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Which is better standing charge or NSC
I wonder what everyones opinion is about wether it is better to pay a daily standing charge or to pay higher electricity price for first 900kwh. I suppose I will now be quite a high user as I cook by electric and we have 3 games systems. I use a tumble dryer in the winter . I use a dishwasher but have low energy light…
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Utilita-SMART METERS
Hi I have just had a guy call round about Utilita, I have never heard of them, he told me it was apart of Southern electric, but reading the leaft SE is no metioned. Has any one got a smart meter? Are they any good? he is coming back at 5.15pm
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Help With Capping ????
Hi i am thinking of capping but reading most of the messages on the forum i am unsure. At the moment i am with Southern Electric and have been looking at there Fixed Discount 2010 Standard tariff. Can anyone enlighten me on this one or would i be better off going with the British Gas or Npower capped tariffs. I have…
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Moving into my new flat soon, which supplier?
Hi Everyone, I'm moving into my new flat on Monday, and I'm trying to sort out my utilities. I've been trying to use comparison websites, but obviously I don't have any suppliers to compare with or change from. How do I go about trying to find the best deal? Is capped the way forward at the minute? Thanks for any…
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£250 extra per year to cap??
Ive just done a comparison on Energyhelpline to cap my gas prices my additional spend would be £250.00 for duel fuel. Is it really going to be worth capping and paying an additional £250 per year for the priviledge or are the bills likely to soar above this? I really have no idea who to believe anymore!!!!!!!! Help!
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Low Energy Bulbs 0.01p T Tesco
I have just returned from my local Tesco (Mansfield) and they are selling off 11watt and 20watt low energy BC bulbs for 1p. Probably not in every store as I was told they are now stocking a different range and are getting rid of old stock. Might be worth looking out for if your in Tesco. They were not with the main stock…
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ANYONE ELSE TIED INTO AN EVERGREEN CONTRACT with BRITISH GAS??
I've been trying to switch from British Gas to Scottish Power on our Business account. At the moment we are paying 12.34p/KWh and 37.9p/day with BG (Scottish Power and Eon are offering 8.9p/KWh and 19p/day, fixed for 3 years. - a potential saving of about £2000 per year.) British Gas are telling us that we signed a 5 year…
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E-On Tariff
Hi! I was just wondering if I should change my tariff with E-On? I'm currently on Energy Online Extra Saver 5 and am getting a bit confused by all of the price rises! My latest bill for this quarter (the first since I switched from British Gas) is £106.07, for both gas an electricity. Would there be any advantage for me to…
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Electricity Meter - who moves it, the supplier or your own electrician?
I need to get my meter moved - can my electrician do it ( he's going to totally rewire ) or does it have to be the meter owner ie my electricity supplier ? If it's the supplier ( in this case edf ) do they charge ? I vaguely remember it being extortionate amounts to get a meter moved but thought that was gas, could be…
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Save money with 2 for 1 loft insulation
Wickes are selling their Easy Lay top up loft insulation 2 for the price of 1 (£16 instead of £32 a roll) and offering free next day delivery (over £45) if you order from their website. Obviously this is a good time of year to be buying insulation and if fuel prices go up as much as is forecast then you cannot afford to…
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Gas Boiler v Immersion Heater
With the current gas prices I was wondering how the economics of using timed immersion heater v gas boiler work out. We have a condensing gas boiler and for hot water have it on twice a day for 2 hrs. Had the boiler down last week and on immersion for 2 x 1hr the water seemed hotter than with gas. Just the 2 of us so not a…
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BG homecare - cancelling contract
I've had british gas homecare boiler cover for 11 months and want to cancel it now but my boiler is due its annual service in the next month. Does anyone know if I can wait until the sevice is done then cancel or will they make me stay for another year and/or charge me for the service?
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new gas central heating boiler
I need a new central heating and hot water boiler, and thought there might be a few summer special offers on. Found upto £850 off at Brit Gas until 31st July .... anyone else have any good offers to suggest please? ta
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need help with gas and electric
i am paying 80.00 per month gas and 72.00 electric,finding this very difficult and therefore got in arears with gas,,had a card were i would pay 20.00 a week,but they have kicked me off that because i missed a few,i owe them bout 200.00,i was reading something about online service does this mean its more eccnomical?im sure…
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How can I get a good capped rate?
I have been with N Power for a couple of years and decided to switch a couple of months ago to Scottish Power. However as I had some arrears N Power would not let me transfer. So I called them, arranged to pay the arrears with my monthly DD and arranged a capped rate. Unfortunatly as finances are tight my bank cancelled…
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Trying to switch energy supplier through moneysupermarket
Trouble is the tariff I want to switch to, Eon price protection, has the apply button missing, as do a few of the other tariffs listed. Anyone know what's going on? Will I be able to switch through moneysupermarket and take advantage of the £30 cashback or do I just have to switch through Eon? Thanks all
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E-on capped price tariff
E-on revised the prices for new customers to their energy saver and price protection tariffs today. I think it was 4.6% on gas and around 4% on electricity.
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Price capping
I'm not sure about price capping. I am with British Gas and if I price cap for two years, at the end of the two year period is my bill going to increase by whatever price rises there have been. And if so am I not just as well to take the price increases as and when they happen rather than in one big hit.
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newbie to electricity & gas bills, help
I am moving into a new house in 2 weeks time and need to find the best gas and electricty supplier. I think I want to arrange a capped dual bill. Ive only ever had a pre pay electricity meter and have never had gas. Each site I go to prompts me to enter my current details and compare deals. I dont have anything to enter so…
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managing the bills online
we're currently with atlantic for our gas & leccy and have been with them for a few years. part of the reason we picked these guys was because we could submit our meter readings online, and within 2-3 working days they would email a new bill via email in a pdf format apparantly they no longer do this and it's somewhat…
