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3 power cuts in 3 days! Action availble?
With scottish power, and as title have had 3 power cuts in 3 days. I've emailed them to express my anger with this situation. I only know about 3 power cuts, there could be more. Now I'm having to unplug everything before I go to work just incase there is any damage which is a pain obviously. Am I entitled to anything for…
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Change of electricity meter
My son has had a letter advising him that the meter has to be changed under terms of elec regs, He says he will give a reading a few days before the change to his suppier to be comfirmed on the change. He seems to be on the ball but van you give any other advice that I can pass on? Does anyone know how often meters have to…
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Atlantic massive Gas increase
I cannot believe it, Atlantic inform me as from the 15th May they will be putting my monthly direct debit Gas from £35 a month to a massive £54. This is ridiculous as they say they have etimated I use this amount. I am definatley thinking of switching but can anyone tell me who is the best as surely there are much cheaper…
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Gas and Elec Standing Charge
I have recently changed my scottish power to an online service. There were two options 1 Online Energy and 2 Online Energy (no standing charge) I went for option 2. Can anyone tell me if this was the right decision or should I try and get it changed to option 1. Any advice appreciated
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Can anyone help me out? about powergen electricity bill
I am with Powergen Economy 7 with RHT, no standing charge. Me and my husband live in a two-bedroom flat and we don't have gas. It is understandable we pay more than gas&elec. But today I get bill from Powergen and amount is 721.39 from 02/08/05 till 28/04/06 which is shocking price over £80/month. There is part of bill…
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British Gas Homecare - Result
Morning All Just thought I let you know about a result I had with British Gas. I’ve been on their 3* service package for a number of years. Out of the blue (I was expecting their service visit later on in the year) I received a letter saying that they were going to call to service the heating unit on the 13th March between…
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Economy7, GFCH, Underfloor, which is best?
Hi, We have just put an offer in on a house that has Economy 7 storage heaters. I haven't had any experience of these in the past so I have a few questions: 1) Cost wise, how does this system compare to standard Gas Fired Central Heating? 2) How does it compare to underfloor type heating? 3)How much would it cost us to…
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debt on my prepayment meter
sorry this was just the same as my previous post. My computer was having a funny views minutes so i went out and when i cam ehome it sent it again. Don't know how to delete threads,so just edited to say sorry. HT
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debt on my prepayment meter
wondering if anyone else had this problem. Just phoned British Gas to ask to be changed from prepayment to direct debit and they did a check on my meter and said i was over £130 in debt, which dated back to missing payments between end nov and feb a few years ago. During this time i was not really living in the flat, i got…
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Immersion Heater Switches
My friend has just moved into a flat that has an electric immersion heater, it just has an on/off switch as per the photo HERE. What she would like to be able to do is have a timer, so the immersion heater can be set to come on a few hours in the morning and a few hours in the evening, what would she need or need to do for…
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Powergen being naughty again
i got my original bill for 24/01/06 to 14/04/2006 with correct "Actual" meter readings, but wrong tariff and no discount :( so complained and got the discount and the new tariff applied and the bill recalculated :D now looking at the bill they have altered my meter readings to random numbers so that i "used" more after the…
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Powergen Forgets To Bill 20,000 Homes
According to this story from the Daily Telegraph , that number of people have not received an electricity bill for up to four years. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/29/npowergen29.xml My son is one of these people. Since he moved into his house in Wisbech 18 months ago he has been trying to get…
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!!! Uswitch + Powergen Customers Warning !!!
USWITCH or USTITCH ??? Powergen customers on ENERGYONLINE tariff who compare on this site are only allowed to select tariffs , that uswitch can do for you online, however that DOES NOT include the *ENERGYONLINE tariff... So like what does that mean? It means that when you are comparing and they ask for your current…
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Outdated encryption method - energyhelpline cashback - DANGER WILL ROBINSON !!
I am currently in the process of changing supplier and went for the above comparison service as Martin says it's the winner. However when I went to sign up , my browser - Opera - came up with the following message : This site is using an outdated encryption method currently classified as insecure. It cannot sufficiently…
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Boiler Firing - But Why ?!
Apologies if this is waffly but I dont really know what I'm talking about (Nothing changes ...:o ) I'm experimenting with my heating/hot water settings to find the minimum necessary 'on' time to meet my requirements. So far I've discovered that I cant have the heating on without the hot water on too (I've got a thermal…
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price hike - utility warehouse
Prices went up on 1st May but haven't filtered through to all price comparison websites yet.
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controlling temp of radiators
i spoke to British Gas about the high cost of my latest gas bill and they suggested controlling the temp of the radiators as one option to save money. Is this somthing you do on the individual radiators or in the cupboard where the timer is?? Thanks
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Help Please
I have changed supplier from Scottish Power (as my gas went up so much) to London Energy for both gas and elec. They set up DD for £21 for each. I have been with them since Feb and I have just rung them with my reading as I do not want to get estimated bills. My gas consumption seems high. £94.09 for the period 13/2 to…
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3 Months Elec Usage In 1 Month !
We've recentley changed over from British Gas to London Energy for both gas & elec.Someone came to do a final meter reading on 19th March it read 60149 which i actualy took a photo of for proof if further problems. On the 26th April I did an online reading for London Energy which was 61109. I never thought anything of this…
