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taking powergen to court
Hi I am a prepayment metre customer and they say I owe £888 as my meter is faulty andn the prices havent been updated automatically. After speaking to energy watch I was told that they can only back bill 2 years. The amount owed is now £380. I am not disputing that I havent had the electricity, but they have admitted that…
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Electricity savings: Is this true?
My husband insists that it is more economical for the bank account to keep the light constantly on in the hall if people want to go up or downstairs in the evenings than to turn it on or off as needed. Is it really true that each time you hit the light switch on and off it will cost more that to leave the light on during…
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Pricing structure encourages waste?
I currently use Powergen dual fuel and find that the tarrif drops as one uses more units.This seems to penalise the lower user (usually the poor and retired ) who therebt susidise the higher user.This seems to be highly regressive.Does anyone know of a supplier who imposes either a constant or rising charge(per unit)as I…
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BG Homecare Question re Servicing/Inspection
If I take out a Homecare plan with BG, does anyone know if they do an inspection when you start the policy or do you have to have a service before the policy starts?
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oops - not yet notified gas/elec i have moved in... advice pls
Hello, I moved in at the beginning of sept, both me and OH thought the other had dealt with elec/gas.. have recently realisd we were mistaken. How do I go about notifying the providers late? It appears the previous tenenats had not paid their last bill - will I have to pay that too? How can I prove the date we moved in? I…
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Electricity rates
Sorry if this is a daft question, but I know nothing about electricity/reates/etc...:rolleyes: My meter was checked recently and the comment was made that I am on a white meter heating rate....I checked my bills and it said I was on Economy 7 - are these the same thing?:confused: However, i was on economy 7 when I had…
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Cheapest Boiler Breakdown Cover 34£ Pa
http://www.swinton.co.uk/home/home_emergency/ this is a complete home emergency cover. It comes out to be 59 pounds on website (per annum). Now the moneysaving bit, insert your postcode on the webpage and call their branch local to you . You will be able to get the cover for only 34 pounds per annum The website says…
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Fuming Wih Bg
What bunch of jokers!!! :mad::mad::mad: I'm really really annoyed with British Gas. I've changed suppliers, and am waiting for a final bill from BG . Today I got a letter saying I haven't payed £ xx.xx for electricity used. We never received a bill, the last one which we payed was for £xxx.xx back from August. So I phoned…
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moving a gas metre- who pays?
I have a gas metre situated unsightly and inconveniently in the dining room, is there anyway I can get this moved outside? and will I have to pay?
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Powergen - Which capped plan am I on?
I am looking to change my supplier for gas & electric from Powergen to someone else (if I can get a better deal). I have looked at a couple of comparison sites but they ask me to specify which capped plan I'm on ... ie v9, v8 and so on .... How can I tell which one I am on at the moment? I can't seem to find anything on…
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Scottish Power Bill
My son has had a bill from scottish power for gas, he telephoned them yesterday as he is on a card meter and they told him that the amount due is correct and it was from an underpayment fair enough, however they have told him that they no longer supply him with gas and that they can't tell him who does as it's…
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Can British Gas Do this
I logged into my bank this morning to find that for the last two months british gas have been taking £52 a month from me for my gas bills. This has gone up from £38. They never told me that they were doing this they just changed it. This has happened before but for some reason I thought nothing of it but do have an…
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How do I find out who supplies my energy?
We complete on our new property next week, but I have no idea who supplies the gas and elec. How can I find out? We don't have any info from the vendors as they were renting it out before. Hope someone can help.
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What is a 'normal' rate for a couple to be paying monthly in a 2 bed small house?
Hi, We move into our first home (me and my boyf) tomorrow and have no real idea how much is too much to pay for elec and gas. Any ideas? We both work full time so no-one will be in on weekdays, it would just be evenings and weekends. Im assuming we are classed as low users?? What are others paying? Thanks guys
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Utility Warehouse Warning!
I posted a message regarding UWDC and how despite their "Triple Value Guarantee" to provide me with cheaper electricity they had proven to be more expensive on the site earlier this week. Sorry to start a new thread but I thought that anybody considering using them may be interested in the following. The guarantee reads:…
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Manweb gas/elec bills
I have just been onto the phone to manweb after seeing that they have upped the normal bill of 23.50 to 82.50, this I found out after checking my bank balance, they hadnt notified me of this (they said they did, but letter was not recieved!) It turns out that as a below average gas/elec user, I still spend around £65 on…
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Your usage indicates you may be a Business User!
Have after months of apathy just got round to looking at switching my gas and electric - ended up with NPower Sign on Line and they say I will have potential savings of approx £500 a year! I did have to laugh though (or should it be cry) as I put our consumption figures into one website and the got a message back saying…
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FTB's, who should we choose for elec & Gas? working couple (low users)
Hi All, We get our keys tomorrow (all being well) and are wondering who to choose for our power supply. We will be low users as both work full time and have no children. Also, would we benefit from a water meter? Thanks folks! xxxx
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British Gas haven't been charging me
I am in the process of getting divorced, so yesterday I rang British Gas to change the bank account where the direct debit payments are coming from. The direct debit payment has always appeared on my bank statement as BRGAS - ELECTRICITY so I assumed one direct debit covered both payments. I had a very apologetic call back…
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Powergen final bill of account
Hi experts! We are moving next week. We get gas and electricity from Powergen. I have just had a look on the web-site to find out how I go about closing account/final meter readings etc. Have found out most of what I wanted to know apart from.... with a final bill, do you have to pay it off, in full, at the time of moving,…
