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Concern about Gas Meter
Hope someone can help and advise if they had this before. We have a prepay card Gas meter in the property I live in, there is no debt outstanding on the meter. Today we ran out of Gas so the meter was topped up at 09:54 and the central heating was put on for roughly 1 hour, upon checking the meter we were at 1.54 remaing,…
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Trying to switch but it keeps failing
I am trying to switch from one supplier to another both the gas and electric. The electricity went through fine then I received a letter from the "new supplier" saying "sorry you won't be joining us for the gas". A phone call later and they said they couldn't find my supply number which I supplied there and then off my…
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Pre-paid electricity coin meter
Hello, I have just moved in to a new flat, where the landlord has installed a pre-paid electric coin meter. The kWh rate is set to 20p/kWh (do you think it is too high?). I rang up the Consumer Direct helpline and they told me that the landlord can only charge me an extra 5% for using his electricity. From what I…
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One bed flat gas bill?
I know there are plenty of thread son what people pay but i just want rough estimates on a one bedroom flat gas bills? I have a gas hob which i only use twice a week roughly for about 15 mins( mainly use electric oven).The heating is currently on for only about 2.5 hours in the evening at 19 degrees.In the morning i have…
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E.ON Energy Saver 2
We signed up for E.ON's Energy Saver 2 in June this year agreeing to increase our monthly Direct Debit from £160 to £185. On checking my bank statement at the weekend I found they had taken £262 ~ an increase of £77 p.m. I rang E.ON and was told this was to pre-empt my usage next year and that although I had signed up for…
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New tenant - Electric bill?
I am a new tenant (moved in 1st of Nov this year). I have so far received letters from the water suppliers, council tax and BT about sorting out the bills. I haven't yet received anything from my electricity supplier though (no gas). I made a bit of a boo-boo in not taking a meter reading when I first moved in (I actually…
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Eon
We rent a shop from which i run a small business.Above us are 3 flats which all have private pre payment pound coin meters.We have our electric meter read and it includes all 3 flats and our shop electric.We then empty the meters and pay the bill. I thought this months bill was high so on checking ,i found day time units…
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Gas bill Excessive or Not
Hi All Moved into my first house end of September. It’s a standard 3 bed semi. I got my first gas bill for the quarter which comes in at around £220. Considering we were away on holiday for the majority of October. There is only the wife and I who are both out working for most of the day so only at home in the evenings.…
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£3000 bill from EON despite their mistakes.
HELP! EON are trying to bill us for £3000 for electricity going back to 2003! Their bills have been estimated despite their having had enless readings from their own meter readers (and I have the readings from EON themselves!). Apparently our meter serial number on their records was wrong so their readings weren't ever…
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Advice EDF Gas :0(
Hello, ok well start from the beginning, I moved here 5th January 2006 and the previous tenants had a huge bill on the gas and electric and a key meter, obviously with a new born and PND running out of gas and electric was a no and we got the money back off E-ON I was paying, switched to EDF for the nector points and I…
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Help with energy bills
My friends 19 year old son, is terminally ill, his life expectancy is mid 20's. Despite heating the house the entire year, he has had pneumonia 4 times so far this year. They currently have pre payment meters installed, I know it would be cheaper to have these changed, but I heard you mention grants from the energy…
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Help! - Classified as a large domestic user
I'm trying to switch gas and electricity from British Gas to Scottish Power. The electricity supply has gone through without any problems. The gas supply is turning into a nightmare: I've had a letter from Scottish Power saying that my annual gas usage is over 73,268 kWh, which classifies me as a large domestic user and so…
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Fixed Prices
I had a lovely email from British Gas yesterday telling me that they are making a change to my Gas payments, increasing it from £25 per month to £53 !!!!!!!!!! I called them straight away to complain about a 100% hike in my payments of which they promptly reduced to £39 - Firstly I want to advise every one to question any…
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Alternative provider to FloGas (LPG)
Morning all, we've just moved to a house that uses LPG instead of good old regular gas. Problem is the first month's bill is excessive (£200+). The current supplier is FloGas. I can't find FloGas as a provider on the switching websites so am unable to search for an alternative. Would anyone know where I should start? Many…
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Business Electric
My business contract is almost up on electirc and will be looking for alternative suppliers and current one went bump last month (Bizz Energy) was aondering if anyone had any receomndations? Currently use around £3,500 a month All help appreciated.
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how do i work out gas kwh please
hi, can you help me please.(no gas bill at hand to work out kwh) i am wanting to know how to convert my gas meter readings into kwh if possible. the meter is only a year or so old and on an outside wall. if i use say 10 units, do i multiply it by 11? therefore 110 kwh??? im just getting fed up of high gas bills, i have the…
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Inflated direct debits
I don't know if this story is typical, but I would like to relate something that happened to me very recently as it may alert others. I get my gas and electricity from the same supplier. They recently estimated my use as I was out at the time. My electric was in credit but I owed them about £11 on the gas. I checked the…
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Energy Direct Debit Overcharging: Reclaim Successes
This thread is specifically to report successess for the Energy Direct Debits article If you want to discuss the article pelase use Energy Direct Debit Overcharging Discussion. How to report your success/failure: 1. Click reply to enter you story. 2. Report your story in the following format: * Who was your energy…
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Meter Readings - can I book an appt?
I've just had the meter reader round. I try and be pleasant as it must be a rotten job, but he was acting a bit odd and when he started waving a pair of knickers round and asking if they were mine I asked him to leave. I actually had to start getting shouty before he would. I do feel a little upset, and actually a bit…
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Energy Direct Debits: Get money back & your payments lowered Discussion
This thread is specifically to discuss the content of the Energy Direct Debits: Get money back & your payments lowered Alternatively go to the report energy overcharging successes thread To discuss or ask a question about this article: click reply
