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smart energy british gas - electricity meter
Hi I have just moved house and we have to stay with british gas standard for 6-8 weeks. We are moving through to edf. I have the customer reference number through and have registered for an online account. Can I get an electricity meter through for free if I sign up to smart energy. Is this completly free with no tie in…
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Prepayment in rental property
Hello, My partner and I have seen a rental property we're interested in and before I call the estate agents to sort through the finer detail, I wanted to get your thoughts on the fact that the electricity is by prepayment... I believe that that prepayment used to be more expensive than metered supply, is this still the…
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Switching from prepayment to metered electricity
Hey guys, I've spent the evening reading up on making the switch from prepayment electricity to metered electricity, and want to clarify a few things. First off, I am a student and have just moved in to a new flat with 5 other students. On Monday we received a letter from Scottish Power saying they'd need to come around…
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Scottish Power annoying me now
After a year of great service, I recently switched from their online saver to their capped June 2013 tariff. First, they were charging me more than what was listed on their website. This was rectified and was told I would be rebilled after next meter reading. I entered my reading yesterday and looked at the bill today. For…
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energyhelpline.com - don't rely on it
I signed up to switch my electricity supplier to LOCO2 through the energyhelpline.com website on 5th July. They were offering a £15 cashback. I received a confirmation email the same day. Five weeks later, after hearing nothing, I contacted LOCO2 directly. They hadn't received anything from energyhelpline.com. I have now…
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Switching from Economy 7 meter
Hi folks, Hoping someone can advise me! I've just had gas central heating put into my flat having had storage heaters in. I'm debating whether to switch to a single rate meter or stick with E7. I don't really use electricity in the night, and the majority is used in the evenings. I can't really use the washing machine at…
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Can a Fixed Price Tariff be transfered to a new house?
Apologies if this question has already been answered in another post or if it's an obvious answer but I need to know. My parents are looking to move house. It could be 6 months to a year before they find anything. But while they are still living at their present house if I found and secured a good fixed tariff for them as…
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How much does everyone pay for gas & electric?
Hi - I hugely dislike how much i am paying to British Gas each month..and it occurred to me, i havent a CLUE whether it is the average or not! Just an "Out of interest" post, really! :money: So, i am in a 3 bedroom house with 2 adults and one child (7years). We don't use any more electric or gas than i would assume…
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Working out usage.
Hi Moneysavers, Well, I now have one years worth of usage for my electricity & gas, and as nPower have upped the prices, it's time to shop around I think. The questions I need to answer are, the comparison sites ask for your annual consumption in kwh. The 'leccy readings are in kwh, is this correct ? And the gas readings…
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how am i meant to afford EDF bill :( do they offer any help?
i swear i have seen somewhere that if you are EDF and you cant afford to pay your bill, we can but we are struggling as they have charged us £460 quarterly, that there is people who will help you pay or something? we have said to eon we will go back to them as EDF are expensive, however they said we cant go to them until…
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Electricity Arrears/Bill
Hello all. slowly going through all my debts, have picked up loads of advice from the boards over the last few months. cheers all. My new question is.... my next "big" bill is my electric bill (which includes arrears), I've had a bill for £1100 which I queried they took a new reading over the phone and then gave me an…
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Ongoing Utility Warehouse problem...
Hi there, I am not used to posting in this forum, so please don't flame me if I get something wrong :wave:. Here is the situation: We lived in an extremely small rented property from 07/12/09 - 03/08/10, it contained four tiny rooms, one storage heater which was broken for 5 months, used economy 7 and had no gas supply. We…
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Arranging date to switch suppliers?
My dual fuel fixed price tariff runs out on 30 September 2011. I have checked some comparison sites and I'm almost certain which one (a fixed tariff again) I'd like and it's with a different dual fuel supplier. There is also cashback. When I enquired the 'new' supplier was very keen for me to sign up straight away assuring…
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BG websaver 10!
Hi, Just recieved my latest quarterly bill from BG ( I'm on duel fuel websaver 10 ) I have just looked over my electricity bill to check the latest price rise which was implemented on the 18th of August. My findings are that the second tier rate has risen from 8.066p (ex vat) to 10.536p (ex vat) that is an incredible 31%…
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List of all current gas/electric tariffs per kwh
I wish that there was an ongoing list of all companies and their tariffs per Kwh so that we could all compare easily and know instantly which is the cheapest. Does such a list exist? I am thinking of switching from Eon to Ovo for gas and electricity due to a price comparison website or two, but I want to be absolutely sure…
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First flat!
Hello! I'm looking to move in with a 2 friends later this year but I need to make sure I can afford it first! I'm trying to make a plan but I cant seem to find figures for electricity, gas and water per month. All 3 of us have laptops which we use on a daily basis, I like the heat and we wont have a tumble dryer or…
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Moving to new home: can I switch now ?
I just exchanged on a new house and am moving in later this month. I need to arrange transfer of Utilities, but do I have to go with the existing supplier to the property or can I switch now ? I'd rather switch now obviously, but I'm thinking it might be more difficult to switch and takeover a supply at the same time ....…
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confused about switch advice
looking at the "Is It time to switch?" page - sorry - can't post a link - new user - DANGER - Will Robinson. it says: 1) Urgent! Fix now OR stick! but it also says: 2) Switch Now! on the green sticker. It then says: 3) If you're on a standard tariff, compare, ditch and switch ASAP It then says: 4) Yet if not fixing - STICK…
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Help with social tariff analysis please
Hi everyone, My daughter, after her abusive partner left last year, found they were :eek: £800 behind with the energy bills. She has been paying over the top direct debits to reduce this debt. She's studying to become a teacher, on income support and has two children under five. I've been looking at her energy situation,…
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Mis-selling advice wanted
Approximately 8 - 10 months ago we were phoned and informed that if we changed our energy supplier we would save between £200 - £300 per year. I was thinking of changing supplier at that time, and although cynical of fervent promises of price savings, decided to go ahead, even though our supplier at the time offered us one…