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Scott Byrom
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Utilities Manager

Our Expert Says...

SSE's Fair Pricing Policy means they will hold off putting up energy prices for as long as possible and will try to bring them down as quickly as possible.

Scottish Hydro (as part of SSE) supplies 9 million energy customers comprising of 5.53 million electricity customers and 3.47 million gas customers. They generated the most renewable electricity in the UK compared with the other 5 major suppliers, from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008. They are one of the leading energy companies in the UK and the country's second largest energy supplier, ranking 23rd in the FTSE 100 on 31 March 2009.

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Their utilities must be gold plated

Added 28/11/2011, reviewed by anonymous (Livingston)

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I have just had an hour long call with Scottish Hydro. 3 bed average sized semi and paying £200 a month for both gas and electric. A rated boiler, only half the house is ever heated for no more than 5 hours a day. Tariff doesn't exist, can't put us on any cheaper tariff, paying £2400 a year and get a letter asking for another £324 per annum. Every other provider can do the same for £300 less than what I *should be paying* (roughly £1600 p/a) Even Hydro's website states I should only be paying £1600 p/a I will do what everyone should do, vote with my extremely cold feet.

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Appaling Customer Service

Added 07/07/2011, reviewed by anonymous (Cumbernauld)

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At the service goes, I've rarely received any interruption but that's the same as any other energy supplier I've been with. As for the billing and customer service - it's rubbish. I signed up for dual fuel by direct debit with paperless billing. In the five years I never did receive paperless billing. It has always been a terrible mess. I've always had to chase customer services up just to get a bill and eventually had to switch to paper billing at costing extra! I contacted customer services several times, they never bothered to fix the problem just sent out more paper bills. While I've never spoken to a rude representative, apathy across the board relating to this problem was rife. Never received an apology or even any assurance that the problem would be looked at or resolved.

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Great apart from the customer service

Added 15/02/2011, reviewed by anonymous (Scotland)

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Rather expensive but few billing problems , good website , most staff are helpful and pleasant. However, I have experienced an advisor basically screaming down the phone at me . This put me off from calling the hotline again.

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Good, efficient service but pricey

Added 01/12/2010, reviewed by Paul (Livingston)

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Have had no issues at all with Scottish Hydro, they have adjusted bills where necessary (changes from estimates etc) and sent us a meter to measure electricity consumption. Very happy with customer service but just found other suppliers to be considerably cheaper.

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Old fashioned customer service

Added 09/09/2010, reviewed by anonymous (Aberdeen)

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Could not give me a single bill for gas and electricity, send 2 bills every quarter. Your account website has improved. No other problems in 3+ years

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Scottish Hydro - Price Change Indicator

See when Scottish Hydro changed their Gas & Electricity prices and by how much. Down arrows represent price drops and up arrows represent price increases.

Tariff Name Gas Price
Change %
Electricity Price
Change %
Updated Effective Date
Fixed Price Plan New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 01/11/2011 01/11/2011 More Details
Various Tariffs 18% Price Increase 11% Price Increase 25/07/2011 25/07/2011 More Details
Price Fix 7 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 25/07/2011 25/07/2011 More Details
Fixed Discount January 2014 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 25/07/2011 25/07/2011 More Details
Various Tariffs Gas Rates 9.4% Price Increase Price Increase 02/11/2010 01/12/2010 More Details
Price Fix 5 March 2012 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 17/09/2010 15/09/2010 More Details
betterplan New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 20/07/2010 15/07/2010 More Details
betterplan no standing charge New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 20/07/2010 15/07/2010 More Details
Various electricity rates Price Decrease Price Decrease 08/04/2010 08/04/2010 More Details
Go Direct 4 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 31/03/2010 31/03/2010 More Details
All Tariffs Price Decrease Price Decrease 08/03/2010 04/03/2010 More Details
Go Direct 2 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 28/10/2009 27/10/2009 More Details
Go Direct Price Decrease Price Decrease 23/09/2009 23/09/2009 More Details
Standard 4% Price Decrease 9% Price Decrease 06/03/2009 30/03/2009 More Details
All Products 29.2% Price Increase 19.2% Price Increase 21/08/2008 21/08/2008 More Details
Fixed Discount 2010 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 07/07/2008 07/07/2008 More Details
Standard 11.1% Price Increase 13.1% Price Increase 01/04/2008 01/04/2008 More Details
Better Plan New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 12/11/2007 12/11/2007 More Details
Price Fix 2008 Price Decrease Price Decrease 08/10/2007 08/10/2007 More Details
Price Fix 2008 New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 28/09/2007 28/09/2007 More Details
Standard Energy Online New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff New Tariff 31/08/2007 31/08/2007 More Details
All Products 12% Price Decrease 5.6% Price Decrease 01/03/2007 01/03/2007 More Details
All Products 12.2% Price Increase 9.4% Price Increase 29/09/2006 01/01/2007 More Details
All Products 16.5% Price Increase 9.4% Price Increase 01/05/2006 01/05/2006 More Details
All Products 13.6% Price Increase 11% Price Increase 01/01/2006 01/01/2006 More Details

Fuel Mix Chart

Scottish Hydro Fuel Mix Chart

All suppliers are required to give information about the mix of fuels they use to generate the electricity supplied to their customers as well its environmental impact. Known as the Fuel Mix Disclosure, suppliers publish this information annually and distribute with their bills, statements or promotional material.

Industry Average

Pie chart of the Average Fuel Mixture for the industry