Segugio: fixed price electricity and gas offers are convenient again
Fixed price electricity and gas offers are once again very topical. And, finally, they become competitive again.
Between 2022 and 2023, choosing a tariff capable of guaranteeing a fixed cost for at least 12 months was an almost impossible mission. The energy crisis has brought the prices of energy raw materials to record values, with a particularly unstable market.
For suppliers, proposing blocked tariffs was a very risky choice and, for this reason, they have essentially disappeared. But, above all, they were decidedly inconvenient.
The market, however, has changed profoundly over the last few months. The decline in wholesale prices, both for electricity and gas, now allows suppliers to return to offering convenient fixed-price offers capable of representing a concrete alternative to indexed ones.
The Segugio observatory
The new data from the Segugio.it Observatory speak clearly: the fixed price tariffs for electricity and gas today record -45% compared to 2023.
The analysis by Segugio.it, which considers the best price of each month of the fixed price offers available on the comparator, confirms that in March the best fixed price tariff, both for electricity and gas, returned to early 2022 levels.
For consumers there is therefore the concrete possibility of choosing a convenient fixed rate and blocking the price of their bills.
The best fixed electricity tariff in March 2024 allows the cost of energy to be blocked at €0.11/kWh, a unit cost lower than -45% compared to the same month of 2023. Broadening the comparison, the price is -30% compared to the same month of 2022 and much lower than the maximum peak reached in October 2022 (0.41 €/kWh). However, still far from the pre-crisis period, when the energy cost of fixed price tariffs was around €0.08/kWh.
Similar scenario for gas: the best fixed gas rate in March 2024 has a raw material cost of €0.43/Smc, – 45% lower than the best price in March 2023. Broadening the comparison, the price is -32% compared to 2022 and much lower than the maximum peak reached in October 2022 (1.89 €/Smc). However, in the pre-crisis period, by choosing the best fixed price tariff, gas cost less than €0.30/Sm3.
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