SWALEC

Article updated: Wednesday 2 February, 2011

Nationwide energy supplier SWALEC offers a variety of energy tariffs and some unusual rewards.

SWALEC has been part of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group, which has over 9 million energy customers, since 1998.

Energy tariffs

SWALEC offers a wide range of tariffs to suit different households, including the following:

Better Plan – The same price as SWALEC’s standard tariff but you can earn money off your bill by reducing the amount of energy you use.
Price Fix5 – Offers fixed energy prices until 31 March 2012
Standard tariffs –Tariffs that offer SWALEC’s standard prices (so are not normally the cheapest). However, with certain standard tariff options you can earn 10% off purchases at Argos and Homebase. Or, you can choose options that offer donations to the British Heart Foundation or your local Welsh Rugby club.
Go Direct – A discounted tariff only available direct from SWALEC.
iplan – Gives you a free Smart Energy Kit to let you track your energy use and manage your account online
oplan – SWALEC’s greenest deal matches the electricity you use with renewably sourced hydro electricity

As well as energy, SWALEC also offers home phone and broadband services.

All its home phone packages come with unlimited local and national weekend calls and free calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers.

Its broadband packages offer unlimited downloads at speeds of up to 8Mb and come with a free wireless router.

SWALEC , founded over 50 years ago, was one of the original electricity boards, known at the time as South Wales Electricity Board.

It changed its name to SWALEC in 1990 and in 1998 it merged with Scottish Hydro-Electric to become Scottish and Southern Energy.

Now Scottish and Southern Energy is one of the biggest energy suppliers in the UK with four brands: SWALEC, Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro-Electric and Atlantic Electric and Gas.