I'm actually considering moving to take advantage of a tracker-type product that will play to my strengths - a close monitoring of the energy my house uses AND when it is used. This type of product is totally absent from Eon Next for those like me on a smart meter who do monitor these things (energy usage) assiduously (perhaps too much so 😆). I feel that I need to make a decision in the next couple of weeks. 🤔
I feel like I'm playing Blackjack on a score of 14 and wondering whether to stick or twist....
I'm wondering why, for the last three rounds of price increases, Eon broke the rules concerning notifying customers in a timely manner of price changes that would leave me significantly worse off and yet they sent me a message a few days ago telling me my prices were going down. By how much, I don't know as the attached 'pdf' was just a file full of hexadecimal garbage!
Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player. I DON'T work for or on behalf of EON.Next, but am willing to try and help if I can. Not on mains gas, mobile network or mains drainage. House heated almost entirely by baby dragons.
No junk &fcc3d hex got sent here. I got a document "EoN-July2023-price-change-summary.pdf" which opens in the default .pdf reader of my cheapo Linux computer. Why they hide the two numbers which I need on the second page of a pretty-printed document is unknown to me. Mine show no change to p/day standing charge; still 49.957 p/day, and about a 10% decrease to the p/kWh from about 33.5p to 30.3p. I am in regionid=12 "southern England", so if you live somewhere else it may be a few pennies different.
The document did not say whether or not we still pay for our electricity twice; the next bill plus future taxes plus interest.
The document did not indicate any sort of pie chart of where electricity (and offset certificates) procured by EoN were bought from in previous months. With about one sixth of UK electricity being imported from the continent, then unless told otherwise I'd have to expect that EoN bought dirtiest fossil leftovers and anything which the Belgians don't want, which is going to include too much Lignite electricity from RWE in the Ruhr and from even worse places if there are any. Then for offset certificates they'll always buy the cheapest, which might count tons of CO2 purportedly saved by a spiv poking a dead twig into a deforested wilderness where slash and burn has done its damage, and claiming for it trees planted and rainforests saved. To assess the value of offset certificates, ignore what everyone says and look at the atmospheric CO2. Ignore what everyone says, especially in audited national accounts, and just look at where the totals are heading.
i don’t think any supplier can pick and choose any particular generator. The generators feed the market place and the market place supplies the retailers at common prices.
Current Eon Next customer, ex EDF, Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless.
Common prices and anonymous commodity markets suit spivs who don't want consumers to be able to pick only the good stuff. That is why I switch stuff off when there is less sun on my roof at home. I do choose to prefer renewable supply, and the only available way to ensure that is to turn stuff off whenever the renewables are insufficient.
there is no need to rush. Suppliers will only gradually return to offering fix tariffs for fear of being overwhelmed if they price too low. I think we’ve got 3/4 months to elapse before needing to make a decision
I've got myself a very comfortable back seat. Definitely no rush. It is interesting though to watch the media/social media for requests fixed tariffs. Few members of the public understand the reason for soft launching. Social media certainly highlights this.
Last edited by WizzyWigg; 14-06-23 at 18:42.
Reason: Grammar mistake
I'm wondering why, for the last three rounds of price increases, Eon broke the rules concerning notifying customers in a timely manner of price changes that would leave me significantly worse off and yet they sent me a message a few days ago telling me my prices were going down. By how much, I don't know as the attached 'pdf' was just a file full of hexadecimal garbage!
Yes I see it now (the hexadecimal garbage). I looked at the pdf attachment that was in my messages (within my online account) rather than the one I got delivered to my email account. The latter did have all the tariff info.🤔
As with every diverse community, there is always a mixture of opinions, knowledge as well as understanding - that’s what makes it such a great place to be! To make sure everyone gets the most out of our Community and feels good doing it, we’ve created some values below on how to be an awesome, positive member. So, take a read and then go for it!
We love having you all here in the Community and really hope you find some great advice and help from our other amazing members. As a community team, our main role here is keeping things ticking over, everyone safe and getting involved in some great conversations! We know many of you will have specific queries about your accounts and we want to keep your personal details safe so please don't post them here.
• Saying thanks goes a long way
• The community is a public website, so be careful
• Be kind, respectful and supportive
• It's a family-friendly community
• If you’re in a specific section or discussion, try to stay on topic
• One post is normally enough
• Be cool, don’t spam
We want to ensure that the community is safe and fair for everyone…
We all work hard to ensure everyone feels respected and supported while using the community, and keep that positive energy flowing. If a member or group is disrupting your experience without a genuine reason, you can report this to the community team quickly and easily by clicking the 3 dots on the post. Don’t worry about a thing, we’ll take it from there. If you get a message from the team about your behaviour, please try to work with us, as all we want to do is make this a positive place for everyone. In order to this, we have to uphold these Community Values and the Community Team has the final say.
The full Community Values can be viewed here
If you agree, please click the 'I agree' checkbox and press the 'Complete Registration' button below. If you would like to cancel the registration, click here to return to the Community homepage.
Although the administrators and moderators of E.ON Next Community will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this site, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of E.ON Next Community, nor vBulletin Solutions Inc. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.
By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar,sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.
The owners of E.ON Next Community reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any content item for any reason.
