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Archives for February 2007

Do I have poor memory or is my bill really too much?
I've moved into a new place and got the first quarterly bill. My place is a small 2 bedroom bungalow. I live alone, don't really cook much, have the usual basic appliances, all energy saving bulbs, a water tank with heater (set for 1 hour per night), electric shower and one electric oil radiator and one small storage…
Potterton boilers claim your repair money back.
Potterton Suprima Boiler owners Watchdog BBC did a story on these boilers. Having to restart the boiler to get any hot water or heating. But until the faulty part was replaced it would just keep switching off. It cost about £300 to repair the faulty circuit board. http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/tv_and...20070206.shtml If…
Boiler cover
Can anyone point me in the right direction. Who apart from British Gas give you cover for your boiler etc. I currently have homecare 200 which covers central heating system and yearly boiler check. Just got new plan in and it has gone up by more than 20%.
British Gas Meter-Debt
Hi, We moved into our flat in June 2005. The gas is on a pre pay card with British gas. Since we started putting money onto it we noticed that it was taking money for "debt". We usually put £8 on £5 of this would go on the emergency and we thought £3 would be able to be used straight away. But the meter was taking up to…
SSE to lower Gas prices tomorrow
take a look Guys http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6404151.stm
Scottish Gas
I have recently received a communication stating that as I had signed up to a price protection plan to 2009, that I would not be eligible to benefit from Scottish Gas's recently announced price reductions. Surely this cannot tbe the case?? Anyone advise!!
Scottish Power - are they reducing prices as well?
Hi there, I am currently in the process of swapping over from Powergen to Scottish Power. Following Powergen's announcement about reduced gas/elec prices, does anyone know when or if Scottish Power are due to announce their own cuts?! Thanks mrobbo76
Gas efficiency Tips, Condensing Boiler
Recently moved house from a 2 bedroom to a 3 bedroom. We are lovin the new house as its huge compared with our old house but that comes at a price! Our heating bills are alot higher now and I was wondering if we are not running the Baxi boiler to its full potential. We have a Baxi boiler in the cellar, with a Drayton…
NPower - Trying to bully us into paying someone elses bill. Please help!!
Hi everyone – Myself and the OH bought our new house in Oct 06, and got moved in early November 06. There were prepayment meters for both Gas and Electric in the cellar (Gas – NPower, Electric – British Gas). Both supplies were “off” as we didn’t have keys/cards for the meters. It took a day or two to organise guys from…
Capped Price coming to an end
My Powergen price cap is coming to an end on April 1st. Obviously all the reductions across the industry have started to happen but my question is this. Do I jump ship so that I'm on a new supplier come April 1st or do I tough it out for another 30 days with Powergen? Bear in mind that for those 30 days I will be on…
Powergen price drop
According to the BBC's "Working Lunch", Powergen are to reduce their gas prices by 16% and electricity by 5%. EdF and Scottish & Southern Electric are due to announce their price decreases shortly. :T
Joining utility Warehouse as a distributor?
God, there are so many positive and negative threads about UW i'm really struggling to decide whether joining them as a distributor or not would be a good move, can anyone please advise?
EDF price drop?
anyone heard any rumours of a price drop from EDF? hope so....
check those meter readings.
i know it sounds like common sense but 2 weeks ago we had a meter reader come round and read both gas and electricity meters, we are with powergen dual fuel online, 8 days later our bill is sent to us by e mail and the eletricity reading was ok but the gas has been estimated so i checked the readings. because we pay by DD…
moving from pre-payment Gas...
...apologies if it's a common question from a newbie...but has anyone any advice for someone wanting to move off pre-payment Gas? The reasons for being on it (small arrears, restricted budget) are thankfully less of an issue now and therefore want to move onto monthly (or whatever) billing as putting at least £20 a WEEK in…
Can Electric be Disconnected for somene elses debt?
Q: Can Electricity Supply be disconnected when the bill relates to a former Tenant and the present Tenant has a 2 year old child?. (Scotland) Daughter has spoken to Hydro Electric who want her to fax copy of her Tenancy Agreement to prove date she moved in and write covering letter giving details. I just want to know if…
Is he paying to much??
Hi all A friend of mine at work is telling me that he is paying £135 a month (to clear the debt) for electricity (not gas).He says he is using 20 units a day and is being charged 24p a unit (british gas) . He queried that his meter was faulty with them, but has been told its fine. Does this sound as though he is paying an…
Southern electric & Argos discount
Is anyone with Southern Electric? Have you taken advantage of their Argos discount scheme "Energy Plus Argos". I need to make a rather large purchase from Argos but I am reluctant to spend my money until I have checked this scheme out.
British Gas - Terrible Customer Service - Have been messed about - PLEASE HELP!!
:mad: Hi All, I moved into my house in November 2006. I phoned British Gas and gave them the readings for the electricity and gas. I then phoned them in January querying the whereabouts of my bill and they said I had to wait until the end of February. I asked the CS person I was speaking to, to please confirm that all my…
Court summons to "The Occupier"
Hi, I pay my bills by DD and am not in arrears or owe them anything. However, Unitd Utils have been sending bills addressed to the occupier for months now, for £155., for a different account reference. I called them and they told me to ignore them, but a notification of a court claim came today. I am worried about it -…

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