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Standing charge or no standing charge help
Im with scottishpower online energy 4 (no standing charge) am i right in thinking if you use a lot of gas and electric a standing charge is better? i worked out on the prices the electric would of been cheaper on the last 1/4 but gas more because im not using it,,so the bill came in at around the same but (i know its 4-5…
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Signing up for Gas and Electricity - help needed!
I've just moved into a house, the previous tenants used vouchers to pay for gas and electric, which is alot more expensive. HOW do i convert to credit instead of prepayment?? Does it cost? I've yet to decide which company I will go with, either e-on or edf, but looking for duel fuel? I want to pay my bills with a credit…
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NPower paid and closed - I want this in writing! Help.
I paid off a bill I had from my last address from N Power, and I would like them to send me a letter of some sort, confirming that I did pay the balance off. I'm a bit paranoid that in a few months, they'll send me a red letter demanding money. It happened with DH's old bank account, he paid off his OD, but the computer…
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Electricity Bill - Confused totally
Hi I have today received a letter from EON stating they are going to take legal action if I don't pay a bill within the next 7 days. :eek: I have just phoned them to ask what it was all about as I hadn't received any bills from them for at least 6 months and paid by direct debit. I switched to Scottish Power from the 1st…
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Npower confussed about bill
Hi all please be gentle with me I'm a numpty:A I'm with NPower for electric wonder if someone can make sence of this been paying on Tarrif - Standard Meter/ Regular Payment Plan (does this count as a prepayment deal ? ) I've been paying £8 per week(most weeks) and according to my latest bill i am £36.71 in credit They have…
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British Gas won't let me switch
Hi all, I had a quarterly gas bill from BG for a whacking £400. I can't afford to pay this in one go so have paid £100 and set up a ddr to pay my future usage, plus some extra, to spread the outstanding £300 over a number of months. However, I have now looked at energyhelpline's comparison engine, and they say I would save…
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The downside of switching..
I am with scottish power, and decided to switch to the 2011 fixed price offer. All went smoothly, at the same time decided to move my gas from british gas to scottish power to tidy the accounts as I hate paperwork. The scottish power customer rep fixed my DD to £110 for both electric and gas. Now they want to charge me…
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Possible additions for Martin to include...
on 'How to cut energy costs' on the front page 1) Checking if you're on Economy 7 or not with your existing supplier. If you're not getting the best use of this during the night, you could be paying around about 20% extra during the day for your electric rates. It's easy way of bringing your electric price down and most…
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BG for electricy no bill for 28 months
A tale of caution, and a reason to avoid using direct debits with British Gas In February 2006 we switched electricity supplier, to British Gas. Everything seemed to work out right. We had the meter read, we set up a direct debit based on our expected consumption and we just let it run. A year later ,we were due to get…
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Is it best to compare kwh/£ on comparision sites?& any SE customers stickin/switching
I put in the Kwh details of our currently electricity and gas supplier (southern electricity) but is this the best way to compare things or should it be £. Also, BG came out as best BUT there reviews arent great-can anyone enlighten me on their experiences, I know there are a few issues with the electricity side of things.…
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Can Elec Meter Get Stuck or Break??
Hi, was just about to phone BG about an updated and wrong bill when I thought I'd read the electricity meter again before phoning to get an exact number. Well it is the same as two days ago, and I've just found the piece of paper I wrote a meter reading down on a couple of weeks ago and that is the same. BG have updated my…
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Have EON stopped the direct debit discount?
We get dual fuel with eon and get a discount but when they were powergen we got a direct debit discount too? Any ideas
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Are EON really that bad?
Hi Moneysavers! Just been through the process to go for a capped tariff (in light of recent news of possible rises this winter!) and EON come out best; they're more or less the same as we're paying now, but cap until October 2009 and won't charge early cancellation fees leaving us the option to change early if we need to.…
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Changing to capped tariff How on earth do i do that?
Hi i was trying to change my supply to a capped tariff due to the expected increase in price, but every time i go into energy helpline it does not show the capped tariff what di i do so that it shows the capped rates? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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British Gas - Need Advice on Billing situation
OK so I moved house in August last year. At the time I supplied them with final meter readings and was told that I would recieve a final bill within 14-21 days... Final bill arrived this week, 10 months later for a whopping 393.22! I have written to them asking why it took so long, twice. All they will say is that I should…
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How often are your fuel direct debits recalculated?
I am with Scottish Power and have recently they seem to have started 'reasessing' my monthly payments every 3 months. Needless to say they have gone up each time. The first time, after a 20% hike in the monthly payments I phoned them up and got them to reduce the increase. However they just seem to have put it up even more…
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energy suppliers
I was wondering if anybody would know what are the cheaper energy suppliers in Scotland,I was talking to some one about this and they were saying different companies have different tariffs for Scotland:confused: ,is this true,we are with E on at the moment
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Capped electricity
Hi! I am in the process of changing my electricity supplier.My present supplier has rung to try to persuade me to stay with them,one argument being that all companies offering capped charges have a clause in the small print allowing them to opt out of this obligation at any time. Does anyone know if this is true??
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Average Daily Gas Consumption
Hi Is there anyway I can work out what the average gas consumption is for a house like mine (small three bed corner terrace). My bill says I'm using 4.39 units a day (april - June) compared to 2.6 last year. I can't understand why my usage has gone up this year as I am being extra careful. Hardly had heating on and washing…
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Paying my elctricity and gas bill
I'm unfortunately unemployed and on benefits, which makes it difficult to pay my utility bills. I'm currently on a payment plan from my last supplier to settle my debt with them and I've just received my latest bill with my current supplier. Now I can afford my 'share' of the bill, but I can't afford it all. My previous…