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gas & electricty
Is it possible to change utility suppliers if I have arrears with my current supplier
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switching electricity
i live in a council flat and on a prepay key. can i still switch myeleccy provider or is this up to the council etc to do and were stuck with what one they sign up for?
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Unusually High Elec Consumption
I'm confused and concerned and hoping you will be able to shed some light on my current situation with electricity consumption. At the end of August we moved to a newly built house. The house is predominantly gas-centrally heated and the hot water is heated by gas. The electrically powered items in the house are as…
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electric direct debit rise
Hi, I was wondering if someone could give me some advice, i live in a 3 bedroom semi detatched house and british gas have put my direct debit up to £160 for electric and my gas has remained the same at £41, it just seems a lot for my electric i don't live in a mansion my original direct debit was £125 which i considered…
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Has a gas co. got the right to withhold my credit
Southern Electric has just sent me a 6-monthly statement for gas. I pay by fixed direct debit. I have a credit amount which will cover another 8 months of the fixed direct debit, but Southern Electric said that they are holding on to the credit for future payments, even though I still pay the monthly fixed sum. Do they…
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Another prepay gas meter horror..maths question..
We've moved into a property with gas and electric prepay meters that use smartcards. I'm quite happy with being able to watch what we spend. Electric is with Npower, and is coming in at about £5ish a week, so I'm happy. Gas though..well..it's a yellowy box with "BG Electronic Token Meter" on it, a red "A" button, a black…
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Are we being ripped off?
Hi. I'm not really very knowledgable about how much gas and electric should cost but my girlfriend has just moved into a new flat and insists on turning the hot water off whenever she is not using it because she thinks it's costing too much. We are now at the stage where we only use the gas for showers. She boils the…
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£50 M + S vouchers for signing up gas + elec to Scottish Power
Sign up for both gas and electricity and they give you £50 of Marks and Spencers vouchers. (£25 worth for just one fuel). If you go for this, keep a screenshot till the vouchers arrive as unusually there are no terms and conditions shown for the deal. http://www.theenergypeople.com/
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Winter rebate with British Gas
My mum has only just found out the the winter rebate BGas did finished last March. Did anyone know about this? BGas said they sent 'some' letters out. And it was only because of the rebate mum thought to stay with them as no-one else offered it. They've now lowered her tariff to something called 'Essential Tariff' (new to…
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Comparison site changed but tariffs have not?
I recently did the price comparison check (20th Feb) and it showed EDF dual fuel to get me a saving of £300+. Last week, some documentation arrived for me to check from EDF, so I thought today I would have a quick check that they were still the cheapest before sending it back. Today, they are no where near the cheapest…
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Can Martin write an article on Social Tariffs please
I am looking into Social Tariffs for those on low income and am finding it extremely difficult to find any information on them. The energy companies appear to hiding them to prevent people from applying. I've tried three of the big six (BG, EDF and Scottish & Southern) and only one of them actually has information that is…
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Right to switch away from Electricity Key Meter
If someone is lettign a property where there has been a key meter installed, and after using it for some time the tenant prefers to switch to a normal electricity credit billing account, does the tenant have to pay a fee for removal of the meter or if the tenant has good credit is it an absolute right to switch away from…
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Help with Flat Numbers and Postcode search
I must start off by apologising because I am not sure that this is posted in the right thread. I live in a house which contains two flats 'a' and 'b'. The council tax and utilities have both flats differentiated. However, whenever I try to do a postcode search online the two flats are not listed. It just has 15 not 15a and…
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Scotiish power carefree discounts
I found out about this the other day that you can get Winter rebates if you on the carefree scheme of up to £112 As we are registered on the ScottishPower's Priority Services as my daughter has a disability I thought I would apply having seen this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/7288241.stm Well…
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Ebico
I'm on npower for gas and electricity, i've been looking at comparison sites and wondered about Ebico with their set prices.
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Moving to different tarrif
Hi Im currently with NPower standard tarriff. After doing some research one of their other tarriff's is allegedly £350 per year cheper for me. Two questions please - Can i go through a cashback site to get paid out even though i will be with the same company? I owe about £550 (due to moving to a much larger house with a…
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Day Light Robbery on my gas meter?? (help please)
Hi I am currently on a Quantum gas meter and have no gas and i am bloody freezing!! About a week ago i went in to to £5 emergency which finally run out a few days ago, and for a few days i have had no gas at all, which admittedly not very nice (but i survived and i am still here!!) Anyhow, tonight i got some money to put…
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Economy 10 in Suffolk
Hi. We're looking for an energy supplier in Suffolk who offers Economy 10 tariff. Can you recommend any? BTW Now we are with EON (standard tariff) and have electric heating (panel heaters), but we'd like to switch to a cheaper tariff/supplier. We think Economy 10 would be the best. We'll have to change our meter as well...…
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no cancellation fee
HI! does anyone know which suppliers dont charge a cancellation fee please? thanks ash x
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help with atlantic please?
hi i was wonderin if someone could help me? i switched to Atlantic for my gas and electric a couple of weeks ago through a link on this website i put all my card details in the system etc but they still havent contacted me about it! how long does it take usually before they contact you? and also i am still with british gas…
