[Victimised]

Ive just received notification that my direct debit payments are going up from £116 per month to £279 per month and I was £426 in credit as well that's an increase of nearly 250% could that actually be correct or am I being scammed... I've looked on a few posts on here and people are complaining of 60-70% increases so how come mines gone rediculous????

[theunknowntech]

Just a heads up. The most widely advertised price cap under the Ofgem Default Tariff Cap is only the national average. There are regions where the price cap is higher than the national average, so you can't just assume you're being charged too high a rate. It also only applies to tariffs where you had no say over the rates, so fixed rate deals are out of scope.

[meldrewreborn]

@UKDave51

If only everybody had a good understanding of maths, energy consumption, tariff prices, supplier policies and the like these issues wouldn't arise. But I suspect you and I are among the lucky ones who understand things and are able to take action to restrict consumption and manage our bills.

Between 2009 and 2019 approximately 80% of respondents had not switched electricity supplier in the previous 12 months. This shows that most consumers really didn't seek to reduce their energy bills in that period.

• Consumers switching electricity suppliers in Great Britain | Statista

[Skyelouise]

Mine went from 90 to 175 :( real struggle!
well it was 75 but I put it to 90 myself to give myself Lea way. Now I’m paying 175 a month but looking at my smart meter I’m actually using way more so feeling debt coming my way !

[Victimised]

@Skyelouise it sounds like they've put your price per unit up more than they should... It seems lately there is no governing body to regulate how much they're charging and that is so wrong on every level... I don't how much the government are making in vat or whatever on these "think of a number" pricing policies... They are being suspiciously quiet about the plight of the people... Does anybody even care... BP reported record profits recently so there's definitely something crooked going on here... Sorry to hear your being victimised along with so many others it just screams of a scam... All day long....

[UKDave51]

I`m struggling to understand people moaning about their DDs rising, we all knew it was coming and the prices are calculated on your annual usage. it might be a struggle to pay it but the fact is you will only pay for the energy you use, if you are paying too much then your balance credit should rise accordingly. if it doesn`t then the price you are paying is unfortunately correct.