To Switch Gas And Electricity supplier has never been easier. In fact, the UK government is recommending that we all shop around for the best deals on our gas and electricity bills.
So which is the best way to get the cheapest gas and electricity deals?
Rightly, there is a clamp down on the door to door sales tactics of many of the energy suppliers and most of them have now totally abandoned this form of pressure marketing and tricking vulnerable people into signing rogue applications.
The internet has to be the best place to find the right deal for you on your gas and electricity bills. There are price comparison sites that can help you to find the cheapest energy supplier for your area. These comparison sites will require some information from you, including your current gas and electricity usage, which company you are currently supplied by for your gas and electricity and the type of tariff that you are on at the moment. This may be a standard rate or maybe economy 7 or some other off-peak tariff. The way that you pay your gas and electricity bills is also important as there is often a cheaper rate for people paying by monthly direct debit.
Popular comparison sites are USwitch.com , MoneySupermarket.com and SimplySwitch.com . Often, these comparison sites will also give you some incentive to use their service as your means of switching gas and electricity supplier, and this can be cash back to you or may be a gift like a case of wine or a shop gift voucher, as a thank you from them for using their switching service. Of course, these websites are on commission from the energy suppliers so they are in effect just passing on some of that commission on to you.
The gifts that you get from comparison sites should not be your prime motivator for switching but it does mean extra cash/gifts for you which you would not get if you went direct to the gas and electricity supplier for a quote to switch.
Using a comparison site to get the best deals may work out that you get a dual fuel deal with one supplier for both your gas and electricity. Or it may work out cheaper for you to have different energy companies supplying each utility. One supplier for your gas bill and another supplier for your electricity bill. This is where these comparison sites can really give you the best options to save money to switch gas and electricity suppliers.
If possible, chose the monthly direct debit option for the cheapest prices but you can still get good deals on your gas and electric prices when you have a prepayment meter.
Once you have found the cheapest gas and electricity tariffs, the comparison site will switch gas and electricity supplier for you. This makes switching easy and every household should review their gas and electricity bills every year so that they can make sure that they are getting the best value for money on their utilities.
