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Archives for September 2006

Much Elec Saved from defrosting fridge freezer
Finally got around to doing this after putting if off for ages. Ice was up to 1.2 inch thick in some places. Would I be right in assuming I should use less electricity now?
wholesale elec an gas prices tumble yet our price goes up
In the paper today it says that gas wholesale prices have dropped by a quarter and elec by a third in the past few months yet my Powergen bill has rocketed how can this be right?
British Gas: Rate 1 or Rate 2?
Hope someone can help with this one. When you recieve your electricity bill from British Gas, you get charged at 2 rates. Rate 1 is approx. 6p per kwh and the other is about 16p per kwh. Am I right in thinking that rate 1 is for off peak use and the other for peak use? If so, how do they divide it up. There is nothing on…
Switched to EDF at long last !!!!
Hooray, my electricity account was finally activated yesterday, 11 months after initiating the switch and 9 months after change of supply date !!!
'The Occupier' - on a bill?
We switched supplier about 2 months ago. Today we got a bill from Scottish Power (previous supplier). The bill is a reminder. No original was ever received, we have paid their 'final' supply bills and it's addressed to 'The Occupier'. I will phone them (if I can ever get through) and find out what it's all about but I…
British Gas- Clickenergy
I have visited this site for the first time, after using the search engine - Google, to find clickenergy with british gas, and after reading the messages about clickenergy with british gas, I have now decided to stick with powergen my current supplier, and I will be phoning them Saturday afternoon straight after work to…
My electricity bills seems high
I am currently with Scottish Power and pay £50 by DD. My quarterly bill for gas came to £25 this quarter and my Electricity bills to £80. I only use gas to cook and heating and why is it my electricity bills seems to be higher compared to the gas. We are a family of three, usual usuage, computer, three TV etc. I asked a…
SSE price increase - Ebico impact?
Another round of price increases announced by SSE (Scottish & Southern Energy), effective 1/1/2007. Will this filter through to Ebico prices? :confused: See here http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=413168&in_page_id=2&ct=5
Scottish and southern to increase prices in Jan
By 9% :mad: Due to under estimates and price rises, my combined bills with them (I assume the are southern electric, if not I apologise!) have gone from £45 to £105 a month in the last 12 months and they are still the best rated on all the comparison sites, what do I do?!! I am beginning to feel tempted by British Gas fix…
Electricity Dilemma
I'm currently living in a rented apartment and haven't had any electricity bills for a year :o ( I contacted the provider with meter readings, told them when I moved in and gave them initial and current meter readiings. They said they'd send a bill out. The lady read all the details I had provided back to me to check…
Have you turned on your heating yet?
I'd be interested to see if you've turned on your heating yet. I haven't except I have been putting the bathroom heater on when in there. I'm determined to keep the heating off for as long as possible, it's a challenge to myself and my electric bills. (I'm all electric.)
NPower £60 DD cashback.
Hi, Ive been with npower for 8 months but looking at the comparison sites I should switch to atlantic for a £150/yr saving. But is it worth staying with Npower for a few more months to get the cashback? Im not sure if its paid yearly - does anyone know? :confused: Thanks Vicki
Switching Utilities
I have read many reports on who is the best provider for my utilities ( meaning Gas / Electric / Telephone. Many people refer th this company called the Utility Warehouse. I believe that this company is backed by a PLC & run by the guy who set up " Peoples Phone ", then sold this to Vodaphone. I wonder if that is what he…
whats the best company 4 gas and elec
Hi At the moment im forking out £190 every 3 months for gas and electricity,after being on another forum on moneysavers today i was told to come here and get some advice. i have a 1 bedroom house use the washing maybe twice every other day have a shower in the morning and a shower of a night and regards to my heating in…
100% green & cheap
I tried uswitch and energyhelpline. The latter led me to Southern Electric RSPB but do not offer a direct transfer, so I rang them up. Turns out they can save me £120 on dual fuel (from npower juice standard dual fuel, pay be monthly direct debit) and their Power 2 option is 100% green on the electric - 80% Hydro power, 5%…
N power or Atlantic
thanks to those who gave me advice yesterday about switching for the first time. I want to change gas & electric and pay the least possible. I've checked all the online caluculators and they all give n power & atalantic as the best prices (only a few quid difference between the two. Which is the best to go for, I see…
Responsibility for Gas/Electricity Bills
With monotonous regularity we get posts along the lines: "I have been paying £xx by Direct Debit for my gas/electricity for the past 3 years. They now say I am now £yyy in debt and they want to increase my Direct Debit to £zzz which I can’t afford." This post is usually followed by one or more of the following: It cannot…
Where can I find a list of gas prices?
I posted the other day that I wasn't registered with a gas company but need to be. Unfortunately, I can't find my cheapest supplier as I have no gas company to compare with. What I am trying to say is switching is not an option as I have nothing to switch from. Is there a list I can access that shows me all the gas…
British Gas Incompetence... Please help
Right, gonna try and make this as short as possible!! We moved into our house just before christmas just gone and the previous owners had Electric and Gas with British Gas. We phoned them up to set a direct debit up to pay the bills and though everything was fine. We didn't take a meter reading when we first moved in which…
Should i switch?? help needed
Ive just had a chap at my door telling me that my gas and electic supplier (southern electic) put service charges onto my bills and looking at them it is correct, he also told me that i couls swap to BG and my bills would drop and also that they are dropping their prices and i could have them capped .... Is it a good idea…

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