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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by JohnStewart » Sat Oct 07, 2017 8:11 am

I've just changed suppliers to Bulb who have decent customer service and reasonable rates, despite being 100% renewable energy suppliers. Electricity is 13.51p and gas is 2.52p. It's not a fixed term tariff though - just their standard rate which is subject to change, but there are no exit fees and you can swap at any time.

They also have a referral scheme. If anyone signs up using this link, then we each get £50, and if just one person uses the link, for me it will work out at the cheapest deal on the market.

http://bulb.co.uk/refer/john7880

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by r10crw » Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:31 am

JohnStewart wrote:I've just changed suppliers to Bulb who have decent customer service and reasonable rates, despite being 100% renewable energy suppliers. Electricity is 13.51p and gas is 2.52p. It's not a fixed term tariff though - just their standard rate which is subject to change, but there are no exit fees and you can swap at any time.

They also have a referral scheme. If anyone signs up using this link, then we each get £50, and if just one person uses the link, for me it will work out at the cheapest deal on the market.

http://bulb.co.uk/refer/john7880
Thanks John! 2.5p cheaper than any other quote for electric and 0.3 cheaper for gas. Dont know what the whole hassle with my post code is but have now switch and you should get your £50!

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by tut » Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:09 pm

Just too late for me John as I changed two weeks ago, but I checked anyway.

However it was more expensive for me than my Economy Energy, 13.5/24.5 compared to 12.7/14.

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by JohnStewart » Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:23 pm

r10crw wrote:
JohnStewart wrote:I've just changed suppliers to Bulb who have decent customer service and reasonable rates, despite being 100% renewable energy suppliers. Electricity is 13.51p and gas is 2.52p. It's not a fixed term tariff though - just their standard rate which is subject to change, but there are no exit fees and you can swap at any time.

They also have a referral scheme. If anyone signs up using this link, then we each get £50, and if just one person uses the link, for me it will work out at the cheapest deal on the market.

http://bulb.co.uk/refer/john7880
Thanks John! 2.5p cheaper than any other quote for electric and 0.3 cheaper for gas. Dont know what the whole hassle with my post code is but have now switch and you should get your £50!

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Thanks Craig, you will get £50 credit as well once you switch.

Tut, the bulb rate wasn't the absolute cheapest, but at my usage rates the difference per year was in the tens of pounds, not hundreds. I can switch at any time with no penalty should their rates go higher than their competitors, and with the £50 credit deal it if anyone signed up was a bit of a no brainer. My swap went through without issue.

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by r10crw » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:14 pm

Excellent John, thanks again!

They were the only ones that seemed to be independent of post code, every person in the office I got to try ended with the same price as tut, no end for the tariff and a lot easier to deal than the shower of sh*t that was Scottish power.

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by Dark » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:49 pm

JohnStewart wrote:I've just changed suppliers to Bulb who have decent customer service and reasonable rates, despite being 100% renewable energy suppliers. Electricity is 13.51p and gas is 2.52p. It's not a fixed term tariff though - just their standard rate which is subject to change, but there are no exit fees and you can swap at any time.

They also have a referral scheme. If anyone signs up using this link, then we each get £50, and if just one person uses the link, for me it will work out at the cheapest deal on the market.

http://bulb.co.uk/refer/john7880
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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by Mikie711 » Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:40 pm

I see the Tories are proposing a scheme where by if you stick with your supplier you should be rewarded with cheaper rates rather than price hikes, which is the way it should be not what we have now having to constantly jump to get a better deal. We will see if they can pull it off and how it's going to work but could spell the end of having to keep switching year on year.
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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by neil » Mon Sep 03, 2018 2:30 pm

Has anyone heard of Pure Planet? Just looking at a supplier for our house move and they're cheaper by miles. Supposedly 100% renewable - how does that work with gas? :scratch Looks like you have to do everything through an app which suits me fine.
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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by j2 lot » Mon Sep 03, 2018 7:24 pm

Neil, I have just signed up with Pure Planet, go live next week- saving me a whopping £1100 on the tariff I would have gone on with GB and £200 cheaper than next best quote .If you decide to go with them here's a link so we'll both get a £25 Amazon voucher. ( Anyone else feel free to use it too) :D
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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by neil » Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:23 pm

They're only offering me a £750 saving over GB. Thanks for the link.
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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by tut » Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:11 pm

I have just gone live with PP from Economy Energy whom I went with a year ago after GB Energy went bust. Don't trust EE now, worst reviews and cons I have ever seen lately, so got out early and stopped my DD whilst still in credit.

Can't say that I like PP's AP only, no e-mail or telephone, but it seems to work and they have been very efficient so far. I go on lowest Unit price, but realise that I am taking a chance on Customer Service with these little outfits compared to say Eon, as they mostly go bust.

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by scott_e » Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:49 am

In the process of switching to BULB.

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by tut » Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:09 am

PP just informed me that unit price is going up by 1p next month.

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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by douglasgdmw » Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:06 pm

tut wrote:
Wed Sep 05, 2018 12:09 am
PP just informed me that unit price is going up by 1p next month.

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Tut,

Did they say what their actual Unit Price was going to be.

Based upon a 12296Kw per year (as we actually switched the Aga off this summer) for me it is between the following:

Enstoga - cheapest fixed price deal with annual cost of £1614 but no customer feedback given yet.
Bulb - more expensive at £1749.97288 but cheaper if I take into account John Stewarts and a 1p unit price of Pure Planet
Pure Planet - one of the cheaper options at £1617 but works out at £1740 with a 1p per unit increase.
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Re: Utility Supplier

Post by Mikie711 » Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:08 am

I switched to Out Fox The Market last year and as far as I can see it is still the cheapest for us. PP quoted 13.65p which is considerably more than the 11.05p + £13.99 membership fee each month.

Using our figures the above usage would be £1534 per year.
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