How many times have you switched energy provider in the last five years?
The Competition & Markets Authority has just launched a damning energy sector report, proving most people are being overcharged (see energy news). One of the major problems is not enough people switch, and those who do don’t switch often enough (one reason we launched our Cheap Energy Club). So we want to know how many times someone in your household has switched in the last five years:
The Competition & Markets Authority has just launched a damning energy sector report, proving most people are being overcharged (see energy news).
One of the major problems is not enough people switch, and those who do don’t switch often enough (one reason we launched our Cheap Energy Club).
So we want to know how many times someone in your household has switched in the last five years:
Results
| I’ve not switched in five years |  |
56 votes (32%) |
| I’ve only switched once | |
49 votes (28%) |
| I’ve switched twice | |
29 votes (17%) |
| I’ve switched three times | |
26 votes (15%) |
| I’ve switched four or more times | |
14 votes (8%) |
| I’ve only switched a couple of times, but went for 3yr+ fixes each time | |
1 votes (1%) |
| I’ve not switched in five years | |
218 votes (19%) |
| I’ve only switched once | |
257 votes (22%) |
| I’ve switched twice | |
253 votes (21%) |
| I’ve switched three times | |
241 votes (20%) |
| I’ve switched four or more times | |
193 votes (16%) |
| I’ve only switched a couple of times, but went for 3yr+ fixes each time | |
16 votes (1%) |
| I’ve not switched in five years | |
613 votes (21%) |
| I’ve only switched once | |
535 votes (18%) |
| I’ve switched twice | |
589 votes (20%) |
| I’ve switched three times | |
690 votes (24%) |
| I’ve switched four or more times | |
433 votes (15%) |
| I’ve only switched a couple of times, but went for 3yr+ fixes each time | |
42 votes (1%) |
| I’ve not switched in five years | |
861 votes (22%) |
| I’ve only switched once | |
780 votes (20%) |
| I’ve switched twice | |
850 votes (22%) |
| I’ve switched three times | |
816 votes (21%) |
| I’ve switched four or more times | |
496 votes (13%) |
| I’ve only switched a couple of times, but went for 3yr+ fixes each time | |
46 votes (1%) |
| I’ve not switched in five years | |
565 votes (22%) |
| I’ve only switched once | |
563 votes (22%) |
| I’ve switched twice | |
622 votes (24%) |
| I’ve switched three times | |
527 votes (20%) |
| I’ve switched four or more times | |
269 votes (10%) |
| I’ve only switched a couple of times, but went for 3yr+ fixes each time | |
49 votes (2%) |
10,699 votes received.
We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.
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