How change your Gas and Electricity supplier

To give you the confidence to switch your gas and electricity supplier and make it go as smoothly as possible please see below for our guide and tips.

Finding the best deal on your Gas and Electricity

• Shop around , there are many suppliers to choose from and don’t discount the new low cost providers.
• Find your last few gas and electricity bills together. Just add up the amount you have spent or work out how many units of gas and units of electricity you have used.
• Important Tip – Use a winter and a summer bills so you have a good balanced average of your energy usage.
• Check how you pay, its very important to note that monthly direct debit this is the cheapest way to pay your gas and electricity bills.
• Consider the following when changing your supplier.

• Price; if you are switching energy suppliers to save money then this is fundamental of course. You want to find for a supplier that is cheaper than your current one and if possible go for the biggest savings.
• You should also research the Customer Service Ratings for your choice of energy supplier as some UK energy suppliers have better/worse customer service ratings than others. Customer service ratings are derived from aggregating the statistics collected by Consumer Focus. http://www.consumerfocus.org.uk
• If possible try to taking a Green energy product. Most of the UK’s energy suppliers have a green energy product and some areno extra cost to their normal standard products.
• Also look at Online Accounts. Most of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers have online facilities allowing you to manage your account over the Internet , submit meter readings and get paperless billing. Phone and email contact is of course available.
• Remember that prepayment meters are the most expensive type of way to pay for your gas and electricity. If you wish to change the type of payment method you will have to have your meter physically changed in your property. In most case you will need to get your current supplier to do this before you can change.
• Tip – paying by direct debit and manage your account online are the cheapest ways to pay for your gas and electricity.

Switching your Gas and Electricity supplier

Switching your gas and electricity supplier is easy. Once you have chosen who you want to supply you the following is a guide to what to do next:

• You will need you mpan and mprn numbers. Simply explained these are the numbers the new energy supplier will need to know where to send the gas and electricity to. These can be found on your bill but our web site has the software built in to find this simply from your postal address so you do not have to worry.
• If you have chosen to pay by direct debit, your new supplier will need your bank details. If you give your bank details to us over the Internet or the phone all your details are stored securely and encrypted and only passed on to your chosen new energy supplier so they can set up your new direct debits.
• If you have chosen to manage your account online a valid email address will be needed and is one that you check regularly.

What to do after you have switched Energy Supplier

Once you have completed one of our forms to change your gas and electricity supplier there are a few simple things you can do to ensure it all goes smoothly:

• First be aware of your rights to cancel and change you mind. Under UK regulation you have 7 days to change your mind from the date of your application. This is known as the “cooling off period”.
• Once you have had confirmation of the date your new supply will start, take meter readings so you can give these to your new gas and electricity suppliers.
• Make sure you pay any outstanding gas and electricity bills. If you have overpaid during your time with your current energy supply you will get this money back. If you owe your current supplier money you will have to clear this debt to allow you to move to a new energy supplier.
• Once you have had a welcome pack from your new gas and electricity supplier write to your current gas and electricity supplier to tell them you are moving to a new gas supplier and electricity supplier.

Best Of Luck , its simple and easy to do , you can start your research by clicking on the search box below.

Two-thirds of Britons are planning to turn down their heating this winter in a bid to have cheaper electricity and cheaper gas bills, according to Energy Helpline.

It reveals the lengths to which UK households are prepared to go to save money on fuel bills, with 57% of those surveyed also planning to put on an extra layer of clothing in an attempt to beat the cold this winter.Despite this, the survey highlights that 98% of people are unaware they could save a lot of money a year by switching energy suppliers. This is the culmination of gas and electricity bills rising sharply in recent years. In fact, gas bills have almost trebled in the past six years.

Mark Todd, director at Energy Helpline, said: With huge bills and recession, the UK is facing a heating crisis this winter the likes of which we may not have seen since the 1930s. All the major energy companies have refused to commit to any price drops this year and 18 million homes are now set to turn down their heating as they are worried that they will not be able to afford to pay their energy bills. Thats 40 million people living in colder conditions than last year or two thirds of the population.

He went on to say that people don’t seem to understand there are other options – only one in 10 are planning to take advantage of the Government insulation assistance and only 2% realise they can save a lot of money a year in a few minutes by switching suppliers to people the Utility Warehouse. This is the state we are now in, Dickensian methods like turning down the heating can save money but they also carry with them risks of cold, flu and other ailments. Switching energy suppliers doesn’t contain the same risks of cold or flu and saves customers money.

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* Los Angeles residents’ highest priority is paying bills, but they also tend to put money aside for special occasions.

* San Franciscans are less inclined to set financial goals, but 64 percent of residents are saving for retirement, compared to 55 percent of Americans in general.

* Residents of Miami are worried about saving for themselves and their families, but just 23 percent are actually saving.

* Chicagoans are three times more likely to comparison shop to find the best price and think of themselves as frugal. Twenty-four percent of Chicago residents use direct deposit to help save money compared to 12 percent of average Americans who do the same.

* Seventy-six percent of Dallas residents are likely to save for the future in general rather than for a specific purpose. If given an extra $1,000, they would be more likely to put it toward home improvements.

Any of this sound familiar? Do you often find yourself with little or nothing after paying the bills and using that remainder for a luxury rather than putting it in the bank?

“Americans know they need to save for a rainy day, but they need a helping hand. Bank of America’s “Keep the Change” savings program helps consumers save for a rainy day, one penny at a time, through everyday purchases,” said Diane Morais, deposits and debits products executive at Bank of America.

“Keep the Change” is an automatic savings program that helps consumers build and keep stronger savings habits. When consumers in the program make a purchase with their Bank of America Visa check card, the price is automatically rounded up to the nearest dollar. At the end of the day, the difference is transferred to the customer’s savings account. Bank of America matches 100 percent of the transfers for the first three months of enrollment and 5 percent thereafter, up to $250 paid annually.

The program has already helped more than 2 million Americans save over $60 million in loose change.

It may seem like it isn’t a big deal, but this really is something people should be concerned about. Global warming has been proven to be greatly caused by the greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide that people are putting into the air through their daily activities. These emissions are caused by cars, airplanes, factories, businesses, or anything else that burns fossil fuels. While there are other greenhouse gases put into the air, carbon is what makes up the largest contributor from human activities. Many don’t realize that global warming affects everyone, perhaps not in the most obvious way every day, but it does affect everyone. Global warming is what is causing the earth to warm, which, as mentioned before, causes the major climate changes that are being seen. What are some of these major climate changes and what does this have to do with people? Floods, severe hurricanes, odd weather patterns such as abnormally cold or warm winters; all of these are products of global warming.

Food and resources come from the natural world and if global warming causes severe drought (which it is in many places around the world), the crop yield will be much lower and money is lost. Not to mention that it’s less food available to people. Global warming is also what is warming the polar ice caps and drying up other fresh water resources. Life needs fresh water and without it, life tends to die.

It is something that people can change if they can take responsibility over it. It is possible to slow and stop the global warming, making the world a healthier place with the necessary resources available. It means that the burning of fossil fuels has to stop. Using energy sources that don’t require the burning of fossil fuels is what is needed. The sun and wind are both excellent examples of the tireless sources of energy available to humans. Saving water and producing less waste is also needed to reduce the carbon emissions. As more people turn to alternatives instead of burning fossil fuels, global warming could be stopped, which in turn would stop causing the major climate changes that have been the cause of such devastation in recent years.