Main customer priorities when switching energy suppliers in Great Britain vary according to age groups. Of all age groups surveyed, between 83 and 86 percent of them considered saving money as their main priority when switching energy supplier. Following, all age groups surveyed considered avoiding price rise as their second main priority. Furthermore, 14 percent of respondents between 35 and 64 year old wanted a 'greener' tariff.
Thinking about the last time you switched supplier, what were your priorities?
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Ofgem. (February 2, 2020). Thinking about the last time you switched supplier, what were your priorities? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/824538/priorities-when-switching-energy-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem. "Thinking about the last time you switched supplier, what were your priorities?." Chart. February 2, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/824538/priorities-when-switching-energy-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem. (2020). Thinking about the last time you switched supplier, what were your priorities?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/824538/priorities-when-switching-energy-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem. "Thinking about The Last Time You Switched Supplier, What Were Your Priorities?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/824538/priorities-when-switching-energy-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem, Thinking about the last time you switched supplier, what were your priorities? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/824538/priorities-when-switching-energy-suppliers-in-great-britain/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Thinking about the last time you switched supplier, what were your priorities? [Graph], Ofgem, February 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/824538/priorities-when-switching-energy-suppliers-in-great-britain/