It's crazy isn't it?My whole life I’ve paid around £50 a month. They now want £150 from me. I have no idea how I’m supposed to afford it.
So we were originally with pure planet at £76 for gas and electric, when they went bust they swapped us to shell energy, the payments have been creeping up and they are estimating us to be £197 a month…Not sure if there's already a thread on this as I know everyone is in the same boat.
I just got my new price through today.
We were paying £93 a month. And they're increasing it to £269 a month!
I was expecting a £50-£70 increase. Not over £170 increase!
Just curious how much other people's have gone up
can i ask how you managed that?Mine went from £44 to £141. I've managed to get it down to £100.
You can push back on the rise. Give your energy provider a call and say you don’t want to pay that much/can’t pay that much, especially if you can prove your usage isn’t huge. They should be able to find you a better monthly price. Whilst prices have gone up, some providers are putting DDs up even higher than they need to be to help with cash flow.It's crazy isn't it?
With only a month notice too!
I have no idea how I'm supposed to find £170 extra a month!
We were on a fixed tarrif which ends next month. And we're always in credit.We’re on a fixed tariff, which has only gone up by £5 (£95 to £100) but we’re always in credit so I don’t understand why it’s gone up at all, and I really don’t understand how they’re putting some up by such an extortionate amount? Is it better to get rid of the direct debit and just pay quarterly based on what you’ve actually used?
That's interesting! I didn't know that!You can push back on the rise. Give your energy provider a call and say you don’t want to pay that much/can’t pay that much, especially if you can prove your usage isn’t huge. They should be able to find you a better monthly price. Whilst prices have gone up, some providers are putting DDs up even higher than they need to be to help with cash flow.
I know they can increase it even if you’re in credit to ride out any discrepancies, but going up that much seems like it must be wrong? I’d give them a call and pushback!We were on a fixed tarrif which ends next month. And we're always in credit.
Infact, I just withdrew £140 and there's still £70 credit on there. And that's after winter!
We moved house last year and the previous owner was signed up to Pure Planet who had no phone number available to provide our initial meter reading to. Within a week they’d gone bust.So we were originally with pure planet at £76 for gas and electric, when they went bust they swapped us to shell energy, the payments have been creeping up and they are estimating us to be £197 a month…
There is no way I’m changing my direct debit to this, we’re already in credit so rightly or wrongly we’re going to hang on and see what happens.
scary times ahead for everyone!!
It's a terrible situation for those already on the breadline having to choose between eating on heating. Unfortunately though we are all in the same position because I'm sure there's people who have stretched their finances already now to be hit with a £100-300+ monthly outgoingcan i ask how you managed that?
im trying to sort my mums out. Her gas and electricity company are asking for an extortionate amount even though she barely uses anything.
basically if they insist on that, her basic pension will ONLY cover that. No idea where she will pay her rent or food bills from.
It's crazy. There was me complaining when they put it up by £13 2 years agoThey tried to put mine up to £165 after paying £90 with utility point who went bust. I said I wasn’t paying that as I knew I had £200 coming back to me in credit. Anyway, they reduced it to £145 but I also paid £50 off what I owed (£105) and they lowered it to £130. It’s a lot, but happy to pay that as I know come summer it’ll be nothing
My mum was in debit with hers, and they allowed her to back back what she owes monthly. I think it’s something like £8 a month.
There are definitely other options, they just don’t like telling people
Also, I don’t understand
1 - why did the government think it was acceptable to allow the cap to be raised 54(?)% and
2 - why did they all jump on the bandwagon and hike their prices up?
while the fat cats at the top are sitting on millions, if not billions!! It will also get worse come October when they will put it up again.
It’s an absolute joke!
Yer, definitely don’t do variable in this climate. They’re absolute robbersIt's crazy. There was me complaining when they put it up by £13 2 years ago
I kept complaining about paying £93 a month even though I was always in credit. And now £268. That's for their fixed tarriff
Or they've given me the option of doing nothing and going onto a variable tariff for £257.
No thanks. If I'm paying that much extra, I may as well pay another £10 and not risk them changing prices at any point
Definitely a very mild winter. Like you, I would have the heating on for 45 mins in the morning and 2 hours in the evening. Barely used that. I had it on for half hour earlier because it got a bit chillyI'm not sure if this is true for everyone but hasn't this winter been so mild you've barely used your heating anyway?! I mean last year I'd be putting my gas on for maybe 45mins in the morning before waking up to take the edge off (my house drops down to 6-7 degrees normally in the winter) but I'd say I've probably put my heating on a handful of times since Christmas because it's barely dropped to 10! Please don't think I sit in my house when it's 10 degrees in the evening, as I said before I have wood burners which costs me about £250 a year in wood.
I don't know if I've got used to the cold after being in this house for four years! When I first moved in I had the heating on for three hours a day during the winter, the next year I cut it down to twoDefinitely a very mild winter. Like you, I would have the heating on for 45 mins in the morning and 2 hours in the evening. Barely used that. I had it on for half hour earlier because it got a bit chilly
It can’t be too cold, as my kids walk around in their pantsonly one who complains is the 12 year old
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