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Electric bill help!!
I am currently in large amounts of debt and am trying to get my household bills down to a all time low, however my electricity bill is stupid money, i live by myself in a 2 bedroom house, i have a water emergen that i only use at night and apparently my usage is over £40 a month, unfortunatly during my first year i was…
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Gas bill £100 a month?? For 3bed house??
Hi all! I have a q regarding gas bills - this is a very basic question - does the above sound reasonable for 3 guys living in a 3 bed house?? They seem to be clueless about this, and are happily paying it, and I personally have no experience, as my bills etc were included when I lived out in the past (with parents now).…
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NPower door 2 door sales cant beat British Gas
Last night I had an Npower salesman ring the doorbell preaching about how he can beat British Gas on price :) I bet he can't I thought so suggest I'd be interested. Upon asking about my gas bill he did a quick U-turn and backtracked out of any agreement. It seems that when you gas bill is very low (I pay just a few pounds…
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cost of fitting a combi boiler?
I've just had my old faulty combi boiler removed and a new combi boiler fitted which took about 4 hours. This cost me £1200. I've since found out that the boilers cost £500 retail on the web, which means I've been charged approx £700 for the work. Does this seem reasonable? Or have I been ripped off? Thanks
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Additional cost on gas bills from Scottish Power
I have both gas & electric from Scottish Power. Today I received a letter telling me that due to the fact that I have an independent gas transporter (IGT) (??) I will have to pay an additional cost ("only 80p a week" - that works out at £41.60 extra a year, roughly another 8% on my bill!). 1) Does anyone know how I find…
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Re: calor gas versus oil
I currently heat my 4 bedroomed home in scotland using LPG (bp supply), you can negotiate various deals with all of the different suppliers and I found that competing one against the other leads to a lower price. You generally have to sign a contract with the companies and the shortest I could push for was 3 years. I am…
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Scottish Power v Powergen?
Have checked both suppliers today and for me they both have the same kWh rate for gas and electric with powergen coming out £25 cheaper for the standing charge minus discounts. My question is, do either of these have a price increase in the pipeline or have they both had them recently? Don't want to switch to one, only to…
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Independent Gas Transporters (IGT)
Hi I have just received a letter from Scottish Power telling me they are going to over double my daily Gas standing charge from 9.99p to 20.95p because Transco don't pipe the gas to my home but an IGT. Ironically, my IGT is Scottish Power Gas, so the same company is going to charge me extra for piping my gas itself. I have…
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Those long life bulbs ?
As a new customer of Savewarm, they sent me 4 light bulbs, 20 watt equall to 100 watt. My first reaction was that they are duller than a normal 100 watt, is this so. If so, would I defeat the object if I bought a greater strength long life bulb ?
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Gas & Electric
Hi there I'm looking to help my parents change there current suppliers, British Gas, becasue we all know that they are a rip off but the sites I'm searching only show online plan can anybody point me in the right direction as we where i can look and not get them an online plan thanks for your help
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Grants Available for Cavity Wall Insulation?
Does anyone know whether you have to be a customer of Npower or British Gas to take up the discounted cavity wall insulation offer? I ask as I was an NPower customer but transfered to Powergen earlier this month (goes through on 25/11).…
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Staywarm topic quiet ?
Not much being written about Staywarm lately. I've recently been informed that I will soon be registered and able to use (fairly) freely. The free gift of 4 long life bulbs arrived today and I am quietly confident all will be well.
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Best boiler breakdown cover
......or something similar which will take care of any central heating problems. British Gas have a Homecare plan and I've had leaflets for Servowarm and Thames Water. Also have heard of Home emergency cover from various companies. Anyone had any experience with any of the above and can advise me on things to look out for?…
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Electricity Region
Can anyone tell me how I can find out on the web which region I come under for Electricity purposes. Thanks
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Newbie Switcher?
Hi all Am looking to change suppliers for the first time I'm currently with BG for gas & elec and am paying £20 & £18 by dd. The comparison sites say i should swap to scottish power, closely followed by powergen. my question is, are any of these 2 about to have a price rise or have they both already had them? Also are they…
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A mug for Electricity ONLY
Hi all, I know this topic is hot and we all have our own input :-/ But I need advise and quick. :-[ We are in a new build appartment and hence the only form of energy is ELECTRICTY... yep you guessed it, it is very expensive :o we need to change our supplier and quick our bills are out of this world. :-X We are currently…
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sedbuk
Where on earth do they get their figures from? According to their site, a 3 bed semi costs £397 to heat with an old cast iron boiler, and £259 with a condensing boiler. My semi has no cavity wall insulation, no double glazing, a 20 year old cast iron boiler, and as I'm at home all day, the heating only goes off at night.…
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Powergen confirmation
surprisingly enough, we are aware that powergen have had a raise on some of their tariffs. anybody on energy online, capped tariff or age concern, who signed up to powergen before the price rise, will still be on the old tariff. those who have incurred a price rise will have had a letter stating this. Therefore, if you…
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FREE ENERGY SAVER LIGHTBULBS
Hi All, I work as an energy efficiency adviser and I will be giving a free low energy lightbulb to people who complete and energy efficiency survey. I will be doing this at Safeway's Supermarket in Camberwell 23nd til 26th November. If you live in the area then please come along. Martin
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I need to switch my 5 shops electricity
I am looking for some advise in switching my shops' electricty. Currently with Economy Power and contracts end on 31st December. I have all the shops supply numbers to hand. I know that companies get a few bob for switching me so i wanted to see if someone on MSE can benefit from me doing this through them (or better still…