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Direct DEBITS Credits and other myths
HI guys and gals... Just a quick myth clear up here... Myth 1 If you have a credit with ANY energy company...they are NOT permitted NOR will they earn ANY interest on your credit...Under OFGEM rules and regs it is not permitted...So please dont ask for loss of interest.....They dont have too and energywatch cant make them…
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Changing from Pre Payment to Billed
Have just moved house and for the the first time since Uni have had to deal with a pre-payment meter for Electric. Any advice on getting this changed over to a normal meter where they will send me a bill. Have contacted Scottish Power and they say it will cost me £125 (refundable after 12 months) to get this done. is this…
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London/EDF Online v3 - Still cheapest?
I'm on dual fuel with EDF, the bills say my tariff is Online V3 Standard. I've done a price comparison with 3 different sites and they all tell me the next cheapest supplier will only cost me £60-100 more per year. This happened the last time Martin told everyone to switch - surely I can't have a price from feb 2006 (when…
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Re: Can someone please advise?
Hi, Can someone tell me if they have heard of The Utility Warehouse Discount Club. Should we join it? Andrea
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EDFEnergy Online v5 - any good?
None of the Comparison engines will let me switch and give me Cashback for this tarriff. I assume I need to ring EDF themselves to switch? Does anyone have more info on this tarriff, am I correct with the following (or have I got my maths way out)? I am based in the Midlands area. EDF Energy Online v5 - Calculations based…
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Units Usage is there a way?
I recently received my gas bill off southern electric it reads like somebodys homework thats got too many corrections, credits, and so on, but one thing that I cannot figure out is that the first X Kwh units are charged at the higher rate, the second set of Units in Kwh are charged at a discounted rate. when prices…
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Gas Electric Price drop catch?
Hi Just had my quarterly fuel bills (changed to Atlantic using money tip link last year :beer: ) Leaflet with bill says Gas prices go down from 1st March 07, electric from 1st April; But my gas bill is up to 30th March at old rate so phoned to query.... Was advised that price decrease takes effect from next quarter,…
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Good to go Direct Debit?
Is going monthly direct debit a good thing with electricty companies? I just ask EDF to go direct debit and from seeing the forums, it seems that those electricity companies overcharge and does not refund money sometimes....what has been your experience.. Is the frustation really worth the £10 yearly saving? EDIT: to…
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First bill from Powergen after 3 years
Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum, so please be nice :) After more than 3 years of moving into a new flat as a tennant, today I have received the first-ever electricity bill from Powergen. Back in March 2004 when I had moved in, I called them a couple of times to open an account with them (or rather to transfer my…
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Scottish Gas Business
looking for a wee bit of help here. One of our units uses roughly £30k of electricity a year, i was reviewing the contracts and found that this one had not been renewed in house but instead a renewal pack had been sent to the unit address and not forwarded to our offices. The renewal pack stated that if we didnt respond…
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Electricity units
After nearly fainting with shock at how many units we use a day (20) we decided to switch everything off leaving essentials on (fridgefreezer and 2 fish tanks) to see where it all goes - and discovered that my 2 fish tanks take up 6 units of electricity a day!!!!! So hubby's computer stuff wasn't to blame after all. So if…
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In Credit With British Gas, Refused Refund
Hi Guys, I am Soooooooo Angry with British Gas. In trying to save money where I can, and realising that if I don't put some money into the bank this week I will have payments that won't go out, I thought I would ring British Gas and see if there is a credit on my account (which I was sure that there was) and get it…
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advise please
Hi all, I have read somewhere that if elec have raised their prices and not amended their meters, they are writing off over £70 debts? I have just had my bill and it says i owe £120, i have a token meter which they didnt update till recently and i am sure i read somewhere that npower and the likes are writing off the…
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Angry at British gas
I moved into my 1st house last Oct and from this date til Feb british gas still had the bill addressed to the 'occupier' and would not take payments from me for my bills. I got so fed up with them i switched supplier. Now just before Easter the bill appears in our names (Oct - April) it's taken them to put the account in…
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Gas & Electricity... or not?
I moved into a brand new flat 12 months ago and now after joining MSE decided it would be worth looking into changing my utilities. When looking at my bill i noticed that Powergen ONLY are supplying my electricity and there is NO mention of the Gas. My handover documentation from the builder has confirmed that Powergen are…
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My Staywarm is due tomorrow
My monthly Staywarm payment is due tomorrow and I'm wondering what to do about continuing with them. I thought about phoning them to see if they could elaborate on the suggestion that costs are being reduced.
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Trying to understand southern Electrics gas bills
I am on the standard tariff supplied by southern electric and, I dont fully understand why it is my prices charged seem different to the ones in which they quote on their website http://www.southern-electric.co.uk/Forms/displayPrices_results.asp I pay quaterly cash my bill reads nov 2006 to Dec 2006 683kwh = £3.60 1152 kwh…
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First time buyer looking for best gas/elec comp?
Hello all! Tried a search but can't seem to find this. Fiancee and I have just bought our first house and there is plenty about switching gas and elec companys but we are just moving in and need to know the best company to start with? Any ideas greatly appeciated cheers.
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npower dd/dual fuel discounts
Been with npower for just over a year now, and have just got my latest gas bill which shows a £15 'Direct Debit Bonus Discount'. As I have both my gas and elec with them I am in line for the £60 discount which they had told me before would all be discounted on the elec bill. Has something changed? I also notice that they…
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Switch to Electric shower
I have a non electric shower which runs off the hot water tank, but I am sick of the family using the hot water and I get no shower! How expensive, or disruptive is it to change my MIra shower to an electric one, and does it mean tiles have to be removed etc. I have no replacement tiles, and the bathroom was brand new 2…
