Seeus2save.com | Energy Supplier Review - First Utility - iSave

Dec. 4, 2009 - PRLog -- It hit the headlines recently with its giant killing tactics by introducing some of the cheapest tariffs in the UK - surprisingly undercutting the larger and more powerful domestic energy suppliers such as British Gas and Scottish Power.

First Utility is based in the Midlands - Warwick to be precise - and has the majority of its energy customers in the Midlands area.  First Utility customers in the Midlands have benefitted form the company's innovative roll out of its Smart Metering system which automatically records and sends meter readings to the supplier resulting in very accurate bills for the customer.

It was shortlisted for the Housebuilding Innovation Awards in August 2009 and went on to win the Housing Product of the Year 2009 in London.

It supplies, gas, electricity, phone and broadband services to a range of domestic and business customers, yet only in the Midlands can customers benefit from their smart metering.  Customers in other parts of the UK can take advanatage of their cheap paperless billing tarfifs with standard meters.

Energyhelpline have given First Utility a 1 out of 5 rating when it comes to customer service and application processing and other customer service activitys.

Customer wanting to take advanatge of First Utility's price busting tariffs will be subjected to a stringent credit check  - currently this is resulting in a high rate of application failure - and their tariffs are available to home owners only.

First Utility is also a Carbon Neutral company.

First Utility Energy Plans

iSave - Of all the UK tariffs this ranks as one of the cheapest.  Customers are required to pay their bills using direct debit and they will be required to read their bills online.  They must also be prepared to go through a stringent credit check.

This tariff is not available to customers living in Paisley, Perth, N Scotland and the Isle of Wight.

Payments by direct debit will vary depending on the meter reading that the customer has submitted and its services are not available to customer on the IGT (Independent Gas Transporter) network.

Customers recieve £5 credit for each meter reading they submit whcih will be paid after their 12th consecutive direct debit has taken place.

Smart Direct

Customers in the East and West Midlands are eligible to apply for the Smart Direct tariff - which claims to be the cheapest tariff in the UK today.  It offers its customer a free smart meter which fires off a meter reading every 30 minutes ensuring 100% accurate billing.

You can also monitor your energy use online and receive a massive 12.5% dual fuel discount as well a £45 discount when you sign up online (awarded every quarter and paid after the fourth).

Switching

First Utility's cheapest available tariff is call iSave.  See how this compares below.

A customer on their suppliers standard tariff in the North West L1 region, spending £400 on gas and £600 on electricity annually (£1000 in total) and paying quarterly when they receive their bill will be £275 a year better off if they move to the iSave tariff which means switching to monthly direct debit payments and managing their account online.

A customer in the North East NE3 region wiht the same annual usage would save £292.

A customer in the London NW3 region wih the same usage would save £253.

Taking into account the £1000  a year usage, this would be the equivalent of roughly 3 whole months free fuel.

To see how much seeus2save.com can save you please visit their Online Energy Calculator at http://seeus2save.com/utilities.php for a quick comparison or speak to one of our agents on the seeus2save phone number which is 0844 815 4903 from 9am - 8pm.

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