Martin Lewis warns British Gas, OVO, EDF, EON, Octopus customers and says 'it's worth it'

The BBC Sounds podcast host and ITV regular spoke out on Twitter, now X, as he promoted his latest episode on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Martin Lewis has issued a warning to British Gas, OVO, EDF, E ON Next and Octopus customers - saying: "It's worth it." The BBC Sounds podcast host and ITV regular spoke out on Twitter, now X, as he promoted his latest episode on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Mr Lewis said: "Lots of you have questions about energy tariffs, I've tried to answer them all simply here. If you haven't done anything about it yet - it's really worth a listen..." The episode synopsis explains: "An Energy Price Cap special looking at why the energy price cap is rising when wholesale rates are dropping.

"Which type of tariff is right for you and how to lower your standing charges." A Twitter user said: "I switched 2 weeks ago to @OctopusEnergy but did another comparison and they have a slightly cheaper tariff now. Emailed yesterday evening and they moved me across within 2 hours. Great service."

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"There needs to be a simplified way of comparing rates Current supply has 2 rates - R1 for first 2kw then R2 They say to eliminate SC? Why can’t everyone have single rate Took risk and started switch to Octopus, seems best of lot for me," a second said.

Another typed: "If prices go up for two quarters of the year then drop for the other two quarters of the year, what do annual average costs look like? Isn’t just looking at this price cap and the next one just half the picture (if they are likely to drop in later two price cap changes next year."

And another wrote: "Please campaign to get these standing charges equalised, it's just beyond unfair. It's a postcode lottery for energy prices." Another asked on social media: "I switched to Eon Next Pledge last December. So what I should do now?"