Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:21:19 +0100
From: Alan Law 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Powergen: price rises: read your meter today

Allan Gould wrote:
> If you get electricity and/or gas from Powergen, don't forget to read 
> your meter(s) today.  Their prices go up today, so your next bill will 
> have a billing period split across two tariffs and in my experience, 
> they seem to estimate the split of units across the old and new price 
> bands in their favour.
> 
> There's little on Powergen's website (http://www.powergen.co.uk/) about 
> it that can easily be found.  You have to look at the parent company 
> (Eon) website (http://www.eon-uk.com/pressRelease.aspx?id=986) to find 
> the information about price increases, although the price rises have 
> been reasonably well trailed in the media in general.
> 
> Allan

It is indeed good practice to take readings on the dates of tariff 
changes. Although I have a generally positive view of Powergen, I have 
to say that I have received some daft estimates (for gas, but not for 
electricity).

The stated increases are 9.7% for electricity and 18.4% for gas. The gas 
tariffs are said to be uniform, regardless of region. But electricity 
tariffs vary by region, and the stated 9.7% increase is a national 
average. In my own case the electricity tariffs are up by 19.96% 
(primary units) and 10.02% (secondary units), which means that the 
weighted increase will be well in excess of the average national increase.

-- 
Alan Law