How to save money by changing the electricity retailer? why they are different?

How to save money by changing the electricity retailer? why they are different?

Many of the people have the experience of using the energy compare webside.By entering your postcode and some consuming details such as monthly consumption and payment methods, you will find out how much you could save by changing the energy retails.

But have you ever wondering that why shifting the energy retails will results in different prices? and why some of the company like E-on is always cheaper and some of the company like British gas is always expensive than others? More importantly the electricity they provide seems no different between each others.

The electricity industry in the UK is separated into four basic elements: generation; (high tension) transmission; (local) distribution; and supply. Transmission and distribution are both regulated in price. Therefore, the different of prices come from either end of the production process – generation and supply – with two strictly regulated  in between – transmission and distribution.

Moreover, the EU carbon emission for different countries will results in the price competitive. The countries or the company which have higher emission allowance always could offer cheaper price to their costumers. Hence there are no wonder that the Germany(high developed in renewable energy) company E-On could always offer cheaper prices than British company.