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Is this being over-hyped?
With all due respect to Martin and MSE, the whole price-capping thing - is it worth it? I just did a quick check on the Scottish Power website (which stills apears to be offering the capped deal BTW) and it worked out I'd be paying around £90 more per year for Gas & Elec (combined) if I switched. Now I completely…
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Moving house with Scottish Power 2011 fix
Hi all, I'm on the SP 2011 fixed tarrif and have seem to remember you can't move it to another house, however Martin's email today says most tarrifs can be moved when you move house. Does anyone know if this is the case with SP 2011? I've tried ringing them but was on hold for ages & can't see it mentioned in the online…
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Which companies still have CAPPED left?
I have looked at Energyline and none are coming up as capped? Are there any capped left that are through cash back sites or have I left it too late? Thanks KM x
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What to do?!
So far I have spent all morning on this! I have found out our annual kWh consumption and keyed this into Energyhelpline and Moneysupermarket. Both are saying the same thing for capped suppliers (Eon, who I am also currently with), but one of them has a -£202 (Moneysupermarket) and the other (Energyhelpline) has -£552…
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Switching
Hi Can anyone advise ? I have a bill of £890.00 with Swalec currently pay monthly ( all elec house storgae heaters) i can't afford to pay it all off in one chunk so does this mean I won't be able to switch as I pressume they would want you to clear all bill. If so any suggestions on reducing my costs? Thanks
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Confused or what ?? Advice needed...
I am currently with EDF. I have been looking at getting a capped price and got EON, and British Gas to choose from.....Via energy helpline.com I picked EON 'price protection 2009'...... and went through the motions online....when it asked me for my Gas Meter Reference number...it came back about my gas transporter being an…
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Switching to NPower - Quidco or Moneysupermarket?
Moneysupermarket offers £30 to switch to NPower Dual Fuel. Quidco offers £20 if you use moneysupermarket. Is it possible to go thru Quidco and receive both amounts or would I only get the £20?
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Please help!
My current electricity provider is e-on, problem is i'm on their HEATWISE tarriff. I've phoned then about capping and they say heatwise cannot be capped. All the comparison sites do not give heatwise as an option. I'm stuck now as to what to do for the best and trying to get through to anyone today on the phone is…
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British Gas, variable, capped or fixed?
OK I'm as confused as everyone else. I've read the FAQs and I've read the BG website... We are currently on a standard tariff which is obviously variable depending on the market conditions. I've looked at the BG website, and don't really see the obvious ones to change to. Should we be looking at capped or fixed (I…
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Panic!!!!!!
Hi I've just changed to Scottish Power Fixed Energy 2009. I'm soooooo worried - have i done the right thing???? I have been on the phone all morning tryng to get through to Energy Helpline and now waiting for an advisor to call me. I PANICKED!! I called my current supplier - Scottish Power who have told me they will let me…
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Eon just switched to capped plan - will DD go up
Hello , I have just switched from Eon extra saver 5 to Price protection 17...... I was paying £60 per month by DD for both fuels, my question is, now that my tarrif rate has increased will my DD amount increase? Thank you
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Scottish Power Query/disabled Discounts
I have a relative who is disabled and cannot get out of the house very often.They need the heating on all winter as they can't walk around to keep active and warm.They don't yet qualify for the heating allowance pensioners get and I was wondering if Scottish power,his supplier does disabled discounts as British Gas did.Any…
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High elec bill: settings on my water timer!
Hi, I have a high electricity bill and I think it may be because of my Horstmann Electronic 7 water heater. I’m confused by the timings on it. There are 3 programmable settings which I set by using a pencil to scroll through the programmes. What is confusing me is that there is a switch on the front of the unit with some…
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i AM that stupid!....
please could someone help a very confused lady out! i want to cap both mine and my mothers gas and elec but i have no idea how to work out how many kwh we both use per year! my bill is rubbish as i pay set month pcm and has absolutly nothing on it about my usage! her bill has 3 months of readings for both gas and elec…
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My Gas/elec Dont Cap
Southern Electric provide my gas and electic and when I rang them to enquire about capped rates they informed that they dont offer capped rates! Has anyone else come across this? I really like them as a company and their service is excellent and when you ring them you've got none of that press 1 for this, 2 for that or are…
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My supplier disagrees with Martin?
Hi, After seeing Martin on GMTV this morning I've looked at capped rates and can get a good deal with E-on only 8% more than my current provider. So I rang my current provider to see if they will do something for me and they totally disagreed with Martin. They bombarded me with facts and figures saying oil prices are…
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Eon Capped Price
OK, my head is bursting with all the frantic information that is being put out and I would like your help if possible. I changed within the last 6 months (for the first time) from BG to Eon Extra Saving Standing Charge 5 plan. I can change to their capped Price Protection 17 but as I have been dithering for a few days I…
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What should I do?
Hi peeps, i just need some quick advice please on what i should do. I live in new apartment with my girlfriend and have only just moved in. i know i'm with E.on but i have no idea what my bills are likely to be etc as the place i had before was rented and the bills were included. now i'm hearing all about the price hikes…
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Martin on GMTV
After just getting up and watching Martin on GMTV this morning, the wife has got twitchy. I am currently with npower for dual fuel option paying what I believe is over the odds anyway, so entered details into Uswitch who came up with 2 options on capped deals. British Gas and Eon. The capped deal with BG looks like costing…
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is this gas use average? or not
Am really sad! am taking down reading every few days to see exactly what i use gas and elec wise. have gas central heating (not on) and water. have pared down the water heating to what i think is the minimum to allow me enough water to shower wash up etc. Have made a note of readings and over 18 days I ahve used 8 units of…
