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Contract price increases

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  • 02-07-2015 8:41pm
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    Enjoy Heroin Responsibly
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    If one changes supplier/tariff and the new company put up their prices can one change again or is there minimum contract terms ?


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    L1011
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    Enjoy Heroin Responsibly wrote: »
    If one changes supplier/tariff and the new company put up their prices can one change again or is there minimum contract terms ?

    Generally 12 month contracts. Some offers have 24 month, e.g. the OneBigSwitch/Bord Gais deal.

    The exit fees can be quite small, as there's no physical installation or kit etc to recoup the costs of unlike a mobile phone or a TV setup


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    dudara
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    Posts split out from old thread and moved to new thread

    dudara


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    28064212
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    Enjoy Heroin Responsibly wrote: »
    If one changes supplier/tariff and the new company put up their prices can one change again or is there minimum contract terms ?
    Assuming the prices change *after* you switch, and the T&Cs didn't specifically mention the change in price, then yes, you can switch again

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    L1011
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    28064212 wrote: »
    Assuming the prices change *after* you switch, and the T&Cs didn't specifically mention the change in price, then yes, you can switch again

    Pretty much all energy contracts are priced as X% off a "standard unit rate" which is not contract controlled, though. There are some limited fixed price contracts.


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    slimjimmc
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    L1011 wrote: »
    Pretty much all energy contracts are priced as X% off a "standard unit rate" which is not contract controlled, though. There are some limited fixed price contracts.

    The supplier's standard unit rate for a tariff and any discount offered at the time of contract forms part and parcel of the contract. The T&Cs as agreed may allow for a discount or special pricing to be limited in time, duration or usage and any price change outside of that other than government taxes/levies is typically a deviation from the contract.

    Fixed price contract are different animal, where unit price +/- fluctuations are not passed on to the customer. They too are controlled by contract.

    CER have issued their Code of Practice on Customer Billing & Disconnection (PDF download) which states
    CER’s Decision –suppliers must notify household customers of changes to tariffs 30 days in advance of the change taking effect with the exception of where a customer has entered into a variable tariff arrangement.


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