There are many great reasons to use an energy price comparison website. There is a wide range of such comparison websites to choose from, and the best of them will allow you to compare energy prices quickly and easily online, making it easier for you to secure the best gas or electricity tariff from the right supplier.
There is a wide range of energy suppliers to choose from here in the UK, and a good price comparison site will allow you to compare energy prices across every supplier at no cost to you. An energy price comparison website will typically provide a means of searching for the best deals on electricity, gas or both, and will have a form to complete in which you enter your postcode so that the site can calculate the prices that are available to your household.
Such a form will also ask you to enter details of your current gas and electricity suppliers, along with your current spend or consumption level, so that a direct comparison can be made between your present supplier and the alternative available tariffs. You should also be able to specify your current payment method as well as the means by which you would like to pay for your gas or electricity for any new supplier. Finally, you should also have the option of searching by a particular type of tariff, including green tariffs, online tariffs or capped and fixed price tariffs.
Such details do not simply allow you to find the best electricity or gas tariffs. A good price comparison site will go further than merely quoting you prices, also handling the entire transfer process for you online, in a way that minimises stress. In the process, in some cases the best comparison site will be able to offer you lower price tariffs than even the suppliers themselves will be able to directly offer you.