£8.9bn wasted on energy bills each year by not switching provider
Failing to switch energy providers could be costing Britains as much as £8.9bn a year, according to the latest data from home setup service, Just Move In.
The average household is spending £1,289 a year on gas and electricity. However, Just Move In’s research shows that when switching supplier, the average saving is as high as £350 a year.
Despite this, just 5.2% of households have switched energy supplier over the last year, meaning 25.6m homes have stayed put. That’s 25.6m households missing out on a reduction of £350 a year on their energy bills, totalling a missed saving of £8,974,194,600 in one year alone.
In England, this 5.2% equates to almost £7.7bn a year in energy overpayments, falling to £826.8m in Scotland and £455.5m in Wales.
Regionally, this missed saving is at its highest in the South East, where 3.5m households could be saving £1.2bn a year on their energy bills.
In London, it equates to an overpayment of £1.1bn in annual energy bills, with the North West also seeing this sum exceed the £1bn mark.
The North East is the region home to the lowest potential saving, but even then, the 1.3m homes failing to switch could be saving as much as £390m a year!
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Great Britain
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Energy
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Average Annual UK Energy Bill
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Average Saving Through Switching Supplier
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Total number of households
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Percentage of households that switch
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Number of households that switch
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Number of households NOT switching
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Total cost to those not switching
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Gas and Electricity
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£1,289
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£350
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27,047,000
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5.2%
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1,406,444
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25,640,556
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£8,974,194,600
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Saving missed by not switching energy supplier by nation and region
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Location
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Number of households NOT switching
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Average potential saving when switching
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Total cost to those not switching
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South East
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3,500,964
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£350
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£1,225,337,400
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London
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3,164,424
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£350
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£1,107,548,400
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North West
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2,906,568
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£350
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£1,017,298,800
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East
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2,489,448
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£350
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£871,306,800
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South West
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2,338,716
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£350
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£818,550,600
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West Mid
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2,299,848
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£350
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£804,946,800
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Y and H
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2,237,280
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£350
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£783,048,000
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East Mid
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1,925,388
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£350
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£673,885,800
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North East
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1,113,900
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£350
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£389,865,000
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England
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21,976,536
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£350
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£7,691,787,600
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Scotland
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2,362,416
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£350
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£826,845,600
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Wales
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1,301,604
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£350
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£455,561,400
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Great Britain
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25,640,556
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£350
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£8,974,194,600
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Sources
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Number of households
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Annual Domestic Energy Bills
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Quarterly Domestic Energy Switching Statistics
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Saving when switching energy
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