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Help With Gas Electric Cost To High
hi im also with EBICO and on prepayment i live in a 3 bed end of terrace house with 2 bed loft conversion my current gas is 3.770 and on avarge we are putting £65 A WEEK ON GAS and elec is 14.98 and is costing £30 a week we have 7 children im disabled and my wife is housewife so we are on benifits and we a strugling like…
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How the gas companies are profiteering, the new scam.
Much more gas is being used than expected due to the cold weather and they are buying extra gas now at rock bottom prices and selling it to us at last summers high prices. :eek: Before when it was really cold in winter and they had to buy at higher prices in the winter they put the price up immeediately yet now the gas…
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British Gas Standing Charge
I have a pre payment meter currently with British Gas. I have telephoned them on several occasions recently with queries about how I am charged. The only acknowledgement I receive from them is a statement of how many kWh I have used in the past 12 months. No breakdown as to what I have actually paid for. I have been…
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Business Gas & Electric Comparison
Does anybody know if there is a website where you can compare business prices for both Gas and Electricity?
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running cost of 3kw elec fire
Can someone please let me know how much electric a 3kw electric fire uses, say per hour. Mum has replaced her open fire with an electric fire. Is pleased with it especially as she was finding an open fire hard work. Saving on coal bills but how much will it cost for the electric fire....... Many thanks in advance.
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Surely This is Too Expensive??
I have spoken to British Gas this morning and for the next year I will be paying around £2200 for Dual Fuel. This sounds high doesn't it? There are two of us in a 3 bed semi house. I have used a compare site and NPower state an annual spend of £1300? Am I getting mugged off by BG nd should switch straightaway? Thanks for…
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Why is my Electricity Bill so high?!!!!
I can't understand why my Electricity bill is so high (£161 last quarter),......when the bill i was dreading most (my Gas bill) was only £82! I don't think i use excessive Electricity & do make sure to turn lights off, plug out appliances that aren't in use etc. The only thing i can think off that uses a lot of energy, is…
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Switching Provider and paying off previous provider
I was just wondering, when you switch provider do you have to pay off any outstanding bills for the old one or just carry on paying the new one as normal and the debt gets carried over to the new provider? I have an outstanding balance of around £100 you see and I pay by monthly direct debit.
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Cancelling direct debits after switch
I have just completed a switch from Scottish Hydro and havd just received final bills from them. In each case they owe me money which will be refunded in the next 2 weeks to my bank account. Both bills say do not cancel your direct debit until the refund reaches you as this can delay the refund. My concern is that my next…
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Leaving heating on 24hrs?
Sorry, dont know where else to put this....? My problem. I have a 2 bed 1st floor maisonette with no one living underneath. I have old style single panel rads. And single pane windows (with added drafts!) I wake up at 8.00am Our heating is set to come on for 5. Temp set at 25C. Still cold. goes off at 9.00am when i leave…
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Cost of Moving your Gas and Electric Meter
How about this for a complete and utter ripoff from the utility companies. I am having and extension built on the side of the house which meant i needed to move the Gas and Electric meter approx 7 feet from the side of the house to the back of the extension. I contacted Western Power Distribution who quoted me £581 to move…
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Economy 1o tariff
Hi im new here and i was wondering if you could help me please. I recently moved into an all electric Flat. Im with EON at the moment on the economy 10 tariff. My electric bill has just come in at £350 for the last quarter.!!!!. Im a little confused on how exactly the time bandings work. I have spoken to the people at EON…
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Boiler Installation Quote
Hi All, Just looking for a little advice since me and hubby are pretty blind about this. We want to change our traditional boiler (10 years old) to a combi boiler. FYI, our house is a 2 bedroom. We've had 2 quotes for now: a. An independent installer £2000 for a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 24iKW. Job Included: Remove tanks,…
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Can I have a little help please
Were wanting to put a small heater into a room that our cat sleeps in The heater will be kept away from the cat:o The one were looking at is a 350w (im sure thats what it said) hallogen heater Can anyone please tell me if these heaters are effective or should we look for a higher wattage one and secondly for example if one…
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Changing to dual fuel - BG Websaver 1?
Hi, I am moving house to somewhere with dual fuel. My current home has oil fired central heating so I have no experience of what sort of gas usage I will have but if I am a medium gas user (which seems reasonable) I have been recommended British Gas Web Saver 1 tariff as the cheapest option. After having read various…
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Out of Date charges. Cheek
Hey first time on here threading but need help. I have been sent a bill for £300.00 from my old gas and electric supplier whom I have not been with for about 2 years give or take a month. They are now saying I owe them this money even though they gave me a final bill which i paid in full and they credited me with £20 for…
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big Bills
Can any one help me please... I have just received a "Estimated" bill appararently from scottish power for £161.00 for a MONTH... when i gave them new meter readings, she said it now stands at 349.00 owing... i told them we have no change in our useage, heating is on a timer 2 a day, and prior to this bill it was never so…
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Switching from PrePayment to normal billing with NPower...Help
This may be a little bit long-winded, so bear with me. I moved into my little studio flat about 3 and a half years ago. It really is small, tiny kitchen and bathroom and a living room with an alcove for a bed. It's purpose built, and when I moved in, the electricity was on a prepayment token meter. This got changed about 8…
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New Gas supplier- can I get cashback when arranging by telephone?
I am moving into a newbuild and it hasn't a gas supplier to switch from/to - is there a way I can get cashback as I will be taking my custom somewhere? I will have to do this by telephone so as to arrange connection and give all the details ( the gas is already installed and on, but Transco have confirmed there is no…
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I've been paying someone elses meter how do I work out how much money I am owed?
We moved into a flat in March 2007 and have been paying for the wron meter. This was found to be the case in July 2008 but the meter still has not been corrected. I have written a letter of complaint to EDF and they currently have someon looking at our case. It seems to be taking an unusualy long time to correct this and…