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Should we switch to EBICo
Hi All, I'm quite new MSE, and looking for a wee bit of advice! We're currently with Scottish Power for both Gas and Electricity. My dad died at the beginning of the year (I still live at home with mum), and after several mistakes on their part, we went 5 months without being able to make any payments, which has resulted…
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Utilities Swap
Hello, Before the last price rise I applied for a dual fuel swap to British Gas via money supermarket.com. This was in July and I still havent been swapped. I have chased them on numerous occasions but they keep telling me that they are chasing British Gas. The tell me that I willl get the tariff that I apllied for but I'm…
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debt on an electric metre
Had to have a card token metre put in about 2 years ago due to my partner been made redundant. 18 months ago had a letter from southern electric to say the debt had never been put on the metre so we still owed £300 and had only been paying for the electric we'd been using. I wrote a stroppy letter,but they said the debt…
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Switching during a switch
Hi guys, i read this website weekly and several weeks ago read the article about switching, took a gamble and switched to click 5. however as you all know, click 5 has increased dramatically, but i've just received letters from BG saying my switch will be complete by the end/beginning of October/November. I definitely…
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Quandry over gas and elec
Hi all, we've just bought a 3bed 1920s terrace and have upgraded from a 1bed shoebox. We really ahve very little idea of expected energy usage, we are a working couple with no children. The house currently has very poor insulation but I do stress currently - we are getting damp proofing people in this week and we will be…
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Getting rid of economy 7
We have moved to a different rental property and are on economy 7 how to we go about getting rid of it? With my wife at home all day with the baby it isnt really a good choice for us.
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Switching Eon to BG - Help please!
I'm new to this board and have had a quick look to see if there is already a suitable thread - so apologies if I shouldn't have started a new one. I am in the process of assisting somebody to change supplier from Eon to BGas. This process was initially started by a member of the lady's family in Feb 2007. The electric…
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Wholesale price of electricity surges amid fear of supply shortfall
Wholesale electricity prices surged higher yesterday amid mounting fears that the UK could face a supply shortfall next month. The forward price of electricity for November hit highs of £133 per megawatt hour, up more than £10 since Friday, when the same contract was trading at about £122.75. The price of power has risen…
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ebico, prepayment meter top up , gone wrong!! plz help
hi there what with the ebico tariff going up tomorrow, i asked them how it would change on a prepayment meter, they told me it can only change once you top/charge you key (paypoint). so i decided to do mine today on the 1st before the price increase , i topped up with £ 300.00 ( would last me around a year) , but like…
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Social Tariff
Hi This is not a well known fact, not advertised a lot - but, most energy suppliers have a Social Tariff - allowing people who are on a low income to reduce their tariff. If you are on Housing Benefit/ Council Tax Benefit, Income Support or Income based Job Seekers and are either a pensionor or disabled - you can have…
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Energy Saving GU10s
I have 30 240v GU10 lamps throughout our home :eek: They must be costing me a blooming fortune! I suppose the only saving grace is that they are in the bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen so they aren't constantly on. I've been putting off replacing them as they are only a year old and it hardly seems moneysaving to bin them…
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Stuck with my Prepayment meters
Part of this maybe should have been posted in another forum, but I didn't want to cross-post it. I apologise in advance if this is wrong. I rang British Gas today to ask them to remove my prepayment meters and switch me to a DD payment plan. After the credit check, they refused. Unless I would be willing to stump a SIX…
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Problems understanding N Power final bill!!!
Following from the advice of Martin Lewis, I switched to a capped rate last month. I thought all was done & dusted recently... until I got my final bills from N Power. N Power bills have always been a bit of a mystery as they never really made sense, but it has got even worse now they owe me money! My electricity account…
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Deemed Contract EDF Energy, Confused
Daughter has moved into a rented house and the previous owners had edf energy for both gas and electric. She telephoned with readings taken on the day they moved in and gave both her and her boyfriends names to be put on the bills. They have recieved a letter saying they are on a deemed contract and to contact them to save…
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new domestic energy ombudsman
Not sure if this is a repost Link for the organization who have taken over from energy watch http://www.consumerfocus.org.uk/en/content/cms/home/home.aspx
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when switching what happens to credits ?
Hi, I'm in credit on both my gas and electric accounts. If I switch will these be refunded or transferred ? or do I have to get them back myself ? Thanks. Barry.
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How soon can I leave!
I am currently in the process of transferring to BG click 5. My gas is due to tfr on 15 Oct and the electric on 11 Oct. I am not impressed with the price rise which will leave me worse off than if I hadn't bothered to tfr at all. Due to being a high user I am desperately trying to keep the costs down and have found that I…
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Switching Gas/Elec with outstanding debt
Hi I wonder if anyone knows if it is possible to switch provides if you paying montly for an outstanding bill. For examlple we are paying a certain amount each month for gas and an amount on top of that for a previous bill - if I were to switch would the current provider want the whole of the outstanding amount paid at…
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Scottish Power Tariff
Ok, looking at changing as my current Price Saver 2008 with EDF has come to an end. My current spend with them (based on just top tier usage) is Gas - £130 / Electric - £539 They claim that if I refix with them to Oct 09 I can have it at current standelpard rates compared to the 5% premium for new customers which comes in…
