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£80 pcm electricity bill for one?!!!
Hi, I have moved into a new two bed terraced house recently with a storage heater on economy 7 (there is no gas to the house). When I moved in the supplier was Southern Electric. I have already switched to nPower as they were the cheapest when I did a price comparison. I have indicated I want to pay monthly direct debit,…
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New to reading my meters
Hi, Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere. I am new reading my meters this is our usage for 15 days, there are 5 of us, 2 adults and 3 children out at work/school every week day. Electric 348 units so 23.2 units/day Gas 54 ft3 so 3.6 ft3/day Does this seem high?:confused:
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Reasons NOT to ring the Gas Emergency Service
I guess most of you are familiar the the National Gas Emergency service? Its number is 0800 111 999. Now then. A Gas Emergency to them is a sitation where someone smells gas,suspects fumes or has reason to suspect that a situation exists which involves unburnt or burnt gas which,if it continues,could present a risk to life…
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credit to meter
having just switched over to BG essentials tarriff, they have sent me a letter saying that they didnt switch me over when they were supposed to, but have now switched me. To compensate, they have sent a credit of £35 to my prepayment meter. Could some nice mse'er please explain to me what that means :confused: Does that…
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Token Alert
Can I suggest that anyone with a Token meter who has not been given an appointment by their supplier to change to a key meter contacts their Company. This is due to Tokens being withdrawn accross the country.The problem comes to light if the meter operators have the meter down as a different type so do not alert you. In…
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Worcester 240 combi boiler problem
I have a problem with my Worcester 240 Combi RSF boiler. After turning on the hot water tap or the central heating the gas jets ignite then after about 1 minute it trips the reset switch and cuts out. I repeat after waiting 10-15 mins for it to cool down enough to press the reset button again. Same thing happens....any…
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Do Scottish Power credit check you?
At the moment I am with British Gas on their Click 6 tariff, just been on Scottish Power's website and they have a better deal. My down fall is I don't have a brilliant credit file:o :o So was wondering if Scottish Power do a FULL credit check or maybe just a verification check with a Credit Reference Agency? Any help…
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Moved house, changing supplier
I moved in to a rented flat last saturday (15th). Everything runs off electric, and I believe the current supplier is Powergen. I want to use EDF, my question is do I have to start off with powergen as my supplier, and then switch to EDF, or can I just phone up EDF now and have them bill me from the 15th?
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N Power Trying it on, £50 per month DD hike!!
Just got my latest Gas Bill, they want to increase my monthly payment to £118, from £73, that is some jump considering I am £90 in credit now and I moved to a cheaper tariff with them in july after the price rises! One call later and they have put it back to £73.... "oh its because we calculated it for the next 6 months…
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Switching supplier
I'm about to switch 'back' to British Gas from Southern Electric. Should i wait a bit longer to see what the energy markets up to after winter?
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Moved out but being asked to pay
Hi We moved out of our mortgaged property in May after going bankrupt. I contact the Elec/Gas supplier cancelling our contact. I was on a tarriff that had a daily charge as well as a usage charge. They have just written to my saying that as the current owner I'm responable for paying the usage charge (there is none) and…
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Tracking spreadsheet
Hi all I'm hoping someone can help, i switched suppliers back in the summer after my previous suplier bills were going through the roof. With my new suppliers I am now in credit, £118 for electric and £46 for gas which is great, but I'm wondering (especially with the electric) if by DD is too high. So I would like to find…
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oil prices below $50 a barrel!! still no price cut!!
http://www.ft.com/indepth/oil Still no price cuts? surely with prices at a three and a half year low energy companies should be making some noise. Not just 1 breaking ranks saying price cuts could possibly be brought in , in the new year. I know they buy in advance etc etc, but with the steady decrease over the last few…
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Compensation for Power Cuts
Hi, We had a power cut from 1am 19th November through to 9pm 19th November (a total of 15 hours). I know we can claim through our house insurance for fridge/freezer food but what about the costs of us having to eat out as we had no power to cook anything? Well ok, although we are gas cooker, we couldn't have eaten anything…
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British Gas Price Increase, legal?
As everyone know, British Gas increased their Click 5 charges on the 30th September. I informed them straight away (when i heard about the charges on here) that I was going to leave and instigated a move away which has now just completed. My final bill is charged at the new higher rate, despite me informing them that was…
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Direct Debit increase by British Gas
:confused: HI i am currently in credit with British Gas (over £100) and they have now raised by montly Direct Debit by £14 . i have contacted them and they are refusing to lower it to what i have been paying and said there was nothing i can do about it. is this correct. do i not have any say in the matter!!!!:confused:
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Do you have a PPM with a meter number starting with an "F"
If so it may not be up-dateing correctly, or so EON has just told me. I dont know if this has come to light before, so thought i would pass it on just in case it had not Apparently these are british gas electric meters and are prone not to pick up the updates fron the key when it is inserted, so you may end up in debt, so…
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N Power Complaint, where do I go now?
Hi, I cancelled my gas and electric with N Power one year ago before I moved house. When I cancelled my account, I was in credit for my electric and in debt for the gas. They offset one against the other, I was in credit and sent a cheque for the difference. I paid the cheque in and carried on with life. For the last year,…
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British Gas Click Energy 5 Or 6 ??
IM ON CLICK ENERGY 5. WHAT IS CLICK ENERGY 6. CANT SEEM TO FIND TARIFFS ANYWHERE. CAN ANYONE TELL ME:confused:
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Npower are driving me crazy! any advise please??
Hi! I live in a rented 2 bedroom flat with storage heaters and are on Npower's Economy7 rate...I have only electricity, not gas. My bill has just gone up to £111 per month! I called Npower and they have reduced it to £83 a month....but thats it and it still seems far too high! they didn't even want a meter reading from me…
