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Stick with Calor or switch?
I'm not on mains gas and have LPG supplied by Calor, currently they are offering me £50 to stay with them. I've assumed that because my tank and pipework is provided by Calor that I can't use anyone else but maybe I'm wrong. Is this a good offer from Calor or should I look to switch - it seems so expensive, so much that I…
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Beware of E4B contract
My 12 month E4B contract was due for renewal on 19/02/2008. As they intended to increase the price by 51% I decided to serve notice to terminate(by recorded delivery just in case!) and change supplier. After getting several quotes I decided to go with a broker called energyadviceline.org. They advised me to go with…
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British Gas "Essential Tariff" discounts for folk on benefits...
Anyone actually aware of this for people on certain benefits...? http://www.britishgas.co.uk/about-british-gas/what's-important-to-us/customer-commitment/essential.html
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Is this right £1.75 a day for gas on prepayment meter?
I worked it out i pay £1.75 a day for my gas if left on most of the day with Scottish Power, is that reasonable? I'm trying to get a credit meter to pay by DD but i don't want to just yet until i've paid my debts in july.
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Electricity : Advice sought for best tariff
I'm Looking at my electricity usage / tariff again, I am wondering what is the best tariff for me. I have no gas so, electric is the only way to heat my flat. When I moved in, each room in the flat had a horrible hard wired convection heater, with thermostat for temperature control. I stripped the heaters once I moved in…
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Some basic heating advise please
Apologies if this sounds daft but I need some basic advice on how GCH system works and why I get huge gas bills. We have a combi-boiler in the loft and next to it is the water tank. Directly underneath this (in the bedroom) we have an immersion cylinder (I think this stores hot water). The timer control is located here…
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Uswitch pricing vs British Gas pricing
Please could someone shed light on why the comparison sites' pricing (Uswitch) differs from Bristish gas published pricing: British Gas Click 5 Electricity tariff EASTERN Region (used by USWITCH) see http://www.uswitch.com/ConsumerGuide/Energy/BritishGas-ClickEnergy5-89944/PlanInformation/Overview.aspx Units 23.636p per…
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Uswitch pricing vs British Gas pricing
Please could someone shed light on why the comparison sites' pricing (Uswitch) differs from Bristish gas published pricing: British Gas Click 5 Electricity tariff EASTERN Region (used by USWITCH) see http://www.uswitch.com/ConsumerGuide/Energy/BritishGas-ClickEnergy5-89944/PlanInformation/Overview.aspx Units23.636p per kWh…
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EDF Standard Tarrif? Give them a call!!!
:beer: I used energywatch site to check I stll had the cheapest supplier in EDF. Strangely, it told me I could save if I "moved" to EDF "online 5"which would have apparently saved me about £130. I rang them to ask if I could go on this tariff instead of the standard tarif and they stated that they had changed their policy…
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Electricity: £40 for 9 DAYS!!??
We moved into this open plan 1 bedroom cottage a few months ago. We switch to TV off completely when we don't watch it, heat the place with the woodburning stove, don't even leave the microwave on standby etc. Scottish Power have just sent us a bill saying we've used £40 worth of electricity in 9 days and £120 in a…
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High Gas Bill - Help!
Hi, I really need some help and advice on how to deal with a gas bill I have just received of £659.61 in debit. I switched from Npower to Utility Warehouse in January 07 and the opening meter reading was 2117 (I have checked and Npower have only billed me to this reading also) and the latest reading was on 03.01.08 at 3503…
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Paying for wrong Meter for a year, Advice Needed please.
Hi, Please can someone advise. I moved into a small one bedroom flat around 18 months ago all seemed well, with a direct debit with EDF for electric for £30 a month (this seemed a little high as i live on my own but just thought they were monitoring my usage) Last winter after having the heating on a little. I received a…
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EBICO - have they shut down or what?
Hello all, Anyone know what's going on with EBICO? I applied for gas and leccy with them on 1 Feb and received email confirmation straight away along with blurb that I'd be contacted by post within 14 days. Heard nothing so fired off an email yesterday to their address on their site and it bounced straight back as…
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Scottish and Southern
In the media lately have been many instances where Scottish and southern Energy has been mentioned as the company not to switch to because of their upcoming price rise. As with previous years Scottish and Southern energy have been the ones that raise the prices last, and reduce them again first. Switch or not to switch, is…
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Why I hate paying by DD!!!
I have electricity through Scottish Power. Last year they clearly charged me far too much on my DD and I was always £100 or so in credit when I worked out the bill every quarter. This year they reduced the DD from £39 to £18 (a huge difference and it shows how much they overcharged me). This is now the end of the first…
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e-on so efficent you have to laugh
today i recieved two letters from e-on, the first one explains that "since February 07 when they announced a lowering of their prices energy costs have soared by 60% ...... we are one of the last major suppliers to implement these rises.. blah blah " "we are serious about giving you the best value we can" it then goes onto…
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ScottishPower price increase
On reading an email i've just received from Scottish Power i note that they increased their prices on the 2nd Feb, 2008, but this email is dated the 21st Feb, 2008, and is the first indication that i've had that they increased the price of their supply on this day. They also make it very inconvenient for anyone to discover…
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i owe owe southern elec - shud i move ? advice pls
We have storage heaters so the entire 2 bed flat's on electric. I got my quarterly bill for £221 covering Nov, Dec, Jan. I've been paying £ 35 monthly direct debits which i upped to £40 in Jan. We were in credit in the summer but now in debit. I'm just not comfirtable that my monthly payments werent enough to meet our…
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pls help
got a new prepay key meter fitted between 8-10 weeks ago now and its been a nightmare, with Brittish Gas , asked for meter to be fitted to repay a debt awith them at £10 a week (debt was app £900 for 9-10 months useage) since the meter was fitted i have been phoning them regarding the high cost of the new meter to which i…
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n-power shock
Just about to have final driving lesson before test on monday, opened letter to find that i owe n-power £155 quite a shock, i live on my own in a one bed flat, i currently pay duel fuel, what would you do?, they've changed it so that i have to pay £38 a month, would you pay of £155 and change supplier, please help thank…
