-
Economy 7 Timers.....do they exist?
Hi All, First I want to start by saying that this is a great forum, I've been browsing for a while looking at money saving tips! My house is powered fully by Electricity, and we are on Economy 7. The issue I have is that the water is pretty hot all day, and probably doesn't need to be heating up between 1am and 8am. If I'm…
-
Calling all Two bed house owners
Guys and Gals I'm after a little help please (and two bed house renters before you shout at me) I'm looking to buy a two bed house (FTbuyer) middle to end of next year (seeing as house prices are dropping). But I'm working out my budget now (as in start putting aside what i would pay out now so i can see if i can handle…
-
who do you contact in event of a power cut
http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/AboutElectricity/DistributionCompanies/DistributionCompanies.htm If you have a power cut DO NOT call the gas emergency line they cannot help you and do not hold any contact numbers for electricity you should call your local distribution company details of which can be found by…
-
heating on during the night
How many people leave the heating on during the night.
-
Economy 10, am i being diddled now?
Hi all, i'm new here, i have a question regarding this tariff for electricity bills.:j Basically, i have a flat, with hot water and storage heaters, both wired to manual switches and timed switches to use the cheapo electricity. SInce my bills were very expensive, I have disabled the automatic switches and use these things…
-
Sainsburys Energy direct debit
I changed to Sainsburys Energy this year on the dual fuel Nectar points thing and pay £60/month for gas and £40/month electric by Direct Debit. Sainsburys were quick to set up the gas DD but slow with the electricity, and we seemed to have used a lot of electric so paying £40/month has left us trailing by over £100 on the…
-
E.on & IGT charge
We have been living in this house for just over 1 year. It was built late 2006 early 2007. Just received an 'amended' gas bill from last august. The bill now covers the period from April through to October. However, there is one noteable addition that we haven't seen on previous bills....and IGT charge. I understand its…
-
What are my rights?
I have today had a letter (dated October) from my energy supplier, Atlantic Gas and Electric informing me of price rises that will happen in August 2008. This letter is two months late!!! Am I within my rights to demand that august and september are paid at the previous rates? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
-
Comparison Sites
After my recent Atlantic Elec & Gas price increase (for gas only) I am considering switching. The comparison sites indicate that I will save £98 per year if I switch to npower. I assume they assess this based on the increased Atlantic prices, as strictly speaking they have been in force since August. BUT - with Atlantic I…
-
Install a fire - or not??
Just looking for advice/experiences etc! I live in a standard 3 bed semi, cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, double glazing (couple of windows crap but tape them up in the winter - working on replacing). I have central heating & my radiators all have thermostats. However, when we decorated two years ago we removed…
-
Should energy prices drop?
Energy prices went up because they were linked to the price of oil. Will they be coming down now the price of oil has dropped? :confused: Should they be forced to lower their prices? :think:
-
sign petition to PM re oil/heating gas connection
Hi The recent massive increase in our heating gas prices has been solely because the EU established a connection between the price of heating gas and the price of oil per barrel, even though there is no is no actual connection between these two. As some electricity is also produced from gas this has affected our electric…
-
kWh usage
Hello all- wonder if anyone can give me some advice on how much energy we should be using. Just received annual gas and electricity summary; since 15th Nov we've used 5490.67 kWh gas and 1965 kWh elecricity We're on prepayment meters, living in a two bed (top floor) flat with radiators. The flat is very cold so drying…
-
Elec from B/Gas, problem help please
Hi everyone, I'm new here only just found this site and am a bit anxious to get results so not taken the time to trawl through the pages of posts, I hope you can help me. I have just returned from living in Spain and found my mother very distressed. She has both her Electricity & gas billed to her by British Gas. It seems…
-
Problem signing up for British Gas Click Energy 6
I've been trying to switch to this via Quidco for 2 days now. After filling everything in I get a page saying "System error, Please try again". Anyone else had a problem. Always swore I'd never go back to BG but they are £170 a year cheaper according to comparison sites. Perhaps this is natures way of telling me not to!
-
Got Billed for Prepayment Meter - seriously!
We switched from Scottish Power to E-ON on the advice of Uswitch for a saving in electricity. There was no debt at all on the pre-payment meter. We were presented with a final bill for c£81 from SP but how can this be with a pre-payment meter, you can't use electric you have not paid for, surely? Other problems with the…
-
switching from pre pay
:confused: can anyone help me, a rep from ultilia came to my door and asked if i wanted to keep prepaymeters for both my gas and electric but pay the price of direct debit as tempting as it was there and then i said i needed to look into it.......... basically they change my meters to theres but with additional box that…
-
price protecion v15 Tesco points
please can anyone tell me if there was any Tesco clubcard points when signup for Eon price protecion v15. As when I signed up Several months ago they put me on the wrong tariff, This as now been sorted, I am currently on v15 but I thought there was clubcard points (500) when signing up for this tariff online
-
British Gas Regional GAS prices
On the BG website this link states: https://www.britishgas.co.uk/ManageQueries/HelpAndAdvice/TypeID/?Type=Case&ID=385 I wasn't aware that BG charged regional gas rates. On their website I punched in a postcode for the Midlands and London and got exactly the same tariff for their 3 tariffs - 6.86/3.485p Click 6:…
-
Southern Electric came to the door today - their actions are disgraceful!
I had a guy come to the door today from SE and he informed me (via his clipboard and the blank space next to the address) that I was not getting 'the fuel benefits I was entitled to and that I could claim then back today and get a rebate'. He then went on to ask who supplies, I said Scootish Power (I just switched) and he…
