An energy bills warning has been issued as half of Britons do not carry out a basic check regularly. Only 54 per cent of UK residents - who are typically customers with any of the big energy firms like British Gas, OVO, EDF, Eon Next, Octopus and more - out of their way to regularly carry out this important check.
The percentage of people that regularly review their energy bill saw Manchester bottom at 78 per cent, while Cardiff and Newcastle had 82 per cent rates, with Sheffield and Southampton completing the top five at 85 per cent and 87 per cent. Birmingham and London had 88 per cent rates, alongside Leeds, while Glasgow and Edinburgh completed the top ten with 89 per cent apiece, alongside Nottingham.
James Longley, Managing Director at Utility Bidder said: “With the cost of energy constantly fluctuating, understanding your energy bills and energy usage is critical. At Utility Bidder, we want British homeowners and businesses to be getting the best value for their energy, and help you get a better understanding of your spending.
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“With this in mind, we’ve devised the Billing Awareness and Misconceptions Report which aims to highlight the most important questions when it comes to reviewing energy bills. To gather this data, we used TLF Research to create a survey asking respondents about how well they monitor and understand their energy bills.
“A selection of questions such as ‘do you regularly review your energy bills’ and do you get confused by your energy bill?’ were put to 2,000 UK respondents - and the findings are extremely interesting at a granular level.
“Our findings are also of great interest in determining the regions and major UK cities with the most considered approach to energy bills. For example, Manchester has the highest percentage of respondents who do not regularly review their bills of the 15 major cities included in our findings, as well as the highest percentage of people that get confused by their bill.”
