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3 years fixed rate from British Gas - Good Deal?
We have been offered a 3 year fixed rate deal (till 2011). It doesn't say that this is capped, but fixed, so I assume if rates go down, this won't. In a dilemma as to what to do.
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HELP! Got till wednesday to cancel capped switch
When Martin advised everyone to cap, i changed my tarriff from EON EnergyOnline Extra Saver 5 To EON Price protection 17 Capped tarriff. Im now paying about 26% more by direct debit now than before i switched. To be better off, EON would have to increase the EnergyOnline Extra Saver5 tarriff by more than 26%. For every…
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taken 6months and still waiting for money off bg,,
i got signed to the essentials tarriff on british gas and was due a final rebate cheque of £16 before they changed the way they give you the rebated (finally realised just taking it off your meter is a better way).........i have been waiting since february for the £16 and whenever i phone bg i am told there are thousands…
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Switched - difficulties to understand price plan
Hi there, I switched on 2nd of August from the NPower Standard Tariff to E.On - as I wanted a price protection - with USwitch and I'm a bit confused now: I signed up for the Price Protection 17 electricity plan, end date 01.10.09. My electricity prices are first 225 KwH, 20.08p., extra kilowatt hours 10.54p. Today, I…
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npower - on pre pay meter but bill for 1.7k!!!
2 years ago i felt we were being ripped off by npower as they were saying we were using about £140 of elec a month and wanted £400, we couldnt afford this and we got a meter put in over a year ago which we only use about £10 per week (and n power take a set amt to cover old bill). We have had a statement come through…
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Question to EON users with free energy meter
How long did it take for your free energy meter to come? I switched a while ago, but haven't recieved my free meter as yet.
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Anyone got an owl usage moniter? Advice please.
I've bought an owl electric moniter, set it all up but it won't sync with the sender. I've done everything right and i've started from scratch 4 times now, still all i'm getting is the broken lines like so --- It says in the manual connect to the live wire coming from the right on the metre, so I have, I have 3 live wires…
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E.on / Leeds Consultancy Services
Hi Everyone. I'm new here. Looks like a super useful place to come and get advice though, so i thought i'd try it out. Right, i've had a massive problem with the electricity supplier for a flat i used to rent. Here's the story. From summer 2005 to summer 2007, I and my girlfriend lived in some new-build flats in the town…
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750 electricity bill - PLease help
Hi, This is my first time on the boards I have an electricity Bill from E-on for 750 for a quater. We have had 2 previously for 250 and paid these but this last one seems excessive! These is two of us in an all electricity flat, ie no gass so heating cooker etc is electricity. We are speaking now to somebody in the credit…
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New House Question
Hi, Just moved into a new house and i'm unsure what to do. We have inherited the previous occupiers gas and electric on a "deemed contract" It seems we are on a standard tarrif (This will mean expensive I bet) Should we swap over now? or wait a few weeks? As I need to ring them soon to let them know the meter readings from…
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Southern Electric - Fixed prices
Southern Electric are offering Fixed prices until June 2010. Is it as simple as fixing the tariff you are currently on or are you put on a higher tariff?
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Energy monitor readouts
Hi All. I've invested in a plug-in energy monitor , but cannot understand which read-out i need to look at, to give me something meaningful. The instructions are, i think, a direct translation from Taiwanese and i can't understand these either! The monitor has a number of different options for which display is…
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Can they be combined/
Today I received an E-mail from BG from whom I buy electricity only. their gas hasn't yet reached our part of deepest Dorset! The E-mail had been sent to my old address advice of the change of which had been advised (and acknowledged) on 29 March. Anyway, the message (sent 5 days ago to the guy who took over my small…
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Npower Debt Despair
LONG POST ALERT Hi everyone, This is my first post here so take it easy please . I've been reading the forums for ages and it seems a shame that my first post is so negative. I'll try to cut a very long story short but it could be difficult! So, sorry in advance. Right... We rent our home from a local housing association…
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No gas bill for 18 months!!!!!!! ring them or not?
Evening campers Since moving into our house 18 months ago!!!! we have never recived a gas bill The day we moved in we called British gas to give them the reading on the meter . ................... then nothing , not a sausage!:confused: I know its B gas that supply us cause i called transco with the meter number and they…
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Help me please !!
Hi everyone, this is our first post and of course its about ever increasing utility bills !! Okay so here's my problem..... We are single fuel users living in a one bedroom flat in Chelmsford, we both work and I travel a lot throughout Europe so tend not to be home so much. We switch our tv,pc etc off at the wall at night.…
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I've Often Wondered.....
Why all of the energy companies put millions of families and businesses under extreme strain with sky high prices, make millions of pounds in profits but also spend thousands upon thousands of pounds advertising everywhere telling consumers how to NOT spend money with them and save on energy!!!!!!! Surely an easier answer…
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Potentially embarrassing question (loft insulation)
My mate bought some rolls of Knauf 200m Space Blanket Loft Insulation from B&Q when it was reduced by £9 per roll (a bargain at £5.99, apparently). He's finally got round to laying it and the idiot has realised he's way under-estimated his loft space! ONly problem is it's now back up to £14.98 per roll and he's refusing…
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Click 5 to EDF Dual Fuel?
Hi all, I am currently on British Gas Click 5 for my gas and electricity. Someone came round the doors from EDF the other day showing us how much we can save etc. so I signed up. I have 12 days to change my mind so just wondered if you think that the EDF dual fuel is a better deal than British Gas or should I send back the…
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British gas click energy 5,ok to still switch?
Hi I am confused!!! I am with EDF dual fuel and on online1 tariff, however they have put their rates up and i have been on the comparision sites and it tells me that I will save money on the click energy 5. Should I switch? or will this tariff also be going up? Do not want to cap, as only use small amounts-trying to use…
