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Archives for March 2006

nPower Sign Online / Juice prices
Complain to get onto the Sign Online tariff. nPower charges different prices for Sign Online (on--line only tarrif) and Juice (green tariff). Their literature says that their Juice tariff matches the 'normal' tariff - but they mean the standard of-line tariff.. I signed-up on-line last August, and chose the Juice tariff…
Gas v Electric Cookers
Recently got gas central heating installed now does anyone know which is cheaper to run ??? my guess is gas gas cooker against electric cookers and does the cost of buying a gas cooker and its install work out better than staying with an electric cooker
The "nerve" of Npower
I received two letters from npower today to let me know that my gas and electricity prices would be increasing from 31st March (today). Included with the letter was a flyer ofering me £30 of M&S vouchers if I signed up to a contract with npower by 30 April 2006. Nowhere does it say that you have to be a new customer so I…
Scottish and Southern another big increase!!!
Scottish and Southern have upped their prices again. See :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4864304.stm !!The latest increases will mean that customers of S&SE - which trades as Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro Electric and SWALEC - will have seen their gas bills rise this year by 30% and their electricity bills by…
Powergen Online - Submit Your Meter Reading
For those with Powergen online and the Age Concern tarrif, don't forget to take a meter reading and submit it online today as the new prices come into effect. In my experience all suppliers err to their benefit if estimating consumption either side of a price rise. Particularly if you have been with energy online pre Dec…
Equigas Price Increase?
Being totally fed up with Pgen , I`ve searched the sites and Ebico now keeps coming up top for savings. One reason could be that they haven`t increased their prices since 1st Sept 2005 whilst most of the others have,hence the big savings. Surely it must be reasonable to suspect that an increase is overdue and I`d like to…
Npower
Anyone else had this problem ? I used a comparison site to check cheapest supplier, turned out to be Npower. I think it was Uswitch that i used (there was £12.50 cashback) and was recommended from Martins site. Anyway, i've been with them for 3 months now and have realised that they didn't put me on their on-line tariff…
Check your tarriffs , money savers!
Hi All- have been a regular visitor to U Switch for the last 5 or so years. The first time I visited I changed supplier and saved about £100 a year going to Powergen dual fuel online . I moved in April 04 and transfered the account to my new address without a hitch. The debits went out of my accounts, the meter was read ,…
Powergen New Prices from 31 03 06
E-mailed Powergen because I hadn't heard what the new prices for energy online was. Received the following reply. "Prices have increased and customers are being notified by letter. I have listed your new prices below which are in effect from 31/03/06. Gas First 1143 kWh per quarter (4572 p/a) 3.156p per kWh All remaining…
Southern Electricity
Hello I'm new to this and think that I could make some savings with the above company by switching but I can't find out if they have recently increased their prices or not :confused: does anyone know? TIA
Green Electricity
I'm considering changing to 'green' elecrticity. Has anyone done it, who would you recomend. I realise it's probably a bit more expensive but if I can do my little bit for the planet it might be worth thinking about. Southern Electric Renewable have a £20.22 standing charge and the 8.35 per kwh, which is about a penny more…
Under Estimated Bill - PAY UP NOW!
A friend of mine is with Powergen. They have just been hit (on Tuesday this week) with a large 'outstanding' bill that must be paid by next week otherwise they will be cut off. It is in the region of £1000.00. For 3 years they have been paying an 'estimated' amount of money. Powergen stated they have been unable to access…
Switch from BG to Npower?
I'm with BG at the moment (not my choice, they were the suppliers when I moved in) on their standard dual fuel tariff and have today received my first bills from them. To say I'm not happy is an understatement! :rolleyes: First of all they have sent me estimated bills, despite having both my meters read a few weeks ago and…
When direct debit isnt such a good deal..
Hi all, apologies if this has been discussed before. We get dual fuel from SEEBOARD,part of the EDF energy group i believe. Their prices seem ok for us ,not necessarily the cheapest but cheap enough for it not to be worth switching as we are small consumers compared to many homes. Anyway we thought we'd try and lop a bit…
Why don't Age Concern give Powergen the finger?
I had just started the trfr to PG Age Concern when the tarriff was upped so I prmptly went back to my old supplier. There used to be a sizable discount on PGs normal prices using the Age Concern option but now it seems no cheaper. One has to wonder what is in it for Age Concern, or if they aren't just naifs. I reckon if…
Southern Electric Superdeal
I am sorry I am a newbie to this, and I apolgise if I am just being very thick...but my Southern Electric bill says I am on Superdeal tariff, I have 3 meter readings.. A few years I talked about switching this but was told this type was only done by Southern electric...do you think that is right...my understanding its…
baxi firefront cost to run it per hour
hi i just got a baxi backboiler and firefront installed, i need to use the firefront in my living room as the radiator aint enough to heat it in the colder nights, i got a high gas bill in recently and now im trying to keep an eye on what im using to try and cut down a bit. So i want to know how much my firefront costs to…
Just a thought..........
The way costs are going with gas, electricity and water, perhaps we will all end up by having to go back to the days of my childhood - i.e. one bath per week (Sunday night of course) and one fire in the living room with the rest of the house freezing cold. But what the heck, we survived! All this warmth and cleanliness is…
Saved 10% on gas and electricity :-)
Got my latest bill from Powergen and I noticed two things. 1) I'd built up a reserve of £50. 2) My estimated meter readings were quite a way out. So, I submitted my readings online and a few days later rang them up and asked them to recalculate my usage. Net result, £40 back from my reserve. Monthly bill cut to £36 from…
Using Uswitch to switch suppliers
Hello, I was just wondering if anyone has any experience of this. I switched gas and electricty to Atlantic, from Powergen and British Gas respectively on the 4th of March. I got the confirmation e.mail though saying I would be contacted by my current suppliers within 2 working weeks and to take a meter reading on given…

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