Anyone else have their Amigo Energy bill more than double in the last 3 months?

Question

In March, our rate was 11 cents per kilowatt hour. In June, it jumped up to 24 cents. Told them to put down the crack pipe and switched providers. We had been with them for 2 years and other than an occasional billing issue (no bill received or payment lost in their online payment system), we were fairly pleased.

Answer 1

I have heard comments from Amigo customers regarding their variable rate contracts.  Amigo may be OK as a fixed-rate provider but not a a variable-rate one.

Answer 2

They took over National Power customers when that electric company went out of business, so they probably weren't able to negotiate the best rates since they were now negotiating for a larger electrical load then they were used to.  Its not fair to long standing customers to get the shaft because of these situations.  I'm switching to Reliant where their customers were only paying about 17 cents for kwh in June and their variable rates appear to be more stable on a month by month basis.