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New bill after BG price rise
Just had my new bill after price rise on 30/7/08. It appears that for the 68 days before the price rise my usage was 1.39 kwh per day but for the 21 days after it jumped to 2.99 kwh per day!!!!!:mad: We only use gas for cooking so we are only being ripped of for a few pence but heavier users should argue if their usage is…
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Re:Table top induction hobs
Hi all, another question for you all LOL. I am trying to become DF and doing this by reducing my outgoings as cant really work anymore hours. So I am looking at the Remoska and pondering on buying one of these induction hobs. I currently have a dual fuel rangemaster range the big jobbie. my questions are would it be…
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Standing Charge for Gas and Electric
Hi, I am a new poster, but have lurked for quite a while and been amazed at all the good tips on this site. I was trying to find the answer about which is best, standing charge for Gas and Electric, or NO standing charge, but I couldn't find anything on this forum..so here I am asking for some help :) I managed to swtch to…
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E.On to raise Gas+Elec prices
It's taken longer than originally thought, but E.On are raising their prices, Energy firm E.On is to raise gas prices by 26% and electricity prices by 16% on 22 August http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7534796.stm Wishing I'd capped with E.on now ;-)
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Do we have any Power?
Excuse the pun and apologies if this topic has been discussed before But do we have any power as a collective Jo and Joanne Blogs on the ground To petition against the rising prices of Gas and Electric? I have considered writing to my local MP, but am aware that I am one very small fish in a big sea On a more rebellious…
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I have never understood my house!?!
Hello all, I am going to come across as a bit of a fool here, but here goes: I have lived in my house for about 7 years now, but I do not really understand how the heating works. Of course, I know how to keep my house warm and get hot water for a bath etc, I'm just unsure about the specifics of various things within the…
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I have never understood my house!?!
Hello all, I am going to come across as a bit of a fool here, but here goes: I have lived in my house for about 7 years now, but I do not really understand how the heating works. Of course, I know how to keep my house warm and get hot water for a bath etc, I'm just unsure about the specifics of various things within the…
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Gas or Electric?
Due to the current climate I was wondering if it is time to get rid of our gas kettle for a rapid boil electric or doesn't it make any difference?
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Flickering electricity supply - please help.
Hi all :) For the last 10-12 weeks I've had a flickering supply of electricity, whereby the lights flicker every second or so. It may sound like I'm moaning about nothing but - trust me - it is VERY irritating. If it's really bad we turn all the lights off and sit in darkness :( I've been in contact with Eon who I pay my…
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Gas Supply for Winter
From the Virgin Media News Site this evening. '...UK wholesale gas prices have soared by more than 14% after a leak on a North Sea pipeline prompted fears about supplies this winter. Norway's oil and gas producer Statoil Hydro said it discovered the leak on a gas pipeline linking its Kvitebjoern field to an onshore…
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Change Gas / Electricity meter
Hi all, My parents had someone from Eon call to take a meter reading and they informed her that they had to change her electricity meter. Why would they need to do that - I assume that the current meter is just fine? Also, we're not with Eon for Gas or Electricity, so why are they the ones wishing to change the meter?…
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Atlantic just trebled my monthly DD :(
Been with Atlantic since 2006, and they have been great. My payments have never changed, I've always sent them regular meter readings etc, they've never increased the monthly DD....however got an email today saying they've reviewed my payments and are now trebling my payments from £50 pm to £150! :eek: Just did a price…
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HELP!!!! Biasi Combi M90 24S No Pressure
I have been in my house for a year. During that time I have had no problems with the boiler which is a combi for my hotwater and CH. I joined Homeserve as they give you a free service once a year and yesterday a Corgi engineer came out to service it giving it a clean bill of health. The next day my pressure was at 0 and I…
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Are nPower telling the truth...?
Firstly some background info: Signed up to nPower many years ago after using uSwitch to what I thought was their "Sign online" tariff...at least I clicked on that option on uSwitch... Saw an advert on telly for their "Fix for Free" offer and called them up. They told me that I'd actually been put on their "Standard" tariff…
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Gas or Electric
Due to the current climate I was wondering if it is time to get rid of our gas kettle for a rapid boil electric or doesn't it make any difference?
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Paying for gas and electric in shared flat
I'm living in a shared flat in north London with four other people. This year we've had our bills included in the rent, but from September onwards we'll have to pay gas and electricity ourselves. All five of our names on the bill, which means we can switch to whatever supplier/tariff we like. There are currently separate…
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kWh Split Calculation?
The first tier for my gas is the 1st 1465kWh per quarter are charged at 3.261p per quarter. How many [exact] days are there in a quarter? I ask because I sometimes make monthly payments and get a monthly statement. For example from 19th March to 28th May I used 3208kWh of Gas and EDF worked the split out as follows:- First…
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Staywarm v British Gas
What would you do Ive just had my new Staywarm price for the new year and its gone from £64 to £106.75 a month. This will put me on the middle band now. If I stayed in the lower band it would of been £82.60 a month. My Gas usage was well within the amount I could use, but the Electric was up by 20%. I have Gas central…
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best way to use??
hi im a bit confused to which is the best way to use my appliences so i save as much £££ as possible... Electric oven - is it best to be on a low temp for longer or a high temp for short period of time Gas centeral heating - is it best to turn the heating on full blast for half an hour to get warm then turn off or have on…
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British Gas retention: Am I better off???
About 3 weeks ago I moved from British Gas Click Energy 5 to Scottish Power Fixed Price Energy 2009. I did this as everyone was saying that its better to cap etc even if it is more expensive in the first place, you'll save money over time. 2 days later the prices rose (although only 9% on electric whilst I was paying 22%…
