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Table lamp vs Ceiling Light
Hi, Not sure if this is in the right place but can anyone advise whether a table lamp or ceiling light would use more electricity? Thanks MM
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N Power - £100 discount
Struggling to understand whether the £100 'annual' discount is in addition to the the £100 'direct debit' discount. Or are they one and the same? Wonder if anybody had any idea? Thanks in advance
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prepayment meters
Is there still a company who charges the sames rates as direct debit payers?:confused:
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gas pre payment meters
Hi I currently have my gas and electricity with edf I used to have british gas but couldnt afford the gas bills. when I changed the electricity lasted much longer but the gas pretty much the same. In the winter I am using around £4-£5 a day and only live in a 2 bedroom semi with 4 rads. I thought this was excessive and had…
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Switching from BG Click Energy 5 to 6
Hi Not sure if this is a daft question or not. I switched my electricity from Scottish Hydro to BG Click Energy 5 the middle of September. I'm now thinking of transferring to Click Energy 6. I assume I can do this easy enough but I was wondering if it made any difference when I did it since they charge the first 125kwh at…
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npower bill problem
i recieved a letter from a debt collection agency this morning saying i owed npower 400 ish pounds for outstanding electricity bill from previous address. when i moved out i got final bills as the npower gas was in my name but not for electricity as wasnt in my name and their were other tenants in the house i paided the…
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Chancellor says energy prices will come down!
On Sky News Alistair Darling just announced that if energy companies do not reduce their prices within the coming months then the Government will use statutory powers to ensure they reduce their prices.…
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nPower pre-payment meter - Help!
Hi, i'm new here so I hope i've posted in the right bit! Anyway, I was wondering if you could help me with a bit of trouble i'm having. My sister has received her quarterly statement for her nPower pre-payment electricity supply. However it says that we are £30.30 in DEBIT! I have no idea how we could possibly be in debit…
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Nw house - N Power 'deemed customer'
Hi All, I have just moved into a new rented property and have recieved a letter from N Power informing me that they supply the gas and electric to my property and that I am a 'deemed customer' so to contact them to make arrangements for direct debits etc. I asked the landlord about it and he said he presumes N Power supply…
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boiler service contract
I want to take a service contract for my boiler. The warranty is due to expire shortly. I have always used British Gas in previus houses and have always found them to be excellent. However, in an effort to cut costs I was wondering whether I should just take the contract out on the boiler and controls and not include the…
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Greedy Scottish Power
Having recently had my direct debit increased from £87.00 to £100.50 and mainly living on a narrow boat ,so my house is unoccupied most of the day I gave them a call to see why the increase and apparently it is to do with the price rises and winter usage ,I then asked how much was in my account with them and was shocked to…
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overnight electricity
hello new here today...could anyone tell me the hours of the cheaper ovenight electricity tariff and is it much cheaper and any advice on how to heat a couple of berooms instead of having the central heating on for the whole house..thanks :D
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Can someone explain - electricity - normal units upto 900?
Hi All having a lame day and cannot seem to work out what the various mena s onmu eon account. I am trying to work out how much my pc costs to run as I know how many Kwh's its pushing out. According to my tariff: Electricity Normal units up to 900 kWhs 19.0155 pence Normal units 9.891 pence per kWh So - which option should…
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Change Pre-pay to Monthly Direct Debit
Hey, So obviously monthly direct debit is a lot cheaper than a pre-pay meter, so I'm trying to convince my dad to change over. How do you go about changing? Just phone up gas & elec company and ask to change? Does to cost? Thanks, Chris
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dd gone up
Just got a letter from scottish power telling me my dd is going up from £126-50 to £146-50 for both my gas and electric.Anyone no if this will be right for a 3 bedroom house,when i first joined i was paying £60 a month but it's been going up all the time.I no the prices have gone up,i was on a capped rate but this came to…
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Do I Need To Pay? Advice Please
Hi, Moved into a rented house for the first time with two other students. We have an agreement on a A4 paper that we made, saying 'that any electricty and gas bills we all would share equally' and we all signed and dated. Over the christmas period, any bills that come on the address for electricty and gas, would i need to…
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Low Usage 2yr BGas Customer Needs Advice For Switching.
Hi all, it's my first time posting on this site but even just reading through the forum has been very educative. I'll appreciate some advice bout switching and comparing. I've been a BGas customer for over 2yrs now currently on Click Energy 5 (Elec & Gas). However after receiving confusing bills recently and a gas DD…
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Help!! Storage Heaters
Please please can someone help. I have night storage heaters, i hate them but its a rented house so they have to stay! They are sunhouse ones and under a flap on the top there are two dials. Input and output (Carga and discarga) and numbers 1 -6. How on earth do i use these things? WE have lived here 2 years and barely use…
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Electricity cost of using a cordless phone
I gave my daughter a new cordless phone for her new flat. She is a bit reluctant to use it as she says whether it is expensive to run. I told it should cost very little. Am I right, I know she is on a budget but surely this cannot make a lot of difference in her electricity bill? Thanks
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Warm Front Advice
Hello to you all, and thank you in advance for any tips you can give, hopefully i have this in the right forum. I have just applied to Warm Front, for a grant my wife are in reciept of Child Benefit and Tax Credits.(i also have a war pension come in but i dont think that counts as i am not disabled). Now i believe that…
