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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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Octopus Energy - Nightmare gettting Smart Meter fitted
I agreed to transfer to Octopus Energy for a new EV and the benefits of their EV tariff. I managed to get the Car in 8 weeks, the EV charger inside 3 weeks and was ready just waiting on my smart meter. There is some warnings around smart meter install times on the entry in but also mentions of 2/3 weeks elsewhere Im sure.…
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New storage heaters on 3-phase supply
Looking to replace old storage heaters in new house. House is on 3-phase supply and has a SMETS2 meter. Been looking at Dimplex Quantum and Creda TSRE, but both say unsuitable for use on a 3-Phase supply. Are there modern HHR storage heaters suitable for use on a 3-Phase supply?
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Unregistered supply?
Hi, Wondered if anyone has any advice. Took out a tenancy last July and was advised a specific broker was our energy company - I'd never heard of this broker before and upon searching there's very little info online. Contacted the broker 10+ times over the last 10 months to set up supply and billing and have never had a…
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Power UP event
Seems a first time for this. My energy provider has a power up event tomorrow between 1 and 2pm. 29p / KWH credit for every KWH shifted. what’s the max I can do without blowing a fuse? I have 2 EVs, one EV charger so I could do 7 on the charger and whatever the granny charger can deliver (3??). Would that cause a problem?
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Octopus loyalty fix September 23, no regrets
I fixed with Octopus in September 23 after doing the maths. It had an early exit fee of £75 per fuel. Having checked my usage for this year (4 months) I am down £1.90 I won't be using any gas this summer so I will be up due to higher SC rates I have not calculated October to January when rates were higher so I guess I win…
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British Gas - Pay your incorrect bill or get a black mark on your credit record!
Dual bill, gas correct electricity estimate wrong - there was a number after a decimal point, which my meter doesn't have (ignoring correct reading submitted on time). I paid the gas part of the bill and asked for a corrected electricity bill. Months later (I had transferred to UW) still no corrected bill, still showing…
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Very pushy replacement energy meter calls
Hi all, I wanted to post about a friend's experience with a VERY pushy and rude call about a replacement energy meter. My friend rents, and has both Gas and Electric. She had a call from someone claiming to represent her power company and, seconds into the call they're demanding personal details from her and telling her…
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British Gas double charging me for the same energy
Hi everyone I’m having real problems with British Gas. Back in 2022 I moved from credit meter to pay as you go for
my gas and electric and had on going issues with my account being transferred
to pay as you go. Long story short I took British Gas to the ombudsman and got
it confirmed from British Gas that both my accounts…
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British Gas Imperial or Metric. Overcharged and not helped. Incompetent.
Hi all, here is my tale of woe with British Gas. I’ll try to
keep this as brief as possible because it is a long story. I joined BG in September 2019, leaving OVO energy. As an
average energy user (12000kWh) I always looked around for the best deal, changing
providers each time a deal expired. An important note, OVO…
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Advice on OVO energy overdue bill - 1 year
Hi all, I'm just looking for some advice and opinions on what you would do in this situation. So, I moved out of a private rented property last March - and into my parents house to save for my own home. I closed all utility/council tax etc. accounts appropriately and as far as I knew everything was paid. I recently (as in…
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Gas v Electricity costs, Octopus moved from Shell
Hi, I've recently been ported over to Octopus from Shell and am currently on their "flexible octopus" tariff. The rates charges are: Unit Rate - Electricity 25.29 kWh, Gas 5.97kWh. Standing Charge - Electricity 54.83p/day, Gas 28.88p/day. I have a non-condensing boiler, so say 75% efficient, which pushes up actual gas cost…
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More fun switching providers
I had previously posted this about Eon/Sainsbury's wanting to take my entire debit amount on my next DD. Glitch in the system I was told, don't worry we won't take a payment in May I was told. Fun with switching providers — MoneySavingExpert Forum And today I got a statement from them for just my electric and was told they…
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Scottish Power and SEG
About a month and a half ago, I applied to Scottish Power for SEG for my solar panels. And since then, I have heard nothing. Any follow up emails have disappeared into the void. I have contacted Scottish Power via their Chatbot only to be told to contact them directly using the same email address. Does anyone have any tips…
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RTS Switch Off Meter Query
Hi folks, Having scoured the forums and associated links on this topic, I'm at a loss as to whether my electric meter is an RTS one. I have an Actaris ACE9000 KBD prepayment meter on Economy 7. It's an SSE owned meter, although I am now with Octopus. It's got a date of 2007 on it, but there doesn't seem to be a large black…
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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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Switching to a single rate
I would like to switch to a single rate for electricity with a new company.Does anyone know if there are any companies which will do this without forcing you to have a smart meter like Octopus and EON do.Thanks
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British Gas lump sum payment after closing account
I'm a student awaiting graduation and just closed my British Gas account as I've moved back home with my parents. I've been told that I have to pay the outstanding balance on my account (£577) in full and can't continue my direct debit as I had before. Another option is a repayment plan, but they've said that will look bad…
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British Gas - backdated bill
My parents did not receive a bill from British Gas for 12 months even though they continually requested one. They have now received a bill (after 12 months) for over £3,000. Is it true that you don't have to pay a British Gas bill if you haven't had a bill for 12 months?
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Can I be forced to have a smart meter?
Hi, I'm new here so please forgive any faux pas... but here goes. We have solar panels on the roof, which don't make us a huge amount of money; but they make us more than they would otherwise because we have an old analog meter which actually rolls backwards while the panels are generating juice. Obviously we'd like to…
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Storage heaters & Economy 7 concerns - advice needed
My mum has just bought a flat in a complex for the over 60s. For various reasons it was quite a rushed process and perhaps we made a couple of errors of judgment, but that's done now and what we need are solutions for the situation she is in. She has not yet moved in. The block of flats is electric only, so no gas, and…