Energy price changes 2012

012 Gas Prices and Electricity Prices Update HistoryEnergy prices have been updated to 17 January 2012.
Price updates are shown below as and when they arise.Make sure you compare prices using our online energy comparison site to switch to the cheapest supplier.http://www.getmechrapbills.com

Supplier & DateDescription
17 January 2012
E.ON has announced the relaunch of E.ON Track and Save 11. This tariff was taken off the market on 12 January and is today relaunching with the same features but revised tariff rates.

16 January 2012
E.ON has announced a reduction of 6% on their standard electricity prices. The decrease, which equates to £31 off the average annual bill, will take effect from Monday 27th February 2012. E.ON claim that 75% of its customers will benefit and that customers on fixed deals will be able to change to another E.ON tariff for free if they wish.Note: The new prices are not yet available and will be updated when received.

13 January 2012
npower have announced a price decrease effective Wednesday 1 February 2012 of 5% on their standard, capped and prepayment gas tariffs. There are no changes to their electricity prices.Note: The new prices are not yet available and will be updated when received.

13 January 2012
Scottish Power have launched a new tariff, Online Fixed Price Energy May 2013, offering fixed prices until 30 April 2013. This is a monthly direct debit, online only tariff

13 January 2012
EDF Energy have launched a new tariff, EDF Fix to March 2013. Offering fixed prices to 31 March 2013, this tariff is available to dual fuel customers and electricity only customers. Paper billing is optional.

12 January 2012
first:utility have launched a new tariff, first:utility iSave Fixed Price V1 March 2013. This tariff offers fixed prices until 31 March 2013 but only available to dual fuel monthly direct debit customers.

12 January 2012
E.ON have removed EON Track and Save 11 from all sales channels today until further notice.12 January 2012SSE Gas Price Reduction.SSE has announced a 4.5% reduction in household gas unit prices effective from 26th March 2012.SSE have also extended the cap on any new price increases until October 2012 but decreases will be made where possible.SSE have withdrawn Price Fix 7.Note: These price updates are not yet included in the results tables. The price reduction will take place on 26th March 2012 and new prices will be updated when issued around in February 2012.

12 January 2012
British Gas Price Cut.British Gas has today cut standard electricity prices by an average 5% based on average consumption. The cut takes effect immediately.Note: The new prices are updated on the UKPower price comparison site.11 January 2012EDF Energy have announced household gas price cuts of 5% effective 7th February 2012.Note: The new prices are not yet available and will be updated when received.

06 January 2012
OVO Energy have launched new, reduced prices by approximately 5%. This is the first supplier to reduce prices and further price cuts are expected from other suppliers. Updated 6th Jan 2012.These prices are updated and included in the results tables.

05 January 2012
E.ON have launched a new tariff, E.ON Fixed Price Saver April 2013. This tariff offers fixed prices until 1 April 2013 at rates 5% lower than E.ON's Standard tariff.

COOP Energy now on our Comparison Site

We have a new arrangement in place to offer our domestic customers the energy roducts of CO-OP Energy through our comparison site

The comparison engine used by http://www.getmecheapbills.com is the only one to offer a switching service to these products. Other service may feature these products for comparison purposes but it is possible to buy these products through our site.

The products are very well priced and appear toward the top of most comparisons and share the ethical ethos of the CO-OP brand.

Npower Price Increases

Npower have announced average price increases of 15.7% for gas and 7.2% for electricity for customers on standard unit rates.

Customers on Sign Online 22 and 23 tariffs, Price Fix, Go Fix, Price Protector and Trio tariffs are unaffected by these price changes.

New prices are in the process of being updated on the http://www.getmecheapbills.com Comparison Service.

Further details can be found here

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/8704587/Npower-to-increase-energy-prices-by-up-to-16pc.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14545777

The price increase will add on average £133 to average customers bills. The price increases will particularly be felt in the North East, Yorkshire and Midlands areas where Npower have large numbers of customers.

New Scottish Power Fixed Deal

Phoenix Energy are pleased to announce a new fixed rate energy deal where prices are fixed to 31st October 2011.

The tariff, Online Fixed Saver November 2012 is an online-only fixed price tariff, which means that you must be prepared to manage your account online and that your prices will remain fixed until 31st October 2012. Being an online account involves receiving and viewing your bills online, providing meter readings online and carrying out general correspondence online.

With gas and electricity prices likely to increase across all suppliers and today we have already seen another energy supplier remove a fixed price tariff and we would advise catching a good quality fixed price deal today.

The tariff went live for new customers from 1330 today and we are already seeing large numbers moving to this tariff.

British Gas Announce Price Rises

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14077651

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/British-Gas-To-Raise-Gas-Prices-By-18-and-Electricity-Costs-By-16/Article/201107216026640?lpos=Business_Carousel_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_16026640_British_Gas_To_Raise_Gas_Prices_By_18%25_and_Electricity_Costs_By_16%25_

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/household-bills/8625125/British-Gas-raises-prices-by-18pc.html


British Gas have today announced electic price rises of 16& and gas price rises of 18% to come into force in Mid August.

The changes will affect 9 million households to an average increase of £190 / year.

All domestic customers, and particularly Brish Gas customers should consider switching immediately using http://www.getmecheapbills.com and locking themselves into a FIXED PRICE deal before the best products are withdrawn.

Scottish Power have already announced substantial price increases and the other energy suppliers are certain to follow suit in the coming weeks.

E.ON have launched 2 new tariffs.

E.ON have today launched two new tariffs, E.ON SaveOnline 8 and E.ON Track and Save 10.

E.ON SaveOnline 8 is an online-only tariff, which means that you must be prepared to manage your account online. This involves receiving and viewing your bills online, providing meter readings online and carrying out general correspondence online.

E.ON SaveOnline 8 prices are guaranteed to be at least 2% lower than E.ON standard prices for 12 months from the date that you join the tariff. In addition you will receive an 8% combined Dual Fuel and Fixed Monthly DD Discount. These are already factored into the net price that you see on screen.

Early termination fees of £30 apply should you leave this tariff within 12 months of joining it.

At the end of the discount period you will be automatically transferred onto a similar plan or E.ON EnergyPlan


With E.ON Track and Save 10 you are guaranteed a bill which will be lower than British Gas until 1st October 2012. The guarantee applies to customers with annual average electricity consumption of 3,300 units on unrestricted meters, or 2,970 day units and 3,630 night units, and/or annual average gas consumption of 16,500 units. The guarantee applies to customers who pay by fixed monthly Direct Debit or pay promptly by cash or cheque and continue to pay in this way. It applies against British Gas Standard bills for existing customers until 1st October 2012.

Customers can manage their accounts on line and get paperless bills but will not receive an online discount.

After 1st October 2012 customers will be switched to a similar product or one of E.ON Standard Plans.

Scottish Power tariff removal

With immediate effect ScottishPower has removed the tariff ScottishPower Direct October 2012 the market.

This follows an announcement today by OFGEM they were looking into the validity of the promotion around this new tariff.