Southern Electric

[sherrardk]

Is southern electric the same as SSE (it's to clear on either website, although they both look the same).

[Mamyalynne]

Scottish & Southern Energy

[boxtops]

looks like it - I googled Southern Electric, look right down at the bottom of the page. http://www.southern-electric.co.uk/

Thank goodness we are on a price freeze tariff with edf....

[Mamyalynne]

I think they are the same , yes.

[boxtops]

..and it was reported on the TV news that it will affect SE England :-(

[sherrardk]

Bugger :(

[factor-fiction]

I'm sure they all follow suit.
I change my supplier every 12-15 months (using cashback deals too) but unless you take a fixed rate deal (which can often start out more expensive) you can find that the price of your cheap deal goes up within a few months.
The price comparison process would be much easier if companies all had to set their prices at the same time- maybe at 6 monthly or 12 monthly intervals. I think Ed Milliband's proposal for fixing prices will backfire in some respects as I think energy suppliers will try to get their increases in early, but I think he has made people realise that much tighter regulation is needed and the market isn't anywhere near competitive enough.

[factor-fiction]

Oops- thought I'd started this with "I'm sure they WILL all follow suit...."

[Hopkirk]

I don't ever change my supplier (Eon), and get given financial rewards for loyalty.

I simply don't believe that switching leads to the savings the politicians bang on about.

[Baby_Sham]

Oh hoppy, what are you on about? :) xx

[Caran]

I am with Scottish Power on a fixed rate one year contract. Whenever it is up for renewal at a higher price, I go on comparison websites. They all say SP is the cheapest so I end up always renewing.

[sherrardk]

They just make it so confusing (or I am really stupid).

[Caran]

Every time my fixed contract with Scottish Power comes to an end I google a comparative website. Each time they say they cannot be beaten.

[Caran]

The deal I am about to commit to is Online fixed price energy November 2014.

[Canary42]

Scottish and Southern Energy was formed by the merger of Scottish Hydro and Southern Electric. They recently changed the company name to just SSE (probably because of Joe Public confusing them with the separate company Scottish Power)