Residents Invited To Register For Potential Energy Bills Savings

Householders are being invited to take part in the latest YORSwitch energy bills auction following the success of the previous one which resulted in big savings for customers.

YORSwitch is a free scheme organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council which gives residents the chance to make savings on their fuel bills by registering to take part in a collective auction of energy suppliers.

Residents have until Monday, 18 May to register their interest for what will be the eighth auction East Riding of Yorkshire Council has taken part in.

Householders who signed up for the seventh round of auctions saved an average of £234 each on their annual energy bills. The highest average saving was for dual fuel online customers – £251 per year.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council regularly attracts high numbers of participants, with excellent results again achieved in the most recent auction.

More than half of those in the East Riding who completed the registration process for the seventh auction went on to make the switch. This brings the cumulative total for domestic electricity and gas savings over the seven previous rounds to just under £1 million for East Riding residents.

Householders who register are under no obligation to switch to the auction-winning supplier’s tariff offer but, if they do accept, it is an easy and straightforward process and East Riding of Yorkshire Council take cares of the whole process.

The scheme is open to all households which pay monthly or via a pre-payment meter. Once households have had the opportunity to register their interest, a reverse auction is held to invite energy suppliers to compete with their best offers.

Filip Vissers, UK country manager for iChoosr Ltd, which administers the Big Community Switch auctions, said: “As our collective switching schemes become better known, we are attracting more ‘big six’ and smaller, independent suppliers to compete more aggressively for people’s custom.”

You can register your details for the eighth auction, without any commitment, by visiting www.eastriding.gov.uk/yorswitch

The Government has recognised the success of East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s approach to the YORSwitch scheme by including it as a best practise case study in its new fuel poverty strategy for England called Cutting The Cost Of Keeping Warm.