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anyone understand a gas + elec bill?
Have just been advised that npower are putting up my monthly dd from £26 pm to £38, which seems a little excessive considering my last quarterly gas bill was only £10. (but this was through summer so no heating) Back to my point though, i am looking round at the old swapshop of providers but a bit confused as to whether i…
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EON - Can they do this?
Basically I have a small business where I set up on a 12 month contract last October for a fixed price for electricity. In July I received a letter from them saying it was a price review. The letter seemed like another flyer, nothing sinister about it, and I was off work during a period of illness but running the accounts…
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Confusion over comparisons
I have been trying to do a cost comparison for my Electric (energyhelpline) - but whenever i enter in the details of the plan i am on (to see if i can make any savings) - and then click on the link that says "show your current plan details" - they never tie up to what i am being billed. I was on Sign Online V4.0 with…
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Southern Electric Price Hike- Superdeal!!
Under Southern Electric's new tariffs (with an average 19% price increase from the end of August) the Superdeal tariff in our area has risen by closer to 30%. When I asked Southern Electric about this they tried to defend regional variations in cost (which I don't understand) and the tariff's 'unique' features- basically…
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prepayment meter experts? standing charges?
Hi, I am helping my dad find a cheaper supplier for his prepayment gas and electric, he is with BG for gas and eon for electric. On his electric bill it says his "standing charge" is 20.86p/day but his meter takes 35p a day. is this a case of one charge being wrong somewhere or is this two different standing charges, one…
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Ofgem threatens to crack down on short-term internet deals
Hi Guys, It looks as though OFGEM could be getting tough on Energy companies that those "online plans" that are not intended to last http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227665/energy-firms-rapped-online Obviously they do it so then they end up at the top of the price comparison tables. It does annoy you find out…
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Lpg
Hi My dad lives in an area with no gas supply so he has to fill a tank in the garden with LBG. The prob he has is that he doesnt seem to have access to the same offers that are open to those on a piped gas supply. Does anyone know of a comparison site which would include this type of gas or of any companies that offer a…
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Is it possible to be billed by 2 electric suppliers?
Hi All, I have recently moved into a rented house with my girlfriend. The letting agent said he would contact n-power to say we were moving in, i said 'Can I switch from them' (previous bad experience). He said I can if I wish. The next day we get a letter from EON saying that they supply the electricity and can I tell…
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So much for saving money!
Hi :) We've been meaning to change our prepayment meters to 'DD' ones for ages. Powergen/eon would have charged £50 per meter for this, so we signed up with EDF when someone came 'cold calling' to the house one day. Both meters have been changed by EDF now to 'DD' ones free of charge. I have now received a letter from…
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Atlantic Gas & Electric Loyalty Scheme
Not sure if this has been mentioned before but it is worth considering if you are looking at switching providers. Atlantic will refund you one months gas and/or electric every 13 months you stay with them. They don't shout about it but I have received this for the past 4 years although sometimes I have to chase them up but…
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Extortionate rise in communal electricity service charge - help!
Yesterday we got an extortionate updated service charge bill from our landlord/housing assoc that I need some help in challenging. Some background:* We live in a block of nine flats. * Individual flats pay their own leccy. * Communal leccy for lighting stairwells etc is shared across all nine flats and charged back to the…
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Scottish Power won't let me go!
I have a business electricity account with Scottish Power. They sent me a letter a couple of months ago offering to freeze my leccy prices if I signed up for a 3 year contract. I meant to shop around at that point, but never got round to it and forgot about the letter. I've just had my latest bill, and they've increased my…
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Switching Problem
Have recently initiated a switch for my electricity supply from Scottish Hydro electric to E-on. Was going fine until I got a letter from Hydro saying and I quote "We cannot let you leave at this time as the new supplier has not registered all the supply numbers associated wirh my meter". I have given all the info that…
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Typical summer / winter gas usage
Trying to estimate my overall usage after too many estimated bills. I know how much gas I have used in the last 7 months (March - September) but don't know how to estimate how much my full year usage might be based on this. I have gas water heating (bath plus 2 showers per day) plus gas hob plus any heating (thermostat…
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Cashback when switching tariff (Click 5 -> Click6)?
I need to switch from British Gas Click Online 5 to Click Online 6, but need to check if any cashback is available before doing so.. I know cashback is available when switching provider, but I am staying with the same provider.. Which website offers the most when switching?
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gas etm meter messages - who to call
For all those with etm - token or pre paid meters if you have no smell of gas then if you have the following messages displayed on your meter you should call your supplier who will arrange for the engineer to call and always check that the emergency control handle which attached to the pipe that goes into the meter is up…
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Gas fire vs gas boiler vs 5 woolly jumpers!
My husband is very frugle with our heating and decided about a month ago that the central heating WILL NOT go on until October half-term at least. At the sudden unanticipated drop in temperatures I though my dh would reasses the situation - but oh no he's sticking to his guns! He has given one concession - that the lounge…
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How do the comparison sites actually figure it out?
As I nearly ended up joining a fixed tariff and franticly removed myself from it before the damage was done, I was wondering how the comparison sites actually calculate their totals. I have used energyhelpline and put in the DD amounts that are currently pay and get fabulous savings shown, but then I look at the cost per…
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NPower Beware of quoted prices -not what they seem
I have been investigating a cheaper supplier now that British Gas has increased it's Click 5 online rates. NPower comes out cheapest (just) on all the main comparison websites But there is a catch. The annual and monthly rate they quote is not what you pay. You pay an additional £105 per year or £8.75 per month, so my…
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Portable Electric fire is halogen cheapest
I have to buy a portable electric fire - we are all year round caravaners and also live in a rented house so I dont want to install one for the landlord. and want some instant heat occasionaly Are halogen fires cheap to run or am I being daft
