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Scottish Power customers Take Note!

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Autoschediastic

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 4:21PM

Glad i am not with them! but in the same breathe other companies will follow suit but for now we are safe, Interesting story i was ready yesterday and if i find the link il post it,

About WHY when the price of a barrel of oil goes down is it that the price of petrol still stays high in the forecourts? and why does the energy companies keep their prices high when there is a window open for them to reduce them?

In fact the price of energy in the uk is becoming daylight robbery but we cant do a lot to stop them?

Scottish power customers are soon to be hit with a Massive 19% increase on gas and 10% on electricity!! Thats a very large increase to take in one go so if you use SP for your gas and electricity you will be getting a 28% increase overall?

READ HERE

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spider9

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 4:33PM

I think your calculations are a bit out.

A 19% increase in one and a 10% increase in the other can never exceed the highest. ie 19% is the max overall.

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spider9

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 4:42PM

fourm member

Great minds think alike........it's just that some are two minutes quicker than others!!

**(;-)**

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Autoschediastic

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 4:59PM

i stand corrected guys! its still a hefty increase just the same eh..

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spider9

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 5:07PM

autoschediastic

Not quite sure why you have such a 'down' on the one company, Scottish Power, just because they are the first to announce. Rest assured all the others will be following.

My own experience with SP has been good, both with their tariffs and their cost for supply of electricity to a new rural house. By comparison, Scottish Water were a nightmare to deal with. Only personal views, of course.

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Tangalooma_2006

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 5:24PM

spider9

Be careful water and electricity do not mix well and you've put them in the same thread. Very dangerous

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lotvic

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 5:55PM

If a customer gets both gas and electric from SP:

Would anyone care to explain how you get the increases to less than 29% more to pay, please?

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iambeavis

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 6:08PM

lotvic Old price for gas - £100 New price - £119

Old price for Electricity - £100 New price - £110

Overall old price - £200 Overall new price - £229

£29 = 14.5% of£200

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Forum Editor

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 6:09PM

Transferred to Consumerwatch from Speakers Corner

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lotvic

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 6:27PM

iambeavis Yep, that's how I did it too. 19+10=29 so 29/2=14.5%

I just wondered why t'others hadn't given an exact percentage for customers who got both gas and electric from SP.

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Grey Goo

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Posted June 7, 2011 at 8:56PM

Depends on how your usage ratios are.

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