A simple guide to switching your gas or electricity supply
If you have never switched your gas or electric supply before then making the change can be a daunting prospect but the reality is that in these times switching your energy supplier has never been easier.
For many one of the primary reason for making the switch is to save money on their monthly bills and therefore for these people they will be looking for a reduction on the overall unit price. For others it may be that they have received an inferior service, poor customer service or incorrect billing.
Nowadays their are many many price comparison websites who's job it is to find you the cheapest quote. Sites such as gocompare, uswitch and comparethemarket are probably one of the simplest ways to find a cheaper quote. Their are other ways of course, you could visit the energy suppliers website directly and make comparisons from your most recent to bill with what it says on their site. The problem with this way is it's actually very complicated to work out. First you have to look at the unit price for x amount of days, then look at the unit price for the next x amount of days and times it all together.
Their are other factors to take into consideration when you are making the switch above and beyond just cost. You need to think more long term, will the quoted prices be going up again soon. How accurate is the quote charged by the price comparison site. Don't just take their word for it, go and dig out an old bill and look at the unit price.
So there we go, switching your gas or electricity energy supply is simple if you use one of the large domestic energy price comparison sites. For further information, please take a look at our list of energy suppliers from the link to the left.