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Scottish Power - Confused about Electric Tariff
Hi All, Just a quick question. I'm moving into a flat later in the month. Unfortunately, it has storage heating.. We will not be using the storage heaters, but because we will rent the flat, can't have them ripped out. I'm confused with the tariffs offered because I assume I have to be on a Economy 7 tariff, yes (because…
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Average Gas, Elec and Water costs
Hi I'm trying to work out a budget for getting a place of my own but am a little out of touch when it comes to utility bills. Can anyone give me an idea on how much a single person living in say a 2 bedroom terrace or 1 bedroom flat might pay for utilities. I guess it changes region by region but i'm looking at the…
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Pre-payment with Southern; switch to Ebico?
Last week I moved into a rented house in Stoke-on-Trent. The house has pre-payment gas and electricity provided by Southern Electric. Now I've been reading that PP is most expensive, however usage this week (solely myself), though two others move in tomorrow has been fairly low, about £3 at most. However I've heard of…
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Homecall+ Evergreen central heating (+boiler) insurance
(Not had any replies in other forums, so thought I'd try here!) http://www.homecallplus.co.uk/evergreen-heating-cover Does anyone have any experiences or opinions about the above central heating insurance? They are a bargain £8.99 per month, or £99 for the year. Thanks in advance
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not for profit gas&elec company ?
the government created network rail as a not for profit company because of the shambles of privitisation... how difficult would it be to set up a similar company to compete with the greedy privitised suppliers or could it be done by a large group from this website?
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Charging to Cap!!
I am currently with EDF and to cap they want "from as little as £1.22 per week", is this worth doing. Katdan
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Student house, Swalec, help!
Hello! I have no idea about gas/electricity, tarrifs, rates, anything, i'm a complete beginner when it comes to this grown up stuff! But I'm the only one in my student house at the moment who is interested in sorting our bills for next year, so here I am! We were with swalec for gas/electricity for last year, paying…
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Moving a Gas Meter?
Does your energy company (or someone other company-Transco?) have a duty to move your gas meter to another position if as a disabled person you cannot read it and haven't got anyone able bodied to read it for you?
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Is It Worth Changing Companies
[FONT="]Hi I was one who did not cap before prices went up. Is it worth changing companies at the moment? I'm with e.on. Thanks. [/FONT]
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Is it too late to change to a capped plan?
My boyfriend has been in 'charge' of the household bills for the last year but now with my input we are looking to change energy suppliers. We currently have a dual package with N power, paying £51 per month for gas and £52 for electric. Horrifying price hikes too. I have been looking on line today at moving suppliers. Do…
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Energy deals
HELP!! want to change energy provider from scottish gas but in arrears with gas due to their incompetence. Should i jusy change electricity now or wait till Oct when finally caught up with gas then do both together Taa much
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Actions needed when switching to dual fuel supplier
We're switching to a dual fuel (gas & electricity) deal with British Gas on September 18th. They already supply our gas but can somebody please advise whether we need to do anything regarding taking a meter reading for electricity on the 18th and notifying it either to Southern Electric (current supplier) or British Gas.…
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EBICO-trying to apply thru mse.com
Can anyone help...when I get EBICO selected by moneysavingexpert.com for my postcode I do not see any APPLY button for me to get thru to EBICO. Obviously I am after the £30 from mse for dual fuel. Thanks
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Is 93% a record rise in elec?
We are on npower's SOL8 tariff, and have enjoyed electrcity at 6p per kWh. However, an email enquiry on Friday has revealed that they are about to start charging us 11.5p per kWh. Our annual bill will go from £908 this year to £1,752! I couldn't believe the email and managed (after two days!) to get them on the phone. They…
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can i switch again?
hi apologies if this has been asked before but i would like to know this.. i switched (joint) gas and electricity suppliers about 3 months ago, from edf to southern, according to the comparison chart i would have saved money and been a bit "greener". now, with the huge price hikes, i am considering moving to a capped…
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Working from home - GAS or Electricity?
Hi I recently changed jobs which means I am, for a good part of the day, working from home. This has saved about £200 a month in reduced petrol costs, so I can't grumble. Anyway, the recent cooler weather has got me thinking about heating during the winter. We have gas central heating that is normally on (in the winter)…
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Gas and electric units per month
Hi everyone :D Thought it might help as a guide if we listed our unit usage per month for gas and electric, plus a brief description of house size and usage as a guide to others. Checking unit consumption each month is also a brilliant way of estimating your bills and keeping on top of your usage. ;) Pick a date, say the…
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How much do people pay?
We are about to move from a 3 bed semi to a five bed detached house and are wondering about the jump in gas/electric usage. We are staying with Scottish Power and at the moment we pay £67 combined per month. This has been easily enough (we actually had it reduced at the start of the year) and our account is in credit. SP…
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E.ON EnergyOnline Extra Saver 8
Listening to Martin on Jeremy Vine he says that E.ON EnergyOnline Extra Saver 8 prices haven't gone up yet, but are likely to soon. On the Eon website it states the the discount is guaranteed until November 2009. Am I missing something? :confused: See…
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Gas fires and pebbles?
Hi I have now got a bit confused as I am just about to buy a new gas fire. I had a gas fire and back boiler that was old. I am going for a modern inset look in the lounge and have chosen everything apart from the 'gas fire' itself and this is where I am confused. I want to have pebbles. Does this mean I just get a basket…
