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energy usage
martin spoke on radio 2 of a gadget you can fit to meter that tells you cost of energy used at any 1 time any ideas of where to get it from:confused:
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EON Energy want to put up my dd
Hi all EON Energy want to put up my dd from £58.00 per month to £98.00 per month and we just can't afford that. I am going to ring them in the morning to discuss this and hopeully we can come to some sort of agreement. We have the heatwise tarrif and are not able to cap as this is not a cappable rate. We have no central…
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Can someone please help re electricity usage?
Hi, hope someone can help with advice on how to find out why we are using so much electricity. My son has moved into his own flat for university. It has a key (pay as you go) meter. When he first moved in alone, we put forty pounds on the meter, and after a month, he still had about twenty pounds left. It is a two bed flat…
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How to run boiler at lower temperature to save money? Turn down boiler or radiator?
Hi everyone, I'm a newbie to the forum but have been following Martins money saving advice for many months now. My question relates to central heating. I live with my parents and gran in an old detached sandstone building. The rooms are large and have high ceilings, and the house just eats up central heating like there's…
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electricity prices
British gas have offered to cap electricy costs until 2012 for an extra 7.4% on top of their current tariff, is this a good deal?:o
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EDF Energy - Upgrading supply?
I wonder if anyone can help, please. I live in a block of four Victorian flats in London that were converted around 20/30 years ago. Recently, we had a small fire, which was caused by having the wrong electricity cable outside of our flats, coming into the hall. This cable was a single phase cable, instead of a 3 phase…
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Low Electricity Usage - How?
I read previous thread were people have reported to be averaging around 5-6 units of leccy a day. Try as a may I cannot get mine this low. I'm constantly making sure we have everything turned off at the wall. But now I dont know what more I can do. The lowest Iv had it is 7 thats a day with no washing. Normally we average…
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Electric Tariff can anyone explain please?
I have just signed up for B Gas click 6 electric only. Have not been switched yet as they r having a problem it seems. My question is - It is a two tier Tarrif and i think the first 125kwh is at a higher price but what they dont mention is when is this reset? ie is that the first 125kwh per month - 3months - annually? how…
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eon and economy 7
hi i am switching from eon to british gas for my electricity and after talking to eon i have been told i am on an economy 7 tarrif so cheaper night time electric we have been on this for 15 years at a higher rate but have never had storage heaters or anything to benefit from this rate would we be entitled to a refund for…
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questions re new gas and electric meters
i have just started the process of switching my gas and electric from prepayment to credit meters the gas is being done tomorrow and they have told me to ring up with a reading after a month to get a figure for my d/debit when i tell them how many units i have used in the first month they will obviously be all tier 1 units…
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help with electric and gas pleas
hi all dont know if this it the right place to post this? a few years ago fix`d my price with a major energy supplier untill 2010 then a year or so after i fixed the price came up with a figure of money they said i owed them i think it was in the regon of £350 - £400 they wanted it there and then i said i couldnt afford it…
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electric bills and boilers
We have a 2 bed flat ( 2nd floor) I am trying to get my £117 per month electric bill (no gas at property) down per month and have read posts about immersion heaters on timers as far as i can tell our boiler has no timer on just 2 switches on separate leads to boiler, both are switched on and there is a switch outside the…
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EON Energy Saver 8 - my prices have gone up
I note on my account this deal has now got the high unit price they use on all their other plans. As expected that deal lasted five minutes. I check online pretty regularly and the change is relatively recent. So, bill due on November 22nd to bag the quarter discounts and thinking of then moving. What is the best…
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Running a cartel?
http://www.centrica.com/index.asp?pageid=49 The explainations for the prices we are being charged for gas just do not seem to stand up to scrutiny, the price of gas was supposedly linked to the price of oil when the price of oil shot up, but miraculously it seems to have decoupled it self now that the price of oil has…
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How to get around a possible scam...
Hi There, Something just occurred to me...if my gas and electric supplier do only quarterly bills, and say their prices go up, how do you get around the issue of proving how many units were used at the pre-hiked prices? Say it's 8 pence kwh, and mid way through your quarterly bill it goes up to 10 pence kwh, how can you…
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Check Your Revised Monthly Payments!
Hello All Just got through our quarterly leccy bill from npower today, which informed us that, even through we have a £20 credit balance on our account, they were looking to increase out monthly payment from £62 to £141!!! The revised account was accompanied by all sorts of 'helpful' figures, including a calculation which…
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Massive bill received - help please!!
We have just received out latest bill and nearly had a heart attack! almost 4K! We have no way of paying this amount, and are really worried. We have had our meter read at the end of every quarter since we moved to our current house two years ago, and have paid the stated amounts, even though on our bills it has said it…
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fixed tariff yes or no.
I am on a pay as you go gas and electric meter from british gas.. I have had a letter through asking me if i want to sign up for the fixed price it is now until 2012. Do i do this.? Not sure if its a good thing or not as if the gas and elec go down im stuck and this high rate as it is now.but if it goes even higher ill be…
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Dual fuel deal not cheaper - easy to separate? Cashback?
Hi all, I'm currently with Scottish Power, but my pricefall contract ran out yesterday. I'd like to switch as it looks like my bill will be around 50% higher for the same usage as over last year (will try to reduce as it is high). I've just done comparisons, and Dual fuel with Brit gas looks like cheapest which will work…
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GCH whole house or part?
Like everyone here, we really need to reduce our gch costs and were wondering which is best - OH reckons that it is best to heat the whole house and leave room doors open whilst disagree. I was bought up with always having to close doors to " keep the heat in" and my Dad constantly checking temperatures and the thermostat…
