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No Gas at Property
Hi wonder if you guys can help. What is the procedure for getting gas supplied to a property? There is gas in the close but no gas connected to property. The house is located in wigan greater manchester. Anyone know the cost of having gas connected and who does it? Also would the gas supplier of choice then fit the gas…
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Energy Helpline Recommendation
I just got the following e-mail from Energy Helpline and I was looking to switch soon but as Martin is set to switch with caution didnt know whether to do this or not.... [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Dear Paul[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]You have probably seen in the news today that it is…
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Free advice for heating your home
The Home Heat Helpline is a free, central phone number offering practical energy advice for people concerned about paying their energy bills. To get your advice call 0800 33 66 99 and speak to one of our specially trained advisors. You can call yourself or on behalf of a relative, friend or patient or someone you may be…
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Uswitch & Greasy Palm
Hi, Im going to be changing my Elec Gas Provider. If I use Uswitch through Greasy Palm, I get £9 Cash Back. Is there a way of getting Uswitch's free wine aswell? Or do I need to use the link tha is on this site to get it? Thanks For your help!
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Swalec heating Protection cover
Hi there, I have just bought my first flat and as you can image, I don't have money to throw away. I have signed up with Swalec, as they were the previous owners supplier. Want to see what my consumption is and then decide to switch or stay with them. They currently offer £50 off Electricity & Gas if you sign up for their…
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Prices set to soar 2008 by 15%
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/utilities/article3050075.ece horrifying news
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replacement gas metre help needed
My outside white gas metre box is badly damaged and needs replacing, i have a corgi gas guy in all this week replacing our central heating so can get him to do the box if i can find a replacement. his usual suppliers and all my googling haven't found one that looks the same as what i have. The gas board have offered to do…
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Help - meter
Hello, NPower supply our electricity. Do they also look after (responsible for) the meter and connection to our house or is this a different provider (i.e. the original installer)? We live in the North West. Thanks
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Boiler repair - Ideal combi won't always ignite
I have an Ideal combi boiler, which doesn't always ignite. The timers don't work either so when you set the boiler to come on, nothing happens. If we switch on the boiler, sometimes the flame goes out, but you can still here the boiler 'working'. I live in the Croydon area and was wondering if anyone could recommend a…
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Esitmated Bill
Hi, 1st time poster here, so be patient with me. Received an estimated gas bill, the amount was well below the norm and infact reduced our DD by £20 a month, so checked their estimated amount of useage with actual, actual was a lot higher, realised that the amount they had underestimated would go into the next bill, and if…
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No show engineers & compensation
Hi All. Had another one of those really annoying mornings where having arranged for an engineer to come out to remove a redundant electricity meter, the engineer was a no show :mad: . Apparently, the date on the customer services system which I was told (12th) was not the same as on the engineer booking database (17th).…
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Tumble drier costs
I've had a play with some figures and come up with £200. That is what I reckon it costs to run my tumble drier per year. Does this figure seem realistic or am I barking up the wrong tree?
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UW - Charity distributor
Hi everyone. The charity I work for has been asked if we are interested in becoming a distributor for Utility Warehouse. I think the payments are 5% of whoever you sign up. The charity is in the faith / community sector. Having read several controversial threads on here about UW, and having found my own utlity bills were…
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British Gas boiler repair
I'm so mad! Our boiler stopped working last Friday, so I called BG that evening and made an appointment for the Monday. I had to go away with work for two days, so my wife arranged to stay at home. This is awkward as we are both self-employed. She stayed in all day and no engineer turned up. At 5pm she rang them and the…
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N Power Nightmare
I am about to complain to Ombudsman re N Power (I willl never switch again, its got me in such a mess!) They have managed to not charge for over a years electricity usage and have now decided they want the charges back! I'm a new mum and have a fixed low income. Very stressful for us. I have been onto them and they agree…
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Please help..... moved house, supplier needed.
Been scanning thread after thread, even the thread sticky 'find the cheapest supplier' doesnt have the cheapest supplier stated. So im in need of a little help here. ive just moved house and am a single parent so am wanting the best possible solution to my energy needs. at present the house is Connected to British Gas, so…
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Powergen - electric meters query
Hi I moved out of my property in September 2006. Was on a pre-payment meter - powergen are saying that I owe them £300 or there abouts because the meter was set to the right tarriff when the prices went up in 2005 - 4 price increases and 1 decrease - aparently. Can anyone give advice on this please? They have passed this…
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British Gas Online Bills
Just received an email to say my gas and electric bills are available to view online, so I logged on to see them and got this message. Access to the application is currently unavailable. If the time is between 6am - 11pm Monday to Friday, 6am - 6pm Saturday or 8am - 11pm Sunday please try again in few minutes. Otherwise,…
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Switching To Scottish Power Via Quidco
Advice needed please. Will I really get £61 cashback through Quidco if i switch to Scottish Power. Im sorry if I sound stupid but it seems too good to be true. Going through the energy swaping site recommended on MSE, i would only get £30?! If i am to swap are scottih power ok and how long would it take for me to get my…
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british gas and british gas energy trust fund
i put a post on here a while ago re british gas and having trouble with them for over two years resulting in a £650 debt :confused: i then got on to british gas trust fund who are an independently run company that provide grants for people in trouble with utility bills i did this about 3 months ago then on friday i…
