need to know

If you’re on a fixed-rate energy deal, once your policy finishes you will most likely be automatically put on a more expensive “default” tariff if you don’t switch to a different deal or supplier. You can’t rely on the Government’s energy price cap to save you either – introduced at the start of 2019, it was meant to help people who don’t get round to switching, by limiting how much suppliers could charge on standard default tariffs. But the price cap went up 10% in April, making it more expensive than almost 300 energy deals, according to numbercrunching by weflip, the auto-switching service. Use a price comparison website, such as comparethemarket.com, to find the best value energy deal for you – Ofgem also has a list of accredited comparison sites.