British Gas - 7th December

British Gas has today launched WebSaver 5 as a direct but cheaper replacement to WebSaver 4 which is being withdrawn from the market immediately.

WebSaver 5 is an online energy account where prices are guaranteed to be 6% lower than the British Gas standard tariff until 28th February 2011, so regardless of whether prices go up or down the tariff will always be 6% lower than the standard prices.

Unlike WebSaver4 which has been available in a number of payment methods WebSaver5 is only available to monthly direct customers. WebSaver5 gains the number one position is 6 of the UK distribution areas, East Midlands Electricity, Manweb, Scottish Hydro-Electric, Scottish Power, SWALEC and SWEB. This means that the number one position is held by British Gas, OVO Energy and first:utility.

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