Ovo energy has just contacted us to say we need to put up our gas/elec direcct debit by £65 to £175 a month. When Mrs L went on-line to increase the DD, it wouldn't accept anything less than £195, probably due to the standing charge increasing by 100% +. Last December we voluntarily increased our monthly payments to £90, so £110 increase in 3 months. This is on their variable tariff. from what I understand, the cheapest fixed tariff starts at £250 per month.
What I don't get is we're always in credit by £3-400 every autumn having built this up during the summer. Currently we're in credit by £187, just as the energy useage starts to drop off.