Our workings, in the open
How we work out your savings
No mystery maths. Every figure on this site comes from a published price we can point you at, dated on the day we checked it. Here's the whole method, so you can mark our homework.
What we hold right now
- 9
- Suppliers tracked
- 33
- Prices held
- 28
- Prices you can switch to
- 5
- Held back from results
Last checked against the published source on 16 August 2026. Priced by comparison engine v1.5.0 for Northern Ireland, in pounds.
We recheck the sources 3 times a day
Every 8 hours we go back to each published document our prices come from and compare every number on it — unit rates, standing charges, percentage changes — against what we read last time. If a figure moves, we know the same day, and a person re-reads the document before any price on this site changes.
Checking the log…
Where each price comes from
We don't ring round for secret rates. Every price is read from a document anyone can open.
Consumer Council electricity price comparison table (prices for 19/07/2026)
22 pricesLast checked 16 August 2026 · read straight from the document
Open the sourceConsumer Council Greater Belfast gas table (prices for 19/07/2026)
5 pricesLast checked 16 August 2026 · read straight from the document
Open the sourceSupplier's own page (flogasni.com)
3 pricesFlogas announced a 12% NI gas increase from 20 July 2026 but is not listed on the Consumer Council Ten Towns table.
Last checked 16 August 2026 · includes a price carried forward pending publication
Open the sourceSupplier's own page (gopower.co.uk)
1 priceGo Power (LCC Group) is a business supplier.
Last checked 16 August 2026 · includes a price carried forward pending publication
Open the sourceSupplier's own page (3tpower.co.uk)
1 price3T Power does not appear on the Consumer Council domestic table and you cannot sign up as a household.
Last checked 16 August 2026 · includes a price carried forward pending publication
Open the sourceUtility Regulator confirmed 15.65% Ten Towns regulated gas increase from 1 July 2026, cross-checked against the Consumer Council Ten Towns table
1 priceLast checked 16 August 2026 · includes a price change we applied ourselves
Open the source
How sure we are of a price
Published — 27 prices
Read straight off the published table or the supplier's own price list.
Derived — 1 price
Worked out from a published price change applied to the last published price.
Carried forward — 5 prices
Last published price carried forward while we wait for a new one. Never ranked as a best buy without saying so.
The maths, on a real deal
A year's cost is your usage times the unit rate, plus the standing charge for 365 days, less any discount or credit. That's it — no weighting, no sponsored bumps.
Budget Energy — Budget Energy Keypad 20% discount + £80 credit
At 3,200 kWh a year, the typical home figure used by the Consumer Council.
- Energy: 3,200 kWh × 30.078p
- £962.50
- Standing charge: 9.975p × 365 days
- £36.41
- Welcome credit (year 1)
- −£80.00
- Year 1 total
- £918.90
Your saving is this figure taken off what your current deal would cost you at the same usage. Same usage, same maths, both sides — that's the only fair way to do it.
How we order the results
- • Cheapest first, on year 1 total cost. Commission never moves a deal up the list.
- • We check the whole market for your postcode, meter and payment method — not a panel of partners.
- • Regulated tariffs are labelled as regulated, so you can see which prices the regulator sets.
- • If a deal can't be sold to you, we say why instead of quietly dropping it.
We're paid by some suppliers when a switch completes — the full story is on how we make money.
Prices we hold back
We'd rather show you fewer deals than a made-up one. These 5 are in our book but kept out of results:
3T Power — 3T Power Flex
Withdrawn from the market — no household can sign up to it today.
Flogas Energy Services — Flogas Electricity Variable
Price not published on the comparison tables yet, so we won't rank it.
Flogas Energy Services — Flogas Natural Gas (Greater Belfast)
Price not published on the comparison tables yet, so we won't rank it.
Flogas Energy Services — Flogas Natural Gas (Ten Towns)
Price not published on the comparison tables yet, so we won't rank it.
Go Power — Go Power Standard
Withdrawn from the market — no household can sign up to it today.
Who checks the market
Northern Ireland's energy market is overseen by the Utility Regulator, and our prices come from Consumer Council for Northern Ireland price comparison tables. We supply nothing — we compare. If you spot a price that's out of date, we want to know, and we'll date the fix.