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Price cap - HELP!
I've capped til oct 09 pay monthly direct debit and online account - have jusat recvd email from supplier saying they want to increase my monthly payments by 15 per month as my consumption is slightly higher than the current amount i'm paying and they will start the new payments in Jan 09. can they do this? i thought if i…
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Scottish Power Online Statement Problem
Hi everybody! Scottish Power seem to be having problems with their online statements. I just went to pay my Scottish Power bill of £96 online like I usually do, entered my meter reading and was horrified that it had gone up by £75 to around £171. I checked back at my online billing history and noticed for the first time a…
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A campaign to try and encourage lower energy prices
Hi all, Probably like you, I'm fed up of the extortionate profits the utility companies are making - and with it looking likely that they're not going to drop their prices before the winter I've started a campaign http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/LowerGasElectric/ or on Facebook at…
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Gas leak
recently had gas meter changed resulting in gas leak which company have now admitted liability for. I Consider this very serious and life threatening. Been contacted by the company today and asked what level of compensation i am looking at. is this the right procedure and how do you put a price on this. the stress this has…
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Why aren't gas and elec prices coming down?
Petrol seems to have come down alot, and the wholesale price of gas has come down - so why has this not translated into price drops for household gas an electricity? I thought this is what deregulation was supposed to do, but in fact, we are paying more for gas and elec than our friends on the European mainland. Is it…
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First time gas user
All, We have bought a new house that has gas and electricity (its a new build). Our current power bill is £37 a month, so is there anything out there for gas and electricity that is close to this? Any help on what to look for would be most appreciated. Regards Mailman
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Ebico site down anyone know prepayment price?
Hi, I have (in the process of) just switched my parents from british gas prepayment meter to ebico gas prepayment meter. it was a lot cheaper when I started the switch, ebicos site seems to be offline so I can find the price for this, is it still cheaper than bg?
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Is it Worth it????
My mother inlaw is 68 and lives in a 4 bedroom house. She is currently paying £39 per week for her gas and electric?? Was wondering what staywarm was like and does anyone think it is worth it? Thanks 4 any replies.:beer:
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close ebico eqipower
hello about five weeks ago i moved supplier and my equipower prepayment account was closed. now for over two years the meter was set at southern rates not ebicos and also ebicos price increases were all later than southerns,despite this they(southern)say i am owed nothing. what do i do next? thanks in advance
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First Utility. Any Good?
http://www.first-utility.com/index.htm Looks interesting. I love all the stats and graphs. BUT, I can't find their prices anywhere? Anyone with them?
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Is this big bill my fault or British Gas?
Hello, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. On September 26th 2008 we moved into a new rented house. The landlord was using British Gas for the gas supply so, after checking out who would be the cheapest supplier in this area we applied to move over to a new supplier. The landlord had given British Gas a…
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e-on introduce new tariff for vulnerable customers - WARM ASSIST
from today - fri 28th nov - e-on are introducing a new social tariff for the most vulnerable customers called warm assist. it is for properties with 2 people or less who all have to be over 60 and claiming pension credit.it gives you a flat discount of 15% off standard prices with no tie in or cancellation fee. anyone…
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How much does your usage increase in Winter
We get Electricity through Scottish Power and record our usage every month. During the Summer usage was running at 12-13 units per day it has risen to 17 units for last month. I don't know if this is good or bad, but feel I should. We have been more careful this year an our usage is down compared to the same period last…
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essentials tariff
does anyone know the unit prices for the essentials tariff with british gas on the prepayment meter?
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Price Comparing websites
Hi, I have read that to get an accurate picture from these websites you need to input your annual consumption. Why is just the monthly payment insufficient? If the monthly spend is say £60 per month on electricity then the annual spend is: £60 x 12 = £720 Surely from this £720 figure, websites are able to consider…
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British gas owl monitor
Pl somebody help me before I pulled my hair out!! I just do not seem to be able to key in any data, it says use the arrow up and down and there is none on the monitor. I must be a thickie. Thanks
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Comparison sites are rubbish
So said a telephone sales person from Eon to me this evening. Despitte the fact that I checked 3 different comparisons and the fact that they all made Bitish Gas my best choice for dual fuel the Eon girl siad that her company was better than all of them. I cut off the call after that outlandish statement. Martin, is there…
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Is my meter faulty?
I have recently had my electricity meter changed over from a pre-pay one so that I can now pay by direct debit. My new meter (Ampy single phase) has a red flashing led which flashes when a watt has been used so after 1000 flashes it registers a kwh. Firstly the meter display has gone off so I have no idea what is being…
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HELP...can't figure out comaprison sites
Hello everyone.....hope you can help. I have been happy with BG for 3 years in my 1 bed flat hwere i get both Gas and Electricity fron BG. I pay £16 for each fuel each month...£32 in total. In 2 weeks I will be moving to a new flat but it only has economy 7. My problem is that I cannot work these comaprison checkers as I…
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First electricity bill - very high!!!
Hi All, I live in a 2 bed modern appartment built 3 years ago. Finally had my first bill through after 3 months and the monthly DD works out at £75 a month! I only have electricity, no gas. I have electric heaters on the wall. I'm on economy 10 though EON tell me that for some reason the builders never hooked up the 3rd…
