In Are Gas And Electricity Comparisons Accurate? I wrote about my interview with senior people at Xelector, which runs our utilities comparison tool. They explained to me how online gas and electricity comparison works. Reassuringly, they showed me that comparing utility prices online actually does work.
One of the many things I didn’t have space to mention then was that there are thousands of tariffs, which seems unnecessary. Florian Ritzmann of Xelector believes it’s largely to confuse people. So no change there then. Sigh….