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NPOWER £169 for 3 months single occupancy?!
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Problems with British Gas - please help!
Hi We moved into our brand new house last March. We were told by the house builders that British Gas supplied our gas. My husband rang BG and set up and account. We were told that we would hear from them shortly. However, we never did. My husband contacted them again and was told that BG did not supply us with gas. After…
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Fixed monthly DD
Hello, up until now I have always just paid my gas and electric bill quarterly when I receive them. Anyway, I've just moved into a new house and the existing arrangement with british gas was that I would pay 35 a month fixed for gas and 28 a month for electric. This works out a lot better than I was paying previously…
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Ebico calls for energy price reversal
MARKING THE LAUNCH of its new website, Ebico has called on fellow UK energy suppliers to reverse recent price increases for their pre-payment customers – at least until winter is behind us. Well done Ebico allthough I doubt it will do any good. 2nd article on the following link…
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Help with GLEDHILL PULSACOIL boiler
Hi. I have had a new boiler installed but im not really getting the hang of how to work it. I know it has an off peak which is connected to a timer but im not getting a lot of hot water in the morning for my shower. I have it set to come on between 3-4am but the water turned cold on me this morning (not nice). Im unable to…
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Changed electric supplier to British gas
We changed our electric over to British gas around 6 weeks ago using USwitch from NPower. Other than the initial letter from British gas we haven't heard anything yet. :confused: Is this normal? I had expected to receive a letter asking for final payment from NPower as we pay quarterly, but have heard nothing yet. Should I…
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E-ON for Economy 7 -HELP!
Hi All I have a friend who has moved into his first flat last year. He is on Economy 7 and has a 1 bed flat. He was told by his landlord to leave the setting of the Economy 7 as they are as they are the most efficient settings. He moved in May 2007 and had a bill in Aug 2007 for around £70. Since that time he has had no…
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Follow the real time electricity demand on Nat Grid
Hi This is interesting . Gives the actual demand on national grid over the last 60 minutes and updates every 15 seconds. Also shows that we are drawing in leccy from France and South from North. Oops ,its just gone up a bit , Alan99 put his kettle on.:D http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/Data/Realtime/Demand (from…
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landlord charging me to much for electric
i live in a small place i haved 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 lounge 1 kitchen. my heating is radiators run by gas. cooker lights and washing machine 1 pc tv. i have a £1 slot meter, which is set at 6.8 units per £1. i average about £50 per week in the meter. does anybody know if it is illegal to sell electric for a higher…
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NPower hassling us
Hello, we moved into our new house in Sep and transferred gas and 'leccy from npower to Southern as cheaper. But npower are still trying to bill us despite Southern confirming the switch completed in Nov. We have complained, asked Southern to send through the ness info, but nothing seems to work. I've been paying Southern…
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Help needed re Gas Supplier
I've recently moved into a privtaley let flat and called the national grid and the gas supplier hasn't regsietered there name to them so i have no idea who supplies gas to my flat. Now i've spoken to the letting agents who don't know nor does anyone else in the block of flats and people havent had bills for months but the…
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Wee tip and a quick question.
Hi, I've just changed from Scottish Power to E.ON and I have a wee tip and then a quick question. Tip Prior to doing the switch I read Martin's article in which he states that he tends to favour 'Energy Helpline'. I went through quidco and noticed that you only get £13 cashback through them. Anyway I continued to use their…
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Npower "first step" tariff, anyone heard of it?
hi, just been informed by letter by npower that they do a first step tariff which is their cheapest rate of energy available, i think its for people who are in debt with the company but being disabled im just wondering if it would be available to other people to. has anyone heard of it? how do you get on to it? and what…
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switching suppliers
Hi Can anyone help me? I got behind with my Gas and Electric bills lasy year when I was paying by Direct Debit and as a result ended up with owing approx £700 on each. N Power would not let me reset a direct debit up to pay off the arrears and for further bills and insisted that I have pre payment meters installed. This…
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Radiator Temperatures?
I've just moved into a new flat and I'm trying to figure out how best to work the central heating. Each radiator in the flat has a thermostat valve fitted to it and the combi boiler has a radiator temperature adjuster on it. I was wondering if it would be better to turn the temperature adjuster on the boiler up to full…
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Gsa Meter "built over"
Following a recent water main leak in my road, the contractors severed my gas supply and switched us off until the repair could be made. A gas chap came to the house to turn the supply off at the meter point and as the meter is in the garage which is attached to the house, he said "Did you inherit this?". I thought at…
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help
Hi guys thought someone might be able to help for 2 yrs running electricity direct read wrong meters and at end of yr reconciliation around +/- £100 was much more and got sorted on third year (2 years ago same again but sold to british gas. despite an ongoing saga of them taking thousands admiting their mistake and asking…
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Anyone know cost of connection to a gas main?
We live about 200yds from the closest gas main in the road at the bottom of our unadopted dirt track. We are considering converting to mains gas but have no idea of the cost of getting connected. Does anyone know likely overall costs or say a cost/metre length of gas main? Any comments greatly appreciated.
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Gas supply other than Transco to E-on?
I went through the price comparison sites and E-On come out over £100 cheaper than Scottish Power, so I commenced the transfer. We received a letter this week from E-On saying that the gas is provided by an Independent supplier and it will therefore be another £42 a year on top of the original quote. Is there anyway to…
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Made the change
Made the change Hi I have finally switched suppliers 1st time ever for over 15 years. On the email it says Your current supplier may prevent or delay your transfer if you have an outstanding balance on your account. Therefore, it is really important that you contact them if you have to arrange payment, this will enable…
