Re: Goodbye Economy 7 - let the savings begin

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So you could get a single tariff rate with an Economy7 meter?  I've
tried to switch to a single tariff several times, because I use almost
no power at all overnight, but it seems that my Economy 7 meter throws
up a "does not compute" inside their heads, and my request gets
ignored.  Maybe I should just refuse to pay...

Mal


Keith Doxey wrote:

>Just rang British Gas and changed back from Economy Seven to single
tier
>electricity.
>
>Been on Economy 7 for many years but over time usage has changed
>dramatically.
>
>When I first went on Economy 7 I used to run the Dishwasher, Washing
Machine
>and Tumble drier in the early hours of the morning as there was just Me
and
>Sharon in the house so you could run the washing machine one night and
>tumble dry the stuff the following night.
>
>This was also before lots of things like Tivo, SKY+ and Freeview boxes
>running 24/7. We just had a VCR and Pace Satellite receiver.
>
>For the first few years about 33% of electricity usage was at cheap
rate.
>
>Since the kids came along, the washing machine and tumble drier get
used
>MUCH more and we now have all the Digiboxes, Freeview, Tivo etc and
PC's
>which are on for long periods through the day. Looking at the last few
bills
>it became apparent that only 20% of usage was at cheap rate and the day
rate
>was far more than when I first changed over.
>
>I rang up and asked what the single tarrif rates were and if I could
still
>keep my prices capped until 2010.
>I was told that I could. I worked out what my last bill would have been
at
>the single tarrif and it worked out £30 cheaper. I should now be
saving
>about £3 per week...which is nice :)
>
>The "standing charge" which no longer appears on the bills is
actualy built
>into the first 2.4 units per day
>
>Even nicer is that I have found out that my new frozen rates are quite
a bit
>cheaper than the current "Today" rate.
>
>4p less for the "standing charge" units, and 2.5p less for
the normal units
>so a double saving.
>
>Result :)
>
>Keith
>
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>