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Bought house-when can I switch suppliers?
Hi all I have just purchased a house which is currently empty. I have been told that the currnet utility suppliers are E.on. I have already made some comparisons and find that surprisingly British Gas via their online contract is the cheapest for me. Am I able to switch without telling E.on as I wont be taking up the…
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British Gas Error - Bill for £1800.00!
Hello Just wondering if anyone has any advice or has gone through a similar problem with their energy provider as my Dad is right now with British Gas! Try my best to keep it short but basically: A month or so ago my Dad received what he thought was his normal electricity bill, but turned out to be a bill for nearly…
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Annoying E.ON
I have recently switched to E.ON and a couple of things have already annoyed me. Firstly, they said they were going to take my first direct debit at the end of September but they took it a few days after the switch at the end of August. Secondly, I have just got my final statement from Southern Electric but the readings…
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energy saving lightbubs- leave on/ turn off?
Okay this might sound a daft question but it is one I have been wondering about, so I decided to ask! I had heard recently that is better ie. cheaper to leave an energy saving lightbulb switched on constantly for several hours, than to keep turning it on and off. The explnation given to me was that it uses more fuel to…
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Gas charges laws???
I have started a thread entitled GAS BILL HEADACHE, in which you will see the dilemma with which I have been faced with over the last 2 yrs with Eon for gas and electric, notbritishgas has kindly replied and answered alot of my queries(thanks!!), he/she has suggested someone else may know the legalities/ criteria that have…
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a little heating goes a long way or does it?
can anyone advise on whether or not to keep gas central heating on really low but all day - is it more economical this way or should the heating be set to twice a day at a much higher temperature. if set low, how low should it be? there is usually no-one home during the day mon-fri and there's a gas fire in the sitting…
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Punished For Having a Bad Credit History
We changed to British Gas from Eon 2 months ago because the rate was cheaper (we are all electric) and was told that after a while we could switch from our existing pre-paid meter to a normal one for a minimal charge of £10. After hearing Martin's advice on radio yesterday we decided to phone and try and get it changed as…
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e-on interactive house useful tips
If you go to e-ons web site and on the home page select : Going Green/Interactive House, there are some useful energy saving tips, a lot are obvious that we all probably know about. One good tip I picked up was to close the curtains to save energy and it also makes the room warmer, we have vertical blinds in the lounge and…
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Worth to get out of Eon EnergyOnline Extra Saver 8 NOW?
Hi, I'm just wondering Martin says that if you're on Eon EnergyOnline Extra Saver 8 the prices haven't gone up yet so you should switch. I am on this tariff at the moment, however with the 14% discount on this product, it still works out cheaper than the capped rates even if the prices rise by 25%. So what's the best thing…
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scottish power refused to honour contract
Please can someone advise me? I am at the moment with British Gas. Just after their price rise a Scottish power door to door sales woman signed me up for a capped rate for dual fuel (4.8.08). Now i have 2 electricity meters as the owners before me had off peak for heating and peak. I don't use the off peak much but was not…
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British Gas is doing my head in!
Am new to these forums and I need to vent about BG! Have just moved into a new build property and the house has been automatically registered with Britiish Gas, so my first thought was to ring them, hand over some meter readings from my first two months and see if they could give me a rough idea of how much I would need to…
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Have they put up the number of units on the higher tariff
I am in the process of looking for a new provider. I have used the energy switch web sites and have been comparing the kWh and the units at each tariff. Have the energy companies also increased the number of units you have to use on the higher (primary) tariff, before you get onto the lower (secondary) tariff as well as…
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Problems switching to E.ON EnergyOnline Extra Saver 8
Currently with British Gas Standard Tarriff for both Gas and Elec at present (it was the default when we moved in a year ago), but not they've decided to put our gas up to £85 p/m (considering this is a 3-bed semi with two adults who our out at work all day!) I feel the time has come to switch from BG. Looking at the…
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Npower prices rises are significantly more than published for some customers
Following the announcement of Npower increasing Gas (26%) and Electric (14%) http://www.npower.com/web/At_home/customer_service/yourquestionsanswered/WCMS_007078 After checking a few comparison sites for the updated tariff rates, I was shocked at the increase. Based on gas consumption of 11560Kwh and electric 4134Kwh,…
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Should I switch from Scottish Power to British Gas?
I've been with Scottish Power for some time now - about 4 years, if memory serves me right; a long time going by today's standards :p Currently, I am on Scottish Power's Online Energy Saver 4 tarriff - one which has been the cheapest for me, for some time now. :T Given the price increases recently, I saw fit to research if…
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Loft insulation?
Hi Just wondering what sort of loft insulation everyone is using as ours need to be re-newed not having sorted it out over the years as we have never had to ~ but now it's a must as the stuff we have now has been down for years and surely the new stuff is much more warmer ~ so which do I buy any suggestions? We have a…
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E.ON EnergyOnline Extra Saver 8, price increase?
hi, does anyone know if this plan has had a price increase inline with the current round on price increases? looking to swap from v2 to to v8 to save a little bit a year, however if the price hasn't increased yet i may lose out. thanks
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Scottish Power - New Inceases - Scandalous!
I am currently on a 'capped' scheme with Scottish Power (and have been for several years) which entails online billing and meter entry and variable direct debit payments.Scottish Power have excellent customer service (in my view) and a very easy-to-use-website They announced today their new capped scheme (From Nov 2008 -…
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whats cheapest ?
I had 2 huge loads of washing today and as it was pouring hard I put some on the clothes airer, but still had lots left over. My question is what would have been cheaper, either to dry it in the tumble dryer or turn the heating on and dry it on the radiators ? sue
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Eon price protection plan - right choice?
Hi, I switched from Atlantic to Eon price protection plan 17 back in July although the paperwork is only just coming through now. The increase in gas and electricity rates and direct debit is incredible (the latter is about double) and slightly more than the quote was when I switched. I'm now wondering if I've done the…
