ANTWERP LIFE. Simon November of Test Aankoop about fixed energy contracts: “They have become a scarce commodity”
Permanent contracts have become a scarce commodity, Simon November of Test Aankoop said at Antwerp Live. Energy bills have become sky high, a permanent contract can offer the solution to avoid higher prices, but are contracts not yet available? “Only Luminus still offers them,” says November.
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The new rate cards of the energy suppliers will be launched on the market from 1 September. They will take into account the price increases of August. “The new contracts will therefore become more expensive,” says November. “If you want a permanent contract, it’s best to conclude now. But keep in mind that for a permanent contract you will receive about 8,300 euros per year. That’s just under 700 euros. If you then have to pay another 800 euros in rent, what is left to live honestly?”
November recommends keeping an old permanent contract for sure. “If that contract expires, the energy supplier must inform you a month in advance,” says November. “They can then propose you to switch to an equivalent product, but there are almost no permanent contracts anymore, that would be a variable contract. You have the option to avoid that, but you won’t find something better elsewhere either.”