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New to the Energy board? Start here
Hi all! If you’re new to this board, welcome! This board is a great place to ask questions about your energy tariff. To help other Forumites give you useful answers, please remember to include details of your annual energy consumption, and the unit rates/standing charge for any tariff or fix you're asking about. How much…
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British Gas Nov 2026 fix
Hi My cheap energy club and british gas accounts both list the end of my energy fix as Nov 2026, but in the past few days both have emailed me telling me the fix will end within days. I'm wondering if anyone else is having this problem with their recent switch to the tariff? Thanks
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Massive Octopus price hike - help!
Just received an email from Octopus saying they're increasing my energy bill from about £50 a month to £80. Quite a hike! I'm a single person and am really careful with my energy use - eg I only use power in the room I'm in, and when I do have the heating on, it's only 16C to take the chill off. I'm on a dual…
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How to live without heating - save £000s
I am sorry to read Martin Lewis say he fears people will die because a lot of people cannot afford heating. I agree but regard it as sad. The Government, Councils, charities and other public bodies could do a lot more to advise people on what to wear so many of those people should be able to stay perfectly warm without any…
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Plans to change what households make from solar Feed-in Tariffs 'feels a breach of pro
If you're one of the 800,000+ households in England, Wales or Scotland being paid to generate your own electricity via renewable technology under the Feed-In Tariff scheme, you could earn less in the long run under new Government plans. Martin Lewis: Plans to change what households make from solar Feed-in Tariffs 'feels a…
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Smart meter
Following a recen upgrade of my gas amd associated smart meter, the energy provider no longer gets a signal with the reading. The electric meter equipment was also changed but is in a different outside cupboard and works. It looks like the new smart meter is sited below a little metal shelf and is fixed to the gas meter…
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EDF FIT Readings Web Page Changed Again
I usually give my FIT reading to EDF on the 1st of the month every 3 months.Had the usual email from edf asking me to send FIT reading, takes you to a new web page now asking you to input account number and FIT Identity number.Never had to input account number before and the Identity number isn't as before, you can't add…
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EDF FreePhase Dynamic Tariff
Anyone on this tariff? It has 3 rates green 11:00 pm - 6:00am red. 4:00pm - 7:00pm amber the rest of the day Rates alter daily with wholesale prices. Today green is 13.35pkw red is. 27.51pkw amber. 16.17pkwh
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Nightmare experience with Octopus/potential ombudsman action
Hi all I'm having nightmares with Octopus energy. Would appreciate some advice please. At the start of October we notified them that we were moving and we wanted to move our energy account to our new address. After moving, the in home smart reader display still showed "Welcome to EDF" and EDF rates for several days. I…
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Which tariff ?
We have recently purchased a hot tub and our electric usage has increased considerably . We are on a fixed tariff at the moment with Octopus. would we be better off changing to an Economy 7 tariff?
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Gas supplier.
I did the Collective Nov26 duel fuel switch from Octopus Energy to British Gas. A few weeks ago I had found out that my Gas supply is with Octopus. Both suppliers is still referring me to the other. I have asked BG to request the switch and they said to ask OE.I had read the BG customer service is poor but I was not…
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ECO 4 heating system grant
Hello MSE friends I guess I’m looking for people with similar experiences and/or how and if it was resolved rather than blind advice but if you think you can add anything that would also be much appreciated. I hope you read on but I’ll do a short and long version Short version We applied for an eco grant based on health…
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HHR Storage Heaters instead of a heat pump
I want to retire my gas combi boiler, which is now only used for central heating in the winter months. I have no other use for gas, so I could remove my gas supply and save the daily standing charge. All the advice is 'fit a heat pump'. But I don't have much outdoor space and my wife wouldn't like the look of it. Also we…
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Fuse Energy & OFTM Reviews please ⚡️
Do you use Fuse Energy? What do think? How is the customer service? The App? Billing? Please let me hear your reviews. I've read the previous threads, Trust pilot etc. I'd like to hear from current or previous users. I'd also like to hear the same about Outfox the Market? It's time for me to divorce 🐙 It's been a long time…
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Can I be forced to have a smart meter?
Hi, I'm new here so please forgive any faux pas... but here goes. We have solar panels on the roof, which don't make us a huge amount of money; but they make us more than they would otherwise because we have an old analog meter which actually rolls backwards while the panels are generating juice. Obviously we'd like to…
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The Government Is Quietly Changing Your FIT Solar Payments
I'm unsure if I've posted this in the right place but it needs to be broadcast far and wide. The video that alerted me to this can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPAefR-6SCw The "consultation" it refers to can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/feed-in-tariffs-fit-scheme-indexation-changes…
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OVO billing issue
I recently moved house and closed my account with Ovo which had been energy provider for over 4 years. When I closed my account, it was over £1000 in credit. I was told the credit would be reimbursed as soon as they issued the final bill, within 4 weeks. Time went by and I contacted them multiple times, but nothing was…
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RTS shutdown and Restricted meters.
Hello I have a restricted RTS meter with 3 rates being recorded, These are for Day, Night and Heating. I have been getting letters regarding the shut down of the RTS and how this will affect my meter. I have been speaking to Scottish power my energy suppler checking if I could keep the same tariff if I move to a smart…
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Tomato Energy (Electric Only Supplier) - Too Good To Be True ?
Looking at Tomato Energy for our electric only property. They are offering 12M FIXED Tariffs which are based on your chosen lifestyle - with Daily Standing Charge as low as 40.82p The tariff Im looking at gives me a Unit Rate of; 00:00 to 06:00 = 5.00p 06:00 to 09:30 = 23.16p 09:30 to 11:30 = 13.37p 11:30 to 22:00 = 23.16p…
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Fischer electric heating local engineer
Hi Unfortunately my parents have Fischer electric heaters. Just wondering if anyone has used local engineers to sort out problems? Many thanks
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Under counter fridge or freezer
Only got room for one appliance in the kitchen. Should I go for a fridge or freezer? Which is.cheaper to run?
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