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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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July Energy Increases are enormous.
Just had an email from B Gas saying energy costs are going up soon. Looking at the increase in my projected annual bill this is going up by 27% ! Analysing this, the gas is the dominating factor with an increase of 17% in the unit rate with electricity unit cost only going up by 6% ! The standing charges are hardly…
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Electric Radiators
I live in a retirement home which has about 12 very old storage radiators running on economy 7 the management company say it will save money to replace them all with new storage radiators which are more efficient, a spark told me that replacing with modern ceramic radiators or oil filled would be cheaper. has anyone had…
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Octopus Agile
Is Octopus Agile worth changing to if all you can change to cheap hours is dishwasher and washing machine
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Declined for the Warm Homes: Local Grant — is "your house is too valuable" a legitimate reason?
I inherited my late father's house in Wealden (East Sussex) — EPC G, my income is way under the £35K per year criteria, it's a 4-bed detached in council tax band G with an equity release mortgage. The deeds are still in my late father's name but I have Grant of Probate and I am the sole beneficiary. However, on the…
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Bit confused about price rises (British Gas)
So I got an email from BG and it tells me my new rate but when I do a search for new energy the prices are wildly different, the yearly prices on the new ones are way out compared to BG so what am I missing?
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Economy 10 & Smart Meters
I have an all electric house with 2 meters. The underfloor heating [acting as a storage heater] & hot water are heated from an Off Peak meter with 7 hours at night & 3 hours pm boost.EDF have just informed me they are replacing my 2 meters with a smart meter.I have no idea what this means for meI presume it means I have…
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Switch now (while in contract) or wait?
I am currently with Outfox Energy. For context I am paying 83/month (£997/yr) - no, I don't think I can cut down further… If I were on the price cap I would pay £1190 now and will pay £1350 from July. My contract ends at the end of August, but I could switch internally at no extra cost (I have done it countless times with…
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Tariff ending & at a loss what to do.
I’m at a bit of a loss as to what the best next step is. I’m on Octopus Money Saving 10 month fixed which ends on 9 August. With the July cap I’m really most sure whether I should switch now or hold off and see if any deals come up. Switching would look like Fuse is my best option. My useage is 25491kw and 4549kw annually.…
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Tomato Energy goes bust - here's what you need to know
If you're one of its 15,000 household customers, your supply won't be affected and any credit balance you had with the firm will be protected – but you should take a meter reading now. Here's what you need to know. Tomato Energy goes bust – here's what you need to know If you haven't already, join the forum to reply.
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Home Energy Rates
Am new to Forum. I am with Home Energy for my Energy Supplier and am currently happy on their Fair Variable Dual Tariff since September 2025. The rate has not changed since I moved to them. For my estimated usage it is £2101 per year - I should note that this includes charging my electric Car. There are no exit fees so am…
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British Gas Backbilling Dispute
Hello all. Looking for a second opinion regarding a backbilling dispute with British Gas. I was a British Gas customer from February 2024 until February 2025. My property was equipped with a smart meter and I paid monthly direct debit. However, I did not receive a bill until November 2025 for £1200, around half of which…
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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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MSE Energy Club Switch
Update: Chat GPT suggests the answer to the first 2 questions is yes. Third question suggests waiting until 14 days prior at which time I can request the switch takes place on 2nd July. ...................................…..... I am currently with E.on. Energy club offers an E.on switch which is marginally less but with a…
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Back boiler: replace with new gas boiler, electric, or heat pump?
I have a recently installed solar system, comprising 7x 475W panels, a Fox H1-5.0-E-G2-WL inverter and a single Fox EP6 battery; I'm still waiting for the G99 so I can get onto the Octopus tariff, but meanwhile I'm kindly donating my excess power to the Grid. It's fine for the Summer (the panels can do up to 4kW), but I'll…
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Octopus saving sessions
And it is on You have to opt in to take part !!
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Octopus Fixed Tariffs 2026
Octopus 12M Fixed January 2026 v1 Is now current offering. Mostly increased I think.
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Flexible Octopus Tariff, Price Capped?
MSE's Energy Comparison chart is suggesting that the Flexible Octopus Tariff is Price Capped. Yet, on the Octopus website it states the following: Flexible Octopus prices fluctuate with the cost of supply and usually update every 3 months Octopus are only offering two tariffs; Flexible Octopus and Octopus 12M Fixed So…
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British Gas back billing
I’ve been a BG customer for many years and have switched tariff with them a couple of times during that period. I pay by DD every month. last year I noticed that BG had not cut a statement since March 2024. I contacted them and they said there was a technical issue with the smart meter (I had daily gas and electric usage…
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How to reunite separate gas and electric with an EV tariff.
I’m struggling to find a place that will allow me to search for this. Currently have electric with Eon Next, but there are better rates with eg Edf, but then I can’t see the married gas rates. Searching gas alone (as current supplier OVO aren’t offering anything enticing) points to ecotricity or fuse. I don’t know if these…
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Guaranteed Standards of Performance Query
Hi - I wonder if anyone has any advice. I’m on prepayment meters for gas and electricity with EoN Next. Back in April, they contacted me to arrange to replace my old meters with smart meters. The day of the appointment, the engineer tried to push through a “Sorry We Missed You” card quietly through my letterbox, but as I…
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