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Is EBICO best over 2/3 year period?
I have been with EBICO for the last 2-3 years and they have had relatively few increases-only 2/3 increases in that time?- was it 12% APRIL 07 OR 08 for gas? and then last month(October) something like 30% for gas-these are approx figures and cant remember data for electricity. I have info from ebico but not to hand just…
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Southern Electric Preferred Customer Tariff
Hi, I had a call last nite from Southern Electric saying we are a preferred customer (we switched to Eon fixed tariff about 2 months ago) and that they want us back etc... Does anyone know if this is legit. SE were saying they can reduce our monthly DD payments from £55 which is what Eon are taking combined, to about £38…
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Gas Or Electric Cooker
Have had a quick look but can't find an answer to my question which is I am having new kitchen including a new cooker and was wondering which is best a gas one (which I have at present) or an electric one? What differences are there regards costs, ease of use and cooking results? Thanks in advance Weeze x
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Switching - it's a mystery!
Help! I want to see if I can get a better deal on my Gas and Electricity but every time I try a comparison site, I get stuck! They always ask me for my current usage - I'm not really sure what it is as I've only lived in this house for a few months. I tend to make a guess and then when I look at the results, the unit…
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Gas Usage and Costs
Hi everyone out there. I'm after some advice and some figures on the amount of gas people are using on a daily/monthly/quarterly basis. I currently pay for my gas by DD each month and pay £30 (low I know). I'm with E-on and I have just received the first bill in 9 months and I owe £600. Which means my bill for 9 months is…
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Npower Sign online 14
I do not think I have read this wrong but it looks as if Npower (spit) have introduced their latest SoL tariff with a change of tactic. This tariff now only has a standing charge option, and for readers of the "gas sculpting " thread this could be significant. They have also introduced a Web 14 tariff with a huge (£160…
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switched with moneysupermarket- cashback??
hi all, hope you can help out, I am feeling a bit dim at the moment! After getting our latest gas and electricity bill which states we will now be paying £260 per MONTH (!!!) we decided to switch to n power last night. I wnt through moneysupermarket but can't understand how I get the £30 cashback, can anyone tell me how…
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A shock from Southern Electric
We had a letter from Southern Electric to say that they are going to increase our DD payments because they are not longer enough to meet the bill amount. The increase...from £57 per month to £83 per month!! We live in a two-bed terraced house with NO CENTRAL HEATING and no one is in during the day. Does this seem a bit…
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Fix For Free fixed without consent
I was also on price fall with scottish power, after receiving new leaflet I filled it in posted it and said I did not want fix for free but they did it anyway, I was paying £47 a month and was £55 in credit after paying my last bill on 28/10/2008. I logged into my bank account and found scottish power had taken out £61…
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Helping my children reduce oour energy consumption???
Hi everyone After having a new electric meter fitted and realising how much electric we are actually using on a daily basis (:eek: ) we decided as a family to take a note of our units used on a daily basis and make it a family project to try and reduce them. We have done all the obvious... changed the light bulbs, made…
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Extremely high electricity bill
I moved into a 2 bedroom flat in September. It's just me in here. Been keeping an eye on my electricity use and I worked out that my electricity bill for October alone was £75!! This is for one person, who works during the day. The first thing I did when I moved in was change all the lightbulbs to low-energy. The only…
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Cheaper to have heating on low or in bursts?
I live in an old draughty top floor flat and need to have at least some heating on in the evening. I have a fairly newish gas combi boiler and my radiators are down at half. Does anyone in the know really know whether or not it's cheaper to run your heating continually for, say, 4 hours, or to set it to come on in three…
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Npower. Do I have a leg to stand on???
Hi all. If you could offer a bit of advice it would be much appreciated. Back in May of this year I switched both my gas and electricity over to Npower from British Gas. Whilst I wasn’t expecting it to be hassle free I can now report it has taken Npower 7 month to set up my electrical account!!! I won’t bore you with the…
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Npower capped or Click energy 5
Hi, i need a bit of advice with everyone telling me i can save with them someone is not telling the whole truth. The problem is, i was with nPower Standard tariff paying £66 per month for gas and £35 for elec and was paying monthly direct debits. I did a search online to switch using uSwitch about 3 weeks ago and it told…
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prepayment meter?
look @ ebico gas rates 3.77 no standing chargers as well must be good ,any one interested phone them
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New house - what enery suppliers? new homeowner, need to save!!
Just moved into a 2 bed flat, 2 occupants, approx 7 radiators. I'm feeling the pinch at the moment and need to save cash, so all help appreciated. Currently got Gas British Gas - with estimated monthly direct debit £55 a month, online bills. Electricity Eon - standard tariff - direct debit, estimates £24 a month. The…
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Electricity prices
Has the price stopped rising?? I've fed up with scottish power hiking my DD when I am loads in credit and I'd like to switch providers.:D Unfortunately the only lower prices I can find are not capped or fixed. so it's a bit of a gamble :confused: Any suggestions???
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British Gas Overcharging
Beware of British Gas overcharging. Recently, I got a quote for a replacement combination boiler. The detailed quote includes the cost of the boiler, a Vaillant Eco Tec28k as £2,613.42. Contacting Vaillant the actual cost of the boiler is £1155. Britsh gas quote the price of the flue as £240, Vaillant say the list price is…
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Npower: Annual discount of £250
Just been flipping through the NPower website. It seems if your gross annual household income is less than £13,500 you could get a annual discount of £250. Has anyone signed up to this yet? Are there any catches? Going to give them a call tomorrow me thinks, :D…
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Electricity connection/provider in new home
Firstly I apologise if there have been previous threads that have addressed this but any advice would be greatly appreciated. I bought my first home at the weekend, but do not know who provides the electricity (it only has electricity). I want to be with the best provider, but am unsure which one to use, or how i go about…
