Making Cents: How to save money by switching energy suppliers

Grainne McGuinness reminds us that switching energy supplier is free, easy to do and most importantly can save you money

Making Cents: If you switch energy supplier, you could save up to 40% with someone else.

It’s been a worrying few weeks for those of us who balance the household budgets, with news of yet more price hikes from energy suppliers and dire warnings of what it will mean for our bills as we come into the high energy use months of winter.

But even though you may face higher utilities bills in the coming months, there are ways to ensure the increases are not as drastic as you have read about in recent weeks.