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Archives for April 2007

EDF Online 5 Tariff?
I have the tariff unit charges which are better than standard prices. Can anyone tell me if this tariff has the same annual DD and Dual Fual discounts as the standard tariff? Thanks in advance.
Pre-payment electric metre/cost of removal?
Hi Currently I have a pre-payment electicity metre with Scottish power manweb and I have just had the all clear from my landlord to have it taken out and change suppliers if I want to however I was wondering if there was a charge for removing it and putting in a regular metre. Its quite a new key metre. Thanks Sarah x
£1,400 elec bill on a 2 bed semi - HELP
We have just moved into a rented two bed semi which is all electric. The heating is run from an electric boiler and serves about nine radiators throughout the house (most of which are permenantly turned off). The hot water is from an economy 7 immersion in the hot water cistern (which we only use off peak). Powergen…
EDF bill
My first post folks and i'm desperate. Just today received our quarterly electricity bill from EDF, a whopping £345 We're on the 'Online V3' tariff. There are three different tariff rates on my bill, which i'm assuming is because there prices went up then my request for the 'fixed till 2008' tariff. The units amassed on…
problem switching gas supply
I have recently tried to swap my gas supply from 'EDF' to 'EQUIGAS', but I have had a debt that I have been paying through my card meter. I received a letter from 'edf' that I cannot switch as I still owe a debt, I telephoned them and was told that my meter had not been activated to take any debt off, so to my dismay I…
Powergen on Quidco
I have noticed that you can get £50 for switching to powergen using quidco. I move out of my flat in just over a month, so if i was to switch now i would i get the £50 and be able to close the account in a month?
Reclaiming credit when switching advice needed please
I am about to switch from npower juice to scottish power, I have been using juice as I liked the idea of nenewable energy but I think my money would be better spent giving a donation to greenpeace. Having decided to switch I would like to know how to get the credit back that npower has from direct debits, on my latest bill…
British Gas Further price reductions tomoz
BG should be due to announce further price reductions tomorrow
Southern Electric Billing
Hi All I realise this has been covered but that thread was becoming a little messy. Anyway, I've just received my gas and electric bills and the price decreases had not been applied or even listed so I contacted SSE to query it. According to the couple of customer services call centre staff I spoke too, even though the…
scottish power new price "fall" tariff
impression ive gleaned from scottish power is that their wont be any annual loyalty discounts on this tariff :(
PowerGen Failed To Setup Direct Debit - Now I Owe £466! Eeck!
Late last year I switched bank accounts from Barclays to Alliance & Leicester. At that time I asked for my direct debits to be transferred over to my new account. This was done, but I didn't notice that the Powergen one didn't get setup. I've contacted the Alliance & Leicester about this and they have confirmed that I did…
Thinking of leaving EDF but projected savings from Energysaver don't add up
Please could anyone advise me? I went on to Energysaver to see if I could cut the cost of my gas and electricity which I currently buy from EDF on a fixed price til September 2008. This is what I am paying below, my direct debits are currently £60 per month for gas and £50 for electricity. Gas Standing charge 0.00p Unit…
switching from EDF.... who to, atlantic electric & gas?
i have done a Uswitch.com and seems to be 'atlantic electric & gas' that come out on top.... £140 per year saving. • anyone had any expeience with them • any good? •worth the switch? • any other recomendations? cheers.:money:
Why has it gone up so much?!
Hiya I used to live in a 2 bed terrace d my gas and electric bill was about £650 per year. Ive recntly moved to a new house in the same area and the bills are coming in to equate to about 2 grand a year! Now i realised it would go up but should it increase by almost three times?!
Warmfront will pay for Mum new boiler but.....
After many months Warmfront have sent someone to look at my Mums boiler and agreed its on its last legs. They have now sent a quote to replace it with a Combi and move it from the Garage to her box room inside what was the old airing cupboard. Sounded too good to be true...it is. They want her to pay £450 to make up the…
British Gas (again)
I've been through as many threads as I could before things got too blurry before I post this so no flaming please. I've been with BG for a few years on dual fuel and changed from a prepayment electricity meter to a standard one at the start of 2005. I'd also been paying roughly the same amount per month for my electricity…
Southern Electric Supply whole area
Just had a knock on my door this evening from a southern electric representative telling me that they supplied the gas and electricity for my area and even though I pay someone else for my supply (EDF) they will get the energy from them and therefore it would always be cheaper to come direct to them. I not prepared to…
Renting a flat where gas and electricity is metered
Can anyone tell me if there is a way of changing supplier when you live in rented accomadation? We seem to be spending a lot but are unsure that we can do much about it.
Standing Charge vs No Standing Charge
Hi all, just wondering what is the difference between electric tariffs with standing charge and one with no standing charge? how should one go about choosing? thank you
Scottish Power being slated
Article from front page of the the Daily Record here in Scotland 24 April 2007 POWER TO THE PEOPLE One million Scots could save £122 a year by ditching ScottishPower By James Lyons SCOTTISHPOWER have been accused by an industry watchdog of ripping off customers by up to £122 a year. The firm have yet to pass on a reduction…

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