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First Utility undercuts fixed price market to support NSPCC

Independent supplier First Utility has launched a second tariff supporting the NSPCC in a bid to raise £250,000 for the charity during its ongoing two-year partnership.

The new fixed price dual fuel NSPCC First tariff is the cheapest on the market at £984 a year.

The supplier will donate £1 per month per fuel for each new and renewing customer who switches to the two-year tariff until 10 December. The deal is only available directly through the supplier’s website.

Every customer who switches will raise £48 for the charity over the two-year period of the tariff.

This is the second tariff being offered during the supplier’s partnership with the NSPCC which aims to raise £250,000 in total. The first tariff offered in May this year will have raised £100,000 for the charity at its conclusion.

First Utility’s chief customer officer Ed Kamm said: “Following our NSPCC promotion in May this year, which raised more than £100,000 for the NSPCC, we are excited to be reintroducing the initiative just ahead of christmas.

“Not only will this tariff provide price security for two years – locking in the current low prices – but we hope to raise even more funds for a deeply important cause.”

First Utility said customers who switch to the new tariff will save an average of £167 a year compared with being a standard variable tariff offered by the big six.

In addition a £48 per dual fuel customer would pay for 12 children to speak to a ChildLine counsellor, the company said.