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Martin Lewis: Why are energy standing charges so high? What can be done
This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it. Read Martin's Martin Lewis: Why are energy standing charges so high? What can be done Blog.
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Heat pumps now have their own forum board
Hi all As a result of feedback from Forumites and Ambassadors, we've created a new board within the Energy section for all things heat pump related. Find it here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/heat-pumps If you have any comments about this change, please let us know over on the 'Site Feedback' board.
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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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Eon not able to install smart meter due to insufficent cable lengths in current install
Hiya, As part of signing up to 'Eon Next Pledge Tracker' I agreed
to have a Smart Meter installed, the install arrived this morning only to tell
me that it was impossible to do with my current consumer box wiring due to the
fact the cables are too short for them to install one and not sufficient space
in the current…
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Landlords meter & UKPN
Hi We need to install a landlords meter in a property
that we rent out. It is to cover the electricity for the communal hallway.
Currently the electricity for this area is charged to one of the flats and we
have been covering the cost each month. The Housing Association that we rent
to will no longer accept that…
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Economy 7 and Smartmeter
We had a Smartmeter2 installed in 2021 with Economy 7. It has never connected and just works as a legacy meter so I send in monthly readouts. I noticed straight away that our 30Amp AGA cooker which charges overnight was not in sync with the off peak rate. About 49 minutes out. No explanation was identified so we just put…
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Smartmeter with off-peak usage
I have always been of the opinion that electricity meters are infallible and when I got an electric car, I had no hesitation in getting the British Gas Electric car tariff (cheaper electricity between12-5am) and a new smart meter capable of a high enough resolution for this tariff. I have been in the same property for 10…
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Understand octopus bill
I have a monthly DD of £184 and the monthly charge is around £75 to £100 But the bill is always showing as a minus, which indicates to me that I'm in credit. Is this right? I mean, my council tax starts as a positive and every payment reduces the total outstanding, as does my water bill and even my credit card. But it…
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Octopus Tracker
I just wondered about people's experiences with this tariff and whether they feel they are winners or losers. I got a quote from them yesterday, and I have to say I find the numbers highly misleading. The figures are very attractive, beating even the good fixed rate tariff I got from Avro, but presumably based on an…
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Eon Economy 18
I am a landlord of an apartment in Ipswich which was built
in 2005 with under floor heating it used a tariff called Domestic 18hr electric
heating tariff supplied by Powergen (bought by Eon now Eon Next). I have always
told my tenants not to change suppliers as this is the only company who do this
tariff and if they did…
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Changing gas amounts
Have just been checking my british gas app info....which I do weekly and have just noticed, despite my last bill being based on actual meter readings....the app info has quadrupled the gas figure.for that sane period...this just seems to have happened in last few days I've trued to contact but gave up and sent question to…
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Edf gas smart reader error?
I’m not sure what is going on with my gas bill. Has anyone experienced a discrepancy between the daily usages and the actual meter reading. Apparently according to the readings I used 3081 kWh gas in 2 weeks in march?!? In the energy hub it says I used 1878 kWh in the whole month. all I read online is how accurate smart…
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British Gas Account Transfer - Unusually High Bills
Hello MoneySavingExpert Users, I'm reaching out to see if anyone else has experienced a similar issue with British Gas. Specifically, I'm concerned about a significant increase in my gas bills following an account transfer. In September 2023, my British Gas account was transferred from one starting with '85' to a new one…
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British Gas account in credit
This discussion was created from comments split from: British Gas CREDIT.
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Fun with switching providers
So I finally decided to jump ship and leave Eon and go for Outfox the Market which seem to have the best rates I could find. So far so good. Went on to the OtM site and plugged in an initial gas reading no problem. But the site wouldn't let me submit a reading for electricity. I've sent them an email instead as being the…
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Outfox The Market nightmare
I swiched from npower to OTM for my elderly sick mother because it was supposed to be much cheaper, to my horror I found out that they charged her thousands a month, in over 30 years with BG and npower never ever see anything like this, my mother is over 90 with heart failure and she was being robbed blind, tried to speak…
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British Gas billed me 6.5 times my real electricity usage for 2 years
Apologies
for the long entry. British Gas
billed me, on average, 6.5 times my real electricity usage for 2 years since
their contract began, with peaks of 22 times as much, as reported by Government
contractor SGS in January 2024 after checking my broken meter, now replaced. I was overcharged
from Feb 22 to Jan 24 and I…
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Octopus Go and BST to GMT
Is there an extra hour for those on Octopus Go tonight and one less hour in March when we go from GMT to BST. Or do Octopus just stick to the 4 or 5 hour charging window regardless. Be interesting to know how it works as not sure my charger will adjust when the clocks go back.
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Eon standing charge help needed please
When we moved in to our house in December 2006, we were told by the previous owner (an electrician) that there had originally been under floor heating which had a separate meter to the general electric meter. When the under floor heating was removed, the meter was disconnected. When we moved in we made enquiries about…
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Smart meter reading
Hi , Switching supplier and asked to give final reading to both companies. The readings on my meter and smart meter, are much higher ,than reading shown my account . I switched from economy to standard tariff a few months ago and this is where the difference in numbers appears to be coming from . Do I give new supplier the…
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Smart meter installation complaint
Hi, We had a smart meter fitted last week - we tried to have one a couple of years ago but we were told that it wasn't suitable to install one on our gas box. Our energy supplier Scottish power contacted us recently and insisted that they have a new installation method and we are now able to go ahead. A guy came out last…
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British Gas: Ain't received my warm home discount?
Hi, wonder if you can help.... I received a letter in October 2023 saying that i will receive £150 warm home discount by the 31 of March 2024. On the letter it said i don't have to do anything as it will automatically be done by my energy supplier. I phoned British Gas as nothing on my payment history shows anything…
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Loop App - Turn Down and Save
Got an email from Loop this morning. If you're using their app you can participate in the National Grid Turn Down and Save scheme regardless of your supplier. They pay out in Amazon vouchers. More details here: https://loop.homes/turn-down-and-save/ Just for info really in case anyone's interested. I don't use any…