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Major stay warm change
very shortly there are going to be announces regarding stay warm...big announces. it will now become consumption based for consumers who use too much. Not sure when press release will be but trust me!!! As i now no longer work for powergen...:( this has come from a valuable source. Anybody who has been identified as a high…
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which is cheapest gas or electric
With gas prices rising faster than electricity is it now cheaper to heat water using economy 7 than using gas?
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How much money can you save by changing to low energy bulbs?
Can someone give me an idea roughly of how much it will save me to replace my normal bulbs with low energy ones? I've got 2 bulbs already, but really don't like them much. My electricity supplier is charging me per unit, so how do I work out how much a 40w light bulb is using compared to a 9w for example? I'd really like…
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How often should you have gas appliances serviced/checked?
Over the years, we've tended to have our gas boiler, cooker, fires, etc. serviced once a year by a Corgi registered engineer. We've now replaced our gas fires with electric and are wondering if a two yearly check would suffice (not wanting to skimp on safety though!). Out of interest, what do others do/recommend?
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New home, how do i know if its cheaper to change
Hello, i've just moved home and have gas and electricity (previously only had electricity) How can i work out if its cheaper to stay with my present company -scottish power. All the sites you visit ask you to enter your average bills for the year but i don't have any bills yet and don't really want to wait a year to find…
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Money Saving query
I have to ask this, but not sure if it's legal or not. I've known for ages that my nighttime usage is 20% cost of the daytime usage, but only began paying that fact more attention. I was wondering if it's possible (and legal) to install kit that can simply store energy drained during the night, to be used during the day?
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Npower Third Price Rise in a Year
Energy company Npower is to increase its prices for domestic customers for the third time this year. From 1 October, gas bills will increase by 17.2% and electricity by 9.9%, the company said. It blamed the rise on an increase in wholesale energy prices, which it said had jumped 250% since 2003 and 60% in the past year
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BG cheapest for electricity????
I am currently with British Gas for my electricity (no gas in the house, my heating is solid fuel) I am on economy seven, I have all the usual appliances, and a fish pond pump that runs constantly day and night (although I am told they dont use up much). At the moment I wait up until 12.30 to switch on my washer and…
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Cheapest gas/elecricity supplier
Can anyone advise who is the cheapest electric and gas supplier, I have read a number of threads and Atlantic appear to be well praised as being a cheap supplier . People also mention Elico which I believe is an Ethical supplier can anyone shed any light on the overall cheapest or advise who not to have as suppliers
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Boiler Service?
I need some help out here, what is entailed in a boiler service? I mean do engineers adopt the "If it ain't broken, don't mess with it" attitude? Coz I just had someone around to do a boiler service, all he did was look around, check for leaks. Looked at the gas meter, topped up the pressure and he says everything is fine…
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Help for Business Rates?
My DH has a small workshop in Kent, and wants to get a new quote for electricity, can anyone suggest where we can look online as all the swtiching sites seem to be for domestic use??? We have used a pathetically small amount of electric there - the last bill was for just over £8 of actual electricity, the rest £40 odd quid…
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scottish power put my payments down
i have scottish power duel fuel payed by monthly direct debit. we declined the 'generous' offer of going onto a pretty high capped rate when our fixed price deal ended and the bills should be nearly double what we were paying. although we are in credit by almost £100 this is not unusual in the summer. still they have put…
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southern electric
ive just had a guy from southern electric cold calling, he wouldnt take no for an answer, and kept trying to push into our house, he was quite a big guy, i feel sorry for all the little old men and women in the village who cant stop him! he stood on our door step telling me how cheap they were, and that the guy at number…
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Equipower/Equigas Price Increases
By my calculations Equigas has gone up 31% today! The rate was 1.94 and now it is 2.55 Does anyone have the pre Sept 1 elec prices? I just switched to them and haven't even had a bill yet. I am !!!!!! off to say the least. I was expecting a rise as they havent done one since 2005, but 31%!? This happened last time i…
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Changing Eneregy Supplier
Does anyone know if there is an energy company out there which will allow you to transfer an outstanding gas/electricity balance when you transfer to them? You seem to have to clear your current balance, which always tends to run in arrears (wonder why this is!!) before you can switch provider.
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Be careful about central heating insurance!
Not sure if I am in the correct thread (as usual). However, given Martin's article about central heating cover, I thought I should post a warning. We had such (so-called "5-star") cover for our gas-powered central heating system, in Swansea, and the radiators started to fill up with air. I thought it was the pump, and…
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Powergen Price Increases
We switched to Powergen on 31st May and pay by direct debit. We've not had a bill yet and the only readings they have are the initial ones when we switched. We received a letter yesterday dated "August 2006" saying that the prices were going up on 21st August. Firstly, shouldn't they tell you BEFORE the prices go up? And…
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Can British Gas be the cheapest?
I've just run the comparisons and uSwitch is showing nPower sign online duel fuel as the cheapest whereas energyhelpline is showing British Gas Green Click Energy being £40 cheaper than that!! So my questions are, can BG really be the cheapest and why doesn't it show up at all on the uSwitch list?
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big gas bill!!
hey, Can anyone help. my gas bill for the last 3 months is £190! I live in a 1 bed flat and not had heating on whatsoever all summer. have a combi water boiler and gas hob/cooker.Also Im long haul cabin crew and Im away at least 3 days a week. Rang BG and they took the meter reading and its actually going to be more! I…
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Regional Variations
I received a mailshot from British Gas this morning detailing why they are going to increase their prices and about their Energy Savers Pack. Unusually for me - I sat and read through the booklet in reasonable detail and was surprised to find that costs for electricity vary considerably according to which region you are…
