Got a letter off British Gas wanting us to sign up for 2 years at a fixed price (8.745 pp kwh)
I know this is a ploy to stop us shopping around for 2 years but, A)is there any point shopping round anyway, B)if you do transfer to another company, do the prices catch up with you eventually?
Yours, Confused of North Yorkshire.

take a look here for more about switching

Can’t remember what we’re paying but we switched from Scottish Power to a fixed rate with NPower a few weeks ago

E-ON were slightly cheaper but their website was grinding to a halt & the phone lines constantly engaged

Ovo energy currently and used Ebico prior to them, might not be the cheapest but a lot easier to deal with and better ethics.
Have not used any of the big fish for years.

most companies charge two rates one for the first X kwh and y for the next y kwh making it difficukt to make a considered comparison. As a gas engineer visiting circa 4 houses every day I ‘ve only ever come across 2 people who make accurate records of their consumption both were retired white male professionals over 60 yrs old with buckets of cash to spend..