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scottish power options?
Please can anyone help (Martin I dont know if you do personal replies, but one would be much appreciated please!!!) I'm with Scottish Power for gas / elec, pay monthly by dd. I'm on the online energy service with capped price until 2008 (or something) I cant get out of my contract as I owe them money and have come to an…
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help please just had a new combi boiler fitted and need advice on old cubic gas meter
i have a new boiler system and the engineer said that was the old type cubic meter gas meter is it worth phoning up british gas and ask for a new metric one will it be more expensive to run somebody said the metrice ones with the way the calculations are done work out more expensive is that true
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Anyone with some typical Econ 7 usage figures for small house/flat?
I'm busy comparing various electricity suppliers. I've not lived in my flat long enough to have any typical usage figures for the day and night meters. I've been searching for data on the internet but I've not had much joy. For a 1 person, 1 bed flat, what is a typical ratio between night and day use? "how long is piece of…
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Questions about electric Pre-Payment meters
Okay, we have just moved into a property (renting) this weekend only to discover that the electric is on a pre-pay meter with British Gas. I've never really used pre-pay before and have to say I’m annoyed because it’s a bit of a hassle. However, all the flats in the building are pre-pay (Gas is thankfully with Npower on a…
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What sort of amount should I be budgeting?
Morning all, I'm shortly to move into a new-build 1 bedroom flat, it's on Economy 7 electricity with no gas supply, I'll be a single occupier who is moderately conscious of energy conservation (not leaving lights on in unused rooms, not leaving things on standby etc) ... I will be using the hob or oven for half an hour to…
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I cant get my head around Economy 7
Hi all Wonder if you can help me out i have recently moved in to an appartment with my girlfriend, neither of us have ever used E7 before infact have never heard of it before, sorry, everthing is electric and i cant get my head around these heaters, they have 2 sockets both with switches but one has a plug and the other…
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Can I still move supplier?
I moved into my flat around 6/7 weeks ago and filled out a form online with EDF to move from scottish power to edf. They sent me stuff to sign and as I couldnt get a meter number form old bill and as I couldnt be bothered holding i have never signed for and returned it to them. Anyway, can I still back date my supply to…
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british gas rebate question?
can anyone point me in the right direction of the £90 rebate phone number for british gas customers i have done a search but nothing coming up thanks
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If you have British Gas gas AND electricity
On Martin's main article he advises people thinking of switching providers to hold fire, unless they currently have British Gas supplying their gas and their local electricity supplier supplying their electricity, in which case they are probably paying so far over the odds anyway that they might as well switch now. Do you…
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Any ideas of savings?
At long last our housing trust has started a replacement scheme. We already had the downstairs front room and upstairs main bedroom windows replaced from wood to double glazed upvc. (why they didn't do them all at the same time is beyond me when they were all in similar state of disrepair.) The rest are now halfway being…
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This is why British Gas survives!
Visiting an elderly (mid-80's) relative yesterday, discussion got round to the ever-increasing cost of gas and electricity. She told me she had read the article in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday - exposing the massive rises most suppliers had imposed in recent months - and admitted that she knew that British Gas, her…
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using emersion heater vice gas to heat water?
just recently a few people i have spoken to have started to use there emmersion heater vice there gas boiler to heat there water especially during the summer months. i have started to do this and was wondering if it is money saving? is gas getting more expensive then electricity? does anyone else do this or has heard of…
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Where can I find uncommon energy efficient bulbs?
I am looking for a website that sells 'irregular sized' energy effiicent bulbs such as E14. Does anybody know of such a website?
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Amazed that BG has come out cheapest
Hi, I have spent a bit of time looking at switching and have been quite surprised that BG have come out cheapest for us. We currently use Southern Electric for both gas and electrcity and U-switch champagne show powergen as best (with BG just behind) whilst the energyhelpline cashback linked site has powergen at the same…
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A nosey question
Ive just phoned up Powergen and increased my duel fuel monthly direct debit to £90. I really wanted to start using less gas/electricity a month and had started making changes which i was hoping would cut down my fuel consumption but ive just recieved an online bill which, for all my hard work, has only put me £20 in…
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Heating: The cost of gas vs. electricity
I have just moved from a small house with a gas supply to a similar one without. I am obviously expecting higher energy bills, but I was wondering if anyone had any insights into how much more expensive it actually is to heat with electricity. I do not have storage heaters, so the issue of E7 can be ignored. My annual gas…
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Usage Calculator?
Is there such a thing as a gas and electric calculator to see if what I am paying is about right? Our bills have doubled over the past year and we are now paying £50 per month on each account. Obviously usage depends on lots of variables like house size, appliances etc but I am just after a rough guide to ease my mind.
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Powergen
Hi, I hope someone can give me some advice please! I have an ongoing problem with Powergen which started in February 2005 when I changed supplier from Powergen to npower. I waited for a final bill, which never appeared. However, in August 2005, I noticed that Powergen had taken £849 from my account! Upon contacting them, I…
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First Powergen Bill
Just received it online. Quite pleased with the result. This is for a three month period , but I've only made two dd payments (one of £85 and one of £100 - I changed the amount) and I'm £67 in credit. I know this is the summer, but hopefully it will stand me in good stead for when the c/heating goes on around end of…
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Damage by British Gas
I know this is perhaps more of a legal question but it's going to be costly if I can't sort it out. The problem is that my 80 yr old mother has just allowed British Gas in to change her meter - their request. To do so they had to shut down her gas appliances and in doing so have broken the boiler. As far as I am aware,…
