Comparing the prices of seventeen energy suppliers, Vastelastenbond announced that the difference between the cheapest and most expensive contract is up to 1500 euros.
In the past period, especially due to the war between Russia and Ukraine, energy prices in international markets have started to rise. This situation was reflected in the amount of bills paid by the consumer.
According to a comparison of the variable gas tariffs of seventeen energy suppliers by Vastelastenbond , the Netherlands ‘s first consumer collective , established in 2004, the difference between the cheapest and most expensive contract on an annual basis is up to 1500 euros.
According to the research, while households pay 2.12 euros for a cubic meter of gas in BudgetEnergie, this amount reaches about 3 euros in Essent. The difference is about 46 percent. The same goes for Energiedirect.nl, Delta and Oxxio. The amount of invoices paid to these companies are also 45, 42 and 32 percent more expensive, respectively.
Vastelastenbond states that there is a difference of 88 Euro cents per cubic meter between the cheapest and the most expensive bill, and emphasizes that the difference can reach up to approximately 1,500 Euros per year when calculated on the basis of 1,600 cubic meters of gas consumption.
The trend
is not to change companies Vastelastenbond director Dirk-Jan Wolfert stated that the trend in the energy market is “not changing companies”, and stated that this is mostly due to energy contracts signed annually.
“Energy suppliers say it is pointless to switch companies because there are no other offers to offer to their customers,” Wolfert said. But it certainly makes sense to replace it with floating rate contracts as well. For example, Essent customers pay 3 euros per cubic meter of gas in April, while BudgetEnergie customers pay 2.12 euros for the same amount at the same time.” said.
“Most energy suppliers buy their gas from the same source,” Wolfert said. It is therefore unprecedented that rates are so different for the same contracts.” He also emphasized that this issue should be investigated.
Vastelastenbond also advised consumers whose energy contracts are ending to thoroughly investigate the variable rates of various providers.
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