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Unlimited Energy is one way to stop thinking about your energy costs for good. Let's take a look at this type of tariff and other handy ways of making your energy bills easier to deal with.
If you want to know more about sorting your bills, take a look at our ultimate utility bills guide, or if you're wondering about energy prices, find out when the next Ofgem energy price cap is.
Unlimited Energy is exactly what it sounds like. It's a service that allows you to use as much energy as you need without worrying about your bills or keeping an eye on the smart meter. You might also see it called uncapped energy.
It's different to the types of energy tariff you get from your gas or electricity supplier. Let's go through the details.
It works a bit like a unlimited mobile phone contract:
Unlimited Energy tariffs are only available in a bills package, like the ones from One Utility Bill. A bills package puts all of your utility bills into one monthly payment. If you go for a fixed tariff, it's fixed monthly payment that covers everything. OR you can go for a flexible rolling contract, and your prices will change along with the energy price cap.
It's a pretty good deal. Not only is it super handy, but One Utility Bill offer Unlimited Energy thanks to our energy partners!
Yep! One Utility Bill's Unlimited Energy terms and conditions state that it's unlimited for all domestic energy use. As long as you're not running an industrial kiln or anything, you're covered.
Depending on your supplier, it can be! One Utility Bill offer Unlimited Energy from energy partners, Octopus Energy and Rebel Energy, who both do amazing work to support the environment.
That doesn't mean that we encourage everybody using more energy than they need. No matter who your energy supplier is, gas power always creates carbon emissions so while everybody should use what they need to stay warm, safe and fully charged, we'd definitely recommend rethinking that long everything shower and embracing short shower power instead.
The energy price cap is set every three months of Ofgem, the government energy regulator. It's the maximum energy suppliers can charge for their standard variable tariff.
You can choose from a variable tariff or a fixed tariff when you sign up for One Utility Bill's Unlimited Energy tariff.
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Here's more info on energy tariffs, if you're curious.
Yep! When you sign up for Unlimited Energy with One Utility Bill, you can choose between a fixed price contract which includes a fixed energy tariff, or a rolling contract on the standard variable tariff. Check out our guide to fixed energy if you're wondering "Should I fix my energy?"
Get a quote for fixed Unlimited Energy
Yep! If you don't have a smart meter, you'll need to send regular meter readings like you would to your energy supplier. We still need to pay for the energy you use, and we need your meter readings to pay the right amount 👍
Here's an energy meter reading guide if you need it.
Nope. But if you get in touch with our team, we can get a credit meter fitted instead of a prepayment meter. Both traditional prepayment meters and smart prepayment meters will need to be swapped out, but we can easily arrange this for you.
A credit meter is the standard meter where you're charged for your usage each month, rather than needing to top up a prepayment meter. Your energy supply isn't dependent on keeping an account topped up.
Sound good? Get an Unlimited Energy quote
Like we said before, Unlimited Energy is an option when you sign up for a bills package from One Utility Bill. This will give you one fixed monthly payment for all of your bills. This covers:
One direct debit each month makes your finances super simple and easy to manage.
You can also split the bills with other bill payers, so everybody pays an equal share of the bills from their account, making finances even simpler.
One Utility Bill handle all the set up, admin and other bills admin for you. You just need to sign up and send meter readings (if you don't have a smart meter).
If this sounds good, get a quote for a bills package. It'll only take a couple of minutes.
Definitely! A capped energy deal is a great option if you're trying to keep energy bills as low as possible. You can choose this option when you sign up for a One Utility Bill package.
You can get all the benefits of a One Utility Bill package, keep an eye on the smart meter and stay on top of your energy saving game to keep costs lower.
Staying warm is essential for your health. The World Health Organisation recommends room temperature of 18c and no lower.
Lower temperatures can cause problems with blood pressure, make you more susceptible to respiratory problems and more. Unlimited Energy is one way to make sure you stay warm.
Check out our guide to keeping the heat in during winter for other ways to stay warm.
We should and we do. Unlimited Energy was designed* to take the worry out of energy bills, not to encourage people to use more than they need, which is why we usually refer to our service as Unlimited Energy. The environment should always be part of the picture.
We trust people to use what they need and live comfy lives, without setting the thermostat to 35c or taking eight hour showers. Think about it, most people don't sit on the phone all day every day, just 'cause they have unlimited minutes, so we trust people not to do the same with their energy.
With that in mind, we have a ton of energy saving tips so you can be mindful of your carbon footprint or keep costs low if you're still on a capped energy deal. Take a look:
*by us, no big deal 😎 We were the first company to offer Unlimited Energy to our customers.