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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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Devastated: Hot water cylinder flooding house any day now and no money for replacement
My hot water cylinder has started to fail (very rusted and leaking from the bottom). A plumber has had us turn off hot water etc. because it is likely to completely fail any day. We don't have any money to pay for a new one because I'm unable to work due to a neurological disability. I am on full PIP, my wife is my…
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British Gas DDM increase
HELP! My B.Gas electricity usage is pretty static, not using electric for heating or cooking. At the end of February I was £107 in credit with a monthly DDM of £35. Yesterday I received an email from B.Gas stating that from May my DDM was increasing to £90 per month! So I asked B.Gas why? I have spoken to two 'customer…
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Incorrect Energy account movement
Looking for some advice and Direction here, if possible. I live in a Flat – Flat A to be precise. Last Wednesday I received an email around 8:30pm from my
energy supplier – Octopus – “Sorry You’re Leaving”. I am NOT moving my energy account. I very swiftly replied to this as the email told me to,
saying I wasn’t leaving.…
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Government Energy Saving Scheme -E-ON Next
What happened if the tenant moved out on 16 January 2023 part way through the month? E-ON Next have reversed the £67 back onto the account leaving a balance in debit of £67.00. They are demanding a repayment one year on, no notification was received it was outstanding for 12 months. Would it be the tenant who held the…
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Why aren’t energy prices falling faster?
A quick search of gas wholesale prices and it’s clear to see the prices are falling back in line with 2020 prices. So why are we still paying so much on our energy bills?! Can anyone explain?
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IHD electricity usage 1/1000th of what is should be
My IHD from British Gas is showing my daily electricity usage as 1/1000th of what is actually is as in it says I used typically 0.015kWh of electricity per day when it should be 15kWh. Unfortunately I am billed for the 15kWh. I have tried another IHD from Glowmarkt and it has the same issue and on discussing the issue with…
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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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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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MSE Guide - Electric vehicle energy tariffs
Hi all, We have new Electric vehicle energy tariffs guide, and we'd love to hear your feedback. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. Thanks for your help, MSE Andrew
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E.on billing us for 1.8K elec despite only have a prepaid meter??? Help
We have recently moved house and as is expected we closed our account with E.on as it was a pre pay and our new house has a different supplier. We have now recieved a bill for 1.8K for electricity used from 2021 until February 2024. We were tenants and the meter failed so a new meter was installed by E.on on the 21st March…
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British GAS overcharging and Harassing. Energy Ombudsman supporting them.
Hello all. I need help or some direction as to what to do next. During 10/09/23-18/09/23, I was out of the country and
turned off my boiler (my only gas appliance). On my return, I found I had been charged
£2-3 on three occasions and more than £11 on 13/09/23. We were concerned as
this could have been happening all 713…
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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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Can a Smart meter be installed flat (horizontally)?
I want a Smart meter but have limited space and a Smart electricity meter + comms device won't fit vertically on the wall, but it could do if it was laid flat. Is that allowed? I have contacted my provider's 3 times but can't get an answer.
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Exit EDF early
Does anybody have any experience of switching tariff with EDF early within the 49 period? They advised that my Total Fix May 24 was well within the 49 days now so I could switch with no fee so I've just switched to their standard variable. However they are now trying to tell me that changing to the standard variable will…
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Electricity contracts tied in or not?
We were talked into signing a 3 year fixed electricity contract with British Gas Lite the brokers (Great Annual Savings) have since gone out of business. We were signed up in November 2022 but our first contract (we have 6 meters) didn't start until June 2023, I wanted to try and either renegotiate our terms or find a way…
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Install gas or electric in flat
I have just purchased a flat and don't know, what is the best route to go down regarding heating. At the moment there are storage heaters( old ones) in the bedroom and lounge and a gas boiler to heat the water. The gas boiler needs replacing anyway. What would our best option be replace the boiler like for like and buy…
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Eon Next Loyalty 12 month v 4
I received an email invite to sign up to a new tariff on 9th April. I was on Next Fix 12 month v11 ending in August. My DD was reducing to £163 as I was paying more than using. The new 12 month fix quoted £138.23 which seemed good and I signed up. Had also compared the 24 month deal. A few days later, noticed Dd still not…
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Utility Point - Barratt Smith & Brown phishing scam
For the past year or so, BSB have been chasing me over email and text for a disputed debt of £46.40 on behalf of Utility Point. I've sent them multiple emails saying that I've never heard of the debt or received a bill from Utility Point. I asked them to send me evidence of the bill in writing (i.e., the actual bill from…
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Home Energy.
Has anyone any information on the above company. I am thinking of changing energy to them as on the Cheap Energy Clubs website it is £184 cheaper per annum for me.You need to look at all suppliers on the CEC website to get comparisons not what they can switch you to.
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octopus tracker
Morning everyone, just wondering if anyone has advice on weather to switch to Octopus Tracker? im with Octopus now on a fixed loyalty tarriff but wondering if i can save any more. Elec .2485/48.66sc use 2700 a year and gas .0579/27.47sc use 7600 a year. Looking on the web page says tracker rates are 13.32/53.94sc and…