There are different reasons for each household. You might want an energy company that supplies renewable energy, has excellent customer service ratings or one that can save you a lot of money.
It really does pays to shop around for your energy supplier… Research by Ofgem has shown there is annual savings of around £300 to be made by switching energy supplier. So, switching energy supplier or tariff can have a huge financial impact on your gas and electricity bills.
Absolutely not! Your new energy supplier will pay us a fee when your switch is completed but this fee is already included in the marketing budgets of the energy supplier, so you don’t pay a penny extra.
It is important to note that exit fees are common with Fixed Rate Tariffs if you switch early. If you are on a Fixed Rate Tariff, then you should check whether you'll incur a fee for cancelling your current energy deal before arranging a transfer to a new energy supplier.
The good news is that all energy suppliers should now allow you to leave up to 49 days ahead of your energy tariff's end date without incurring a penalty.
The Energy Switch Guarantee is a promise to provide a speedy and safe switch from one energy supplier to another. The trade body Energy UK drew up the 10-point guarantee with support from the energy regulator Ofgem and Citizens Advice.
The aim of Energy Switch Guarantee is to give customers confidence in the energy switching process. Energy suppliers, who have signed up to the Energy Switch Guarantee, promise a simple, reliable and hassle-free energy transfer.
Ofgem is the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets and acts as the regulator to the energy industry.
The purpose of Ofgem is to protect the interests of electricity and gas consumers in Great Britain.
There are several ways in which Ofgem do this, including;
Ofgem currently runs the Confidence Code, a voluntary code of practice for domestic energy price comparison websites. Energylinx is one of the eleven energy comparison websites accredited to the Ofgem Confidence Code.
Any energy comparison websites that bears the Confidence Code logo should be able to do the following:
Here are all the latest gas and electricity price updates that will be included in your energy quote.
*20% of all users over the last 60 days (21 Mar - 19 May) achieved a saving of at least £