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Archives for September 2005

npower
Has anyone found npower increasing the size of direct debits by over 50% without good reason? I joined them 4 months ago for gas and electric. My gas direct debit was £39 pm. My last bill shows me in credit by £23; the reading (accurate as it happened) was an estimate. They have just told me my new dd will be £61. I phoned…
Utility Warehouse - High User - Any Views ?
Does any one have any experience with Utility Warehouse ? I am currently with Powergen ( Standard Tarrif Gas ) and Npower Standard tarrif Electricity . I am catching up on Gas payments having underpaid for a number of months but my genuine monthly outgoings are approx Gas = direct debit £80 Electric = Direct Debit £75…
new gas installation
A friend has just purchased a flat that doesn't have an exisiting gas installation. She's got a flat in calverton and is looking to have gas to cook on and heat. It'll be a wall unit gas heater (probably), so it'll need plumbing as well. It sounds like a massive project, so any advice or ideas on how to save cash would be…
Which electricity company are we with?
Hello We moved in to our new house a couple of weeks ago but don't know who is providing our electricity... We've got the gas and the water companies sorted but is there an easy way to find out who supplies the electricity? Thanks for your help N.
British Gas Price Cap till 2010, "Whats the catch"?
:think: Hello forum one and all I have recently had an agent from British gas knock on my door trying to convince me to swap back to them, this is backing up the ad's on telly, saying people are flooding back. Now Im a bit synical about this as they are saying It will be capped until 2010! Whats the catch? They gotta make…
British Gas Compensation
just spent the last month trying to find out how my gas supply had been taken away from present supllier. finnally got to the bottom of it all and seems that british gas had taken the supply my mistake it seems that they had made a mistake with the address and ended up taking the wrong house over. after spending hours on…
Don't Switch Now Becomes SWITCH NOW!
TIME TO SWITCH! Now is the best time to switch. I've changed my recommendation. While i don't think prices will stop rising, i think this is the most level playing field we are going to get! There's a completely new article about switching on the site and now i've pushed providers into giving us greater cashback. NEW…
Paying to two companies
I recently moved into a new property, and on within two days received a letter from NPower "welcoming me to the company". I didn't want to register with them, so I rang them up and informed them that I wanted to cancel and last week I opened an acocunt with Atlantic electricity and gas. However, today I received a bill…
Getting connected to gas
My mother in law doesn't have gas in her house, just a dirty great big oil tank. The oil tank is needing to be replaced, and she has had the offer of a gas cooker, and the gas conversion of her ray burner, so I am looking to see how much it would cost to get gas connected. Her house is down a lane fairly centrally to a…
savings on gas
I've just been comparing my gas consumption for the past 2 years. I'm delighted to report that i used 23% less this past year ( August 04 to Aug 05) than the previous year ( 03 to 04). I'm so thrilled, but unsure how i've made such a huge saving!! I've had cavity wall and loft insulation fitted, and we now use the shower,…
Powergen Whinge!
Despite being £72.34 in CREDIT with Powergen, I received a letter saying they are putting up my monthly DD for my Gas & Electircity by £10 to £70.50! And surprise, surprise when I went to query this their systems are down so they cannot advise me on the situation and can I call back in a couple of hours! They have the…
I'm sure I've been overcharged.
but Powergen don't appear to understand me. Just got off a 40 minute phonecall where they still didn't get what I was trying to say. Powergen raised prices 1st Sept. My bill was an estimate, so I got a new one issued. The old bill had a proportion of 11:1, old price:new price The new bill has a proportion of 6:1, old…
Changing Gas and elec saved me a month
Since reading posts I want to share mine with you... and to see if it works for everyone..... I have changed my Gas and elec supplier 3 times in the past 2 months (Looking for a deal) when looking through bank statements i notice that none of the companies have charged me for August total saving of £110. I am quite happy…
Friend Moving-Who's Supplying Utilities?
Morning Friend is moving this week and there are standard meters in the property. Who does she contact to find out whos supplying the gas and electric? Can she change straight away-how does it work etc? Sorry I havent got a clue. PP xx
How Much Cheaper Is Eco 7?
Has anyone, (I'm sure they must have) worked out whether it is much cheaper to be on eco7 tariff? or should I say at what point does it become better? how much elec do you have to be using at night/low time to make it worthwhile?? I am on eco 7, but my sons just got new house and wondering whether to switch to eco7 tariff…
general how much do you pay Q
ive just had a letter from my elec supplier, saying that my direct debit needs to increase from £30/m to £47, otherwise i will be in arrears now i thought £30 was bad enough, but £47! so i just wondered how much other people pay as a rough idea on my useage. all my heating, hot water & cooking is done using GAS, not…
Who to switch to??
Want to move from BG after latest price rise. Annual bill £1064 npower £215 saving scot power capped till May 07 £87 saving powergen capped till Jan 08 £56 saving decisions decisions.............................
Supply Area Confusion
I live in the "Manweb Area" and at my previous house Scottish Power used to provide electricity and the gas was actually calor gas bottles. In our new house (Jun 2004) I think SP said they don't invoice our area (which is still Manweb area) so we went with BG for dual fuel. Anybody know why this would be? When I use the…
Zest4 Electric - Internet Account
Has anyone transferred their Zest4 service to their new Internet Account? I know you get reduced prices and view your account online, but is there any downside? I assume you are no longer able to telephone them about your account, but instead do everything via email. I didn't get an email or letter from them about this new…
Surely no-one can be more incompetent than British Gas?
My daughter has been led a right dance by BG during the past year over the electricity bill for the lighting in the communal area of her flat, a single light (she is secretary of the residents committee). There is a dedicated meter for the supply but BG have only been billing based on estimated usage. She has phoned in…

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