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energy consumption question...
hi chaps, i want to know the answer to a question that has been bothering me for a while. i own a 2 bedroom semi detatched house. the central heating, set to 22 degrees comes on at 6am and goes off at 7.30am ( then iam out for the day at work, so its off all day) it then comes on again at 4.30pm and goes off again at…
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British Gas to cut gas prices in 'spring 2007'
British Gas owner Centrica plans to cut retail gas prices in spring 2007 after a fall in wholesale costs. Centrica said that a price cut was on the cards because the "warmest autumn on record in the UK has coincided with the predicted additional supplies of gas being delivered". It added that the extra supplies and a 15%…
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Atlantic help
Now that Atlantic prices are going up on 1/1/07 I just checked on two sites and the best seem to be Npower Sign online SOL7 but only with a £5 saving and this only an annual £21.00 discount from total bill. My current spend is about £220 each for gas and electric on Atlantic prices below Gas kwh standard 3.01p discount…
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Electricity Switching users
I went on Uswitch today to compare electric prices was amazed to find I could save £100 as I use 3800 kws yearly but when I compared what I had paid out ouer the last yaer I found the saving was only £10 this was due to powergen charging two different prices for their units off peak and peak.Whilst edf charge only the one…
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BG owe me money - how can I get it back?
Hi, can anyone tell me how Energywatch can help (and how to contact them) please? We switched both Gas & Elec from BG to EDF earlier this year - the elec moved OK but the gas is a different story! I was never asked by either company to provide any meter readings. When checking whether BG had finally closed my accounts in…
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savings advice
Hi all Powergen arghhh!!! Rude on the phone and also they have charged us for ending the service £45! when i rang to change over the service to a different address do i have any comback? Our Electric bills have been really high so much so that we are in arrears for each proprty we move from. Is it normal to get £300 +…
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Choosing my best option
Ok guys I've been looking into my electricity payments and I'm starting to wonder If I'm on the right path. Currently we have an electric meter and I believe we are on the 'prepayment' tariff from Swalec (South Wales area) We put about £20-25 in every week and roughly this totals up to about £90 a month. After looking on a…
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Energy Companies and the consumer credit act
Are energy companied bound by the terms of the consumer credit act? Anyone?
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npower price frozen till 2008?
Just had an npower salesman knock the door, claiming that npower are freezing their prices until 2008 and all other suppliers are putting their prices up? Anyone know if there is any truth in any of this? p.s. Obv i didnt let him in, sign up to anything or engage in any more conversation as he was pushing the hard sell.…
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First home, no sure where to start with electric!
Me, partner and little one are moving into our first home. We have found out the previous tenant was with powergen and as such the property is still being billed by them. We've had the keys 2 weeks and are doing work at present on the house before moving in. Simply, I dont know where to begin to get the bills over to my…
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Electric and Gas is killing me!!!
Hello I would like to ask some of you guys that have been on here and know quite a bit about this subject some questions. My sister currently has both gas and electric meters and she is putting about £60 a week in (combination of both meters) She is currently with swalec for both gas and electric and this cost every week…
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Standard vs. Economy 7 - opinions please
I have recently moved into a newbuild block of flats which were advertised as having Economy 7 meters but in actual fact do not, thanks to an error somewhere along the way. Each flat has an immersion heater tank in the airing cupboard for the hot water, with an Economy 7-branded timer (which I would presume works just like…
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Help please I dont understand my electric meter
We just moved in last week and we have a digital metre fitted. In our old house we used to have a black metre run by what I thinks called radio wave with 2 dials low and high with economy 7 coming on at about 1am I use all my electric eating appliances like my washer overnight on economy 7 so im hoping that my new metre…
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Moving house and meter readings
We are hoping to move shortly probably after Christmas now. We are planning when moving to take meter readings of our old property, perhaps take a picture of the gas/electric meter. The problem is with new property, it has gas, electric and water. They water board told me that the meter in just outside the boundary of…
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What can i do?
I am with scottish gas for my gas, we pay £7.50 per week which is fine for now, what i need to know is what to do with my electricity? I am with scottish power and i pay £18 per week, i am still in arrears and if i found a better deal somewhere else, i still need to pay off the arrears before i can change, anyone got any…
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Powergen 5% extra discount new & EXISTING customers
11% discount for dual fuel increased to 16% until January 2008. THIS OFFER IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO EXISTING CUSTOMERS (like me). Existing customers should call 0800 015 1712 and ask for the "Energy Online Winter Saver" . They ask for account details but found me via my postcode. Discount was immediately applied. This is…
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Clickenergy disappointment :(
I have just transferred my elderly mother's gas tariff from BG std to Clickenergy. It had to do a lot of pursuading . . . . you know how it is ! I will be doing the computer stuff i.e. driving the account. The potential saving, determined a few weeks ago was around £150 p.a. Now I have rechecked and we are down to a…
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i signed up for british gas duel fuel for Fix and Fall 2,
did i make a boo boo doing this i have been a british gas and electric customer for a few years they said it would not cost anything extra did i make a boo boo and was coned thanks steve
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Regulator warns uSwitch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6168959.stm
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Consumer Unit help please!
My MIL has had no electric over the weekend as there is some kind of problem with a cable from the electric cooker to the consumer unit. She has the old type of unit and the electric board have told her that she needs a new one and they will do it for a cost of £500. She and FIL are both pensioners and cannot afford this…
