-owned group, it is time that our power suppliers were nationalised.

Having said that,I am with E.ON and recently they have vastly reduced my monthly payments, stating that I was overpaying them, they also guaranteed that I would not see any increase because I was on a fixed tariff.

[Old_Geezer]

If you are on a fixed tariff, chances are you were paying over the odds at the time you agreed to start, in the hope to delay any future increase. If on top of that they admit they were still taking too much off you anyway then that doesn't show them in a good light. But IMO none of them are that good at running their retail business. Most seem content to try to confuse the customers.

[emmie]

aog
as i did with EDF, as i am also on a fixed tariff and phoned them to complain and ask for a reduction, which they did.
I had a smart meter installed and found i was using just over half from what i was being charged.

[anotheoldgit]

emmie

Interesting emmie, if one requests a smart meter does your energy company have to fit one free of charge?

If so, it sounds too good to be true, what is the catch?

[emmie]

aog

no catch, though it seems that according to a recent report i read that the energy companies are adding on an amount to cover their costs. I look at my handset every so often and it tells me how much i am using per day, week, in pounds, shillings and pence.

[hc4361]

We are all paying for smart meters, whether we have one or not

[New Judge]

“If you are on a fixed tariff, chances are you were paying over the odds at the time you agreed to start, in the hope to delay any future increase.”

I wasn’t. Mine (with EDF) was by far and away the cheapest tariff available when I took out my fixed deal last October and it is still among the cheapest now. A large chunk of energy price rises are imposed by the government to fund the ridiculous (so-called) green schemes it advocates. Among these is the conversion of Drax power station in Yorkshire to burn wood chips instead of coal. A less efficient use of a fine power station would be difficult to devise and convincing consumers that burning wood chips instead of coal is somehow “greener” must rate as one of the most dishonest marketing ploys since Nike persuaded people to buy “trainers” to go down the pub for a pint of Carlsberg.

Prices are also increasing to recoup the cost (£11bn and counting) of installing the “smart” meters that many people are raving about:

“I look at my handset every so often and it tells me how much i am using per day, week, in pounds, shillings and pence.”

And how does that help, emmie?. Presumably you don’t use energy unnecessarily so does knowing how much you have spent encourage you to turn things off?

There is nothing complex about calculating energy bills and nothing useful that a Smart meter can do that you cannot do yourself. Furthermore if, like me, you change your supplier regularly, with the current technology you will have to have your meter changed every time you change supplier. There is no need for anybody to receive estimated bills as all energy companies make provisions for regular meter readings to be supplied either online or by phone. I have not had an estimated bill for about twenty years or more.

[emmie]

the smart meter tells me today, figuratively speaking i have spent 50pence on both elec/gas it can of course be more. as a single householder i can keep the bills down, but one monthly bill before came out of 81 quid for a month, which i queried, now i am on a fixed tariff and negotiated it down to 25 a month for elec/gas. of course i am not saying the smart meter is the be all and end all, we have seen the news reprts of people having them and being ovecharged by many thousands. Its too early to tell whether there will be savings.

[Old_Geezer]

A smart meter is to be avoided. You can already read the meter you have to see how much you are using. And it can't be controlled by the water company, nor have malicious people take control. So called smart meters gives you nothing much of benefit and is there to benefit the company who are passing the meter replacement costs on to us all in our increased bills anyway.

[Smowball]

All the big six companies are going to whack their prices up I think

[emmie]

smow

so it would seem.

[Smowball]

Makes sense to look at the smaller companies now I think emmie

[emmie]

fairly happy with EDF, they cut my dd charges, so what's not to like.

[hc4361]

Had you built up a lot of credit because of too high monthly payments, emmie?

[NellieMay]

We changed from Eon to a smaller company and it was the best thing we ever did. Our monthly charge dropped by about 1/3 and we get interest on any credit we have. The monthly charge and what we use is balancing out well and the customer service is second to none. we should have findcit years ago?

[hc4361]

Who are you with now, Nellie?