How to compare electricity prices

If you’ve so much as glanced at a newspaper this year, you’ll know that electricity prices have been causing a stir. Yes, they have gone up and it’s you paying the price, literally.

But there’s no need to sit back and watch your electricity bill hit the ceiling. Do something about it: compare electricity prices and switch to a cheaper supplier.

Why compare electricity prices?

The gas and electricity market was deregulated in 1999, which means you’re free to pick your supplier. If you’re still with an incumbent supplier, you’re likely to be paying top dollar for your electricity.

Switching suppliers is easy and free. No wonder 88,000 households switch their supplier each week.

How to compare electricity prices

We have teamed up with uSwitch.com, the UK’s top gas and electricity switching service. In just a few minutes, you can make an impartial comparison of deals from all the different suppliers – like British Gas, Powergen, npower, ScottishPower, Scottish ;amp Southern Energy and EDF Energy.

We help you find the best deal for your situation by asking you a few questions about how you use electricity (and gas) in your home.

Then you get a list of results showing you:

• The supplier and plan
• The amount you will save by switching
• The annual cost
• The service rating – what customers think of the supplier
• The features and benefits

You can look at deals for just electricity, just gas or duel fuel (that is, both).

Compare green electricity prices

If you want to do your bit for the environment, then why not switch to green electricity? The rates are competitive, so you can usually find a supplier that is both green and cheaper than the one you’re currently using.

Want to know more about green electricity? Well, to make standard electricity you need to burn fossil fuels, which releases a naughty gas into the air called carbon dioxide. This is the single biggest cause of climate change. So, it makes sense to get green electricity, which comes from renewable resources, like wind. Wind is good and doesn’t hurt our sky!

Switch to a different supplier

If you want to switch your supplier, you can. You just have to complete your details, which we pass onto your new supplier. They organise everything. You have nothing to worry about either: you won’t be cut off at any point and you won’t be billed twice for the same thing.

So why not compare electricity prices now?