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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Hi, just seen this and as my contract with SP is up I thought it might be worth seeing what you could do. I run a small furniture manufacturing business. Things have been quiet lately so usage has been minimal (c. 100 kwh/month), but as things hopefully pick up, that will rise to c. 1000...
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Sorry, just re-read and see you were asking about the unit rate, not the standing charge. Yes, it was around 50p/kwh.
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    I don't know, as I was on the deemed rate from the day I signed the lease and the electricity bills became my problem. But why should a business pay more than a house just for a standing charge? There's nothing inherently more expensive about it. It's almost like the UK government doesn't want...
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Be careful to read all the small print before rushing into a new contract just to avoid the deemed contract - I took on premises last year and was being charged £4.50/day standing charge by the previous tenant's supplier. I rushed into a new contract with Scottish Power which was (I thought)...
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Thanks very much for this info, I will get in contact with them again and see if they can supply my business.
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    I've looked at quote runner and see big variations in the charges. The best of them are much lower than what I'm currently paying. Are they actually fixed, or are those suppliers also going to try and play the same trick SP has pulled on me?
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    I feel strongly that SP have taken advantage of my ignorance of how the charging works to get me to sign up to a contract in the belief that any increases would be minimal, when in fact they have been massive. How is this acceptable legally? Could I challenge this? Do you have any experience of...
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    I’m in west Scotland. Postcode area PA11 at home, PA15 at work
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Thanks for the explanation about balancing charges. I worked in renewables for a while many years ago and quickly learned that they are not, in the UK at least, a cost effective or dependable source of power. Even the term “renewable” is a misnomer, as vast amounts of fossil fuel are consumed in...
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    I have done the maths, and it would actually be cheaper (or at least no more expensive) for me buy a diesel generator and use that to power my workshop. And that's with most of the cost being tax on the fuel!
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    I don't mind the plug, I'll have a look. I'm fed up with these companies who say they'll show you a price comparison and then proceed instead to bombard me with calls multiple times a day asking how I'm doing, how is everything going, etc. (as if they care!). These "non-commodity costs" seem to...
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Correct, they can't/won't explain which non commodity costs have changed to cause a 147% increase. Directors' bonuses? The unit prices have remained the same, or within a penny per kwh. Why are electricity prices for businesses so hard to find and compare? Are there any suppliers who publish...
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Do you know what they are charging you at present?
  14. L

    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    I tried to go with Octopus originally but they said they can't supply my location. I really don't understand why, as the "suppliers" don't physically ever go to the customers.
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    Electricity standing charge increases during contract?

    Thanks for your input. I asked them before if I could exit the contract, they said absolutely no. Did you get away from SP during a contract?
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