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As of 13 August 2026, AI can check the exit fee in your energy contract.

This still needs a person who signs their name to it.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

30 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill neededchat-fluent

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsThe available tool data does not give a price for a solicitor or other human alternative.

If this goes wrong, you may switch supplier believing there is no fee or believing the fee is lower than it is.

What to actually do

  1. Hand it to a person

    The route this page recommends

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Do it yourself

    The distant third

    A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open your energy contract, tariff information and latest bill, and redact your account number, payment details and other unnecessary personal data.
    2. Gather the supplier name, tariff name, contract start and end dates, proposed switching date, and the reason you may leave early.
    3. Upload or paste the relevant documents into a chatbot, then use the prompt above with your own details in the bracketed slots.
    4. Compare every quoted exit-fee clause and amount in the answer with the original contract, including any footnotes, tariff pages and terms linked from it.
    5. Ask the supplier through its official contact channel to confirm in writing whether the fee applies on your proposed date and whether the amount is current.
    6. Keep the written supplier response with the contract, and ask a solicitor for advice if the wording is disputed, the sum is significant or the supplier refuses to explain it.

    Prompt

    Read the attached UK energy contract and any tariff documents. Find every clause about an exit fee, early termination charge, cancellation charge or similar payment for leaving early. Quote the exact relevant wording, identify the amount and currency, say whether it is a fixed amount or depends on a formula, and explain which dates and events trigger it. Do not guess or fill gaps. Separate what the document clearly says from what is unclear. Check whether the fee appears to apply to my situation using these details: supplier [SUPPLIER], tariff [TARIFF NAME], contract start date [DATE], contract end date [DATE], proposed switch or cancellation date [DATE], and reason for leaving [REASON]. List the exact questions I should ask the supplier to confirm the fee. This is a document check, not legal advice. Tell me what I must verify with the supplier or a solicitor before acting.

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

What it gets wrong

  • AI cannot see account-specific amendments, renewal notices or supplier records unless you provide them.
  • AI cannot confirm that the supplier has applied the correct current fee to your account.
  • AI cannot resolve an ambiguous clause or decide whether a disputed charge is legally enforceable.
  • AI cannot take responsibility for the switching decision or recover the money if the answer is wrong.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: verification cost, legal accountability and judgement under ambiguity.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification1
Liability1
Effort delta2
Total8 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT check my energy contract exit fee?
Yes. Give it the contract, tariff details and relevant dates, and it can find the exit-fee wording, extract the amount and explain the conditions. Confirm the result with your supplier before switching.
How do I find out if my energy contract has an exit fee?
Search the contract and tariff documents for terms such as exit fee, early termination charge and cancellation charge. AI can do that search for you, but compare its quotation with the original wording and ask the supplier to confirm whether the charge applies.
Can AI tell me whether I have to pay an energy exit fee?
It can assess the wording against the dates and circumstances you provide, but it cannot see undisclosed account changes or guarantee how the supplier will apply the clause. Ask the supplier for written confirmation before cancelling or switching.
Should I ask a solicitor about an energy contract exit fee?
This is not professional advice. Ask a solicitor if the clause is unclear, the fee is substantial, the supplier disputes your reading or you need to challenge the charge.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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