few weeks back i was contacted by the local council saying they were doing one of these energy collective deals, you know, get enough of you and get a cheap(er) deal. itd be through first utility. my current years just about up with ovo so thought why not have a look.
the form asked for who i was with now and how much i use/pay presently.
the cynic in me thought yeah right, i tell you that, you come back with a price slightly cheaper and i think ive got a good deal, when maybe my next door neighbour is getting it cheaper cos he had a cheaper deal in the first place. if you get what i mean 🙂 rather than what i would expect to be fair, we all pay the same rate.
anyways, just got my ‘personal offer’ through and its not got me too excited. apparently they can save me £30 per year over ovo. now considering ovo are dearer than most anyway, and you tend to go with them for their CS, i smelled BS.
rang em up and asked em if that was the game they were playing and they said not, everybody would be on the same rate (which they say is better than you can officially get with first utility). not sure i believe them, as £30 per year cheaper than ovo would still probs be dearer than scottish power/edf et al, so i thought id ask on here….
firstly, anyone come across these collectives before? are they generally a good idea, or nowt special?
secondly, if anyones with first utility at present, is my offer of 13.859 p/kwh and standing charge 14.28 per day for electric, and 3.056 p/kwh and standing charge 14.15 per day really better than what youre charged at present?
thanks