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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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How do I keep my analog meter
My neighbours have analog meters as I do in small council flats. But Octopus is insisting that mine is not working, even though they have nor seen it. They keep sending me bills for thousands of pounds from my readings and photos and say the meter is difficult to read. I suspect this is part of the push to force us all to…
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Octopus saving sessions
And it is on You have to opt in to take part !!
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Octopus Intelligent Go 6 hour changes being rolled out.
Upcoming changes notice, from octopus Electric vehicles are booming. In March 2026, over 22% of new cars sold in the UK were electric, and the old fear of "range anxiety" is practically dead. With modern ranges hitting 300 miles and a rapidly growing network of ultra-rapid chargers, most drivers just plug in every few days…
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British gas questions
1st time in this particular forum and looking for some advice. Firstly my wife passed recently, so our energy usage has dropped to a single person usage (me) and i have now to be responsible for myself. most of my days are at work and nothing is been used other than basic household item like fridge,freezer. I am currently…
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Considering moving to variable DD for energy payments
Just had an email from Sainsbury's Energy to tell me they are increasing my monthly dd. I had been expecting this given the increase in the price cap. I ran their figures through the MSE calculator and it looks about right, although they always overestimate our annual consumption despite having been with them for several…
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Energy news in general
For GENERAL observations and information not related to specific suppliers.
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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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Octopus Monday Scratchcards
Yes no more getting up early to bag a coffee. From an email to Octopus Pros* today. Introducing the Monday Scratchcard: fairer free coffees, even more prizes Tens of thousands of treats, from free coffees to tasty snacks, dinner delivery discounts, chocolate bars and more will be up for grabs weekly to make Mondays a…
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RTS meter replacements: A fact finding mission.
Please only respond if you had an indoors located RTS meter replaced with a smart meter. I am interested in which location the RTS meter was (hallways, bedroom, kitchen, lounge…), was easily accessible or only by ladder for example, was it on the internal side of an outside wall or was it on a partition wall (such as…
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Should I go onto a new fixed rate now?
Good Morning I have a fixed rate gas and elec tarrif that ends end of August with no penalties to switch now. The best new fixed rate (which I am keen on), costs £25 per month more than my current rate, but on the comparison site, it says the capped rate at the end of august is likely to cost £50 or so more (if i am…
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Snoop App for bills?
I’ve just seen an ad for this app called Snoop which supposedly looks at your spending and recommends ways to save money, including switching your bills - is this as good as it sounds? Is there anything I should be aware of, or any better alternatives? I’m moving out and paying my own bills for the first time soon, so I’m…
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Octopus Flux for Me?
I'd use the cheap energy club but what's throwing it out is I have solar so will want to export. I don't mind setting my battery to charge during off-peak times or whatever but I don't want to constantly look at energy prices every half an hour. Current tariff is with Eon Next but they've been terrible so want to leave…
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Smart Meter in Newly Empty Property
I've just taken back possession of a property which I don't know yet what I am going to do with. I've just set up a standard Electric Octopus account for now as I don't want to fix yet. Having been with them for under a fortnight I've just received an email saying my meter has reached the "end of its certification" and it…
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Anyone else not received the EDF Sunday Saver text message yesterday?
I got a text message in the middle of last week advising that I had earned free electricity for today. But usually a text message arrives on the Saturday afternoon confirming the free electricity period for next day. However, I didn't get the Saturday message yesterday, so I'm not sure if we have free electricity or not.…
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Smart meter fraud?
I was forced to have smart meters installed on 11/6/26 after company applied for a warrant on 1/6/26. I did not object because I found that my meters were manufactured in 2005 & with a 20 year life span, so accepted "progress". If it wasn't for the IHD, this would not have been noticed. Rate 1 52.550p Rate 2 25.580p 1st 2…
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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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Plug in solar
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/23/solar-balconies-are-booming-in-germany-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-popular-home- There was an item on radio four about a booming trend of pug in solar, in Germany. I got the impression that you just plug it into your 13amp socket and it gets used by your appliances. Have…
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Dispute with an energy company
I have a dispute with E Gas and Electricity company. They have removed the meters for both gas and electricity in the property I was renting out . It was a prepayment meter and topped up by card payments. Tenant never set up an account in his name and accrued large debt due to bypassing the meters. The tenancy agreement…
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British Gas problems with account
Hi, Been with BG for years never been a problem with them until Oct last year. In Oct could not log in their web site, had to phone them to this sorted out which took a while, got my account back but all my gas/elec reading were completely messed up, took them 2 weeks to sort it out and got a Statement from them. The new…
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Gas Meter Still Increasing Whilst Gas Isolated (Siemens/Landis+Gyr E6S)
Hi, I'll try to keep this short but can provide more details if required. Setup: my house has a Gas boiler and a Gas fire. My gas meter is old: Landis + Gyr E6S. It is not a smart meter. My boiler is Worcester Greenstar 42CDi serving underfloor heating downstairs, radiators upstairs and domestic hot water. In August last…
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