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I capped In August 08 - Is it time to switch?
I capped with EDF in Aug 2008 it's fixed until Oct 2009. I did it because I thought energy prices were going to go through the roof but they haven't have they. So should I switch now or wait a bit longer. It will cost me £50 fee to get out of the cap. I live in a two bed semi - there is me my partner and a small baby and…
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Have Scottish Power announced they will NOT be lowering their prices?
There are a flurry of announcements today about Scottish Power's PriceSure tariff which is a fixed price product 10% cheaper than their other tariff. Does this mean those on other Scottish Power tariffs are not going to receive a reduction? Hope I'm wrong but it's not easy keeping track.
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Best Brit Gas rate for empty probate house
Hi All, I'm lookling after a deceased relative's house. I'm not use to dealing with utility bills, so would like some advice in keeping the bills low - I find BG's 'phone mantra and web site difficult to understand. Gas central heating is on 2 hours a day to keep the ch ticking over and the old victorian house in…
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Calbrated Meter Readings.
I work in the research and devlopment depatment for my current employer. Myself and fellow engineers tend to get a unit spec or capacity from the customer and then build and design around that. Once a unit has been designed and manufactured we have to test various airflows, energy consumption, and temps with CALIBRATED…
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Final electricity bill
Hi, I've moved house & have switched electricity suppliers, so I received my final bill today from Scottish Power. However I'm confused as it says that I'm £89 in credit but there's no cheque enclosed. It also says that no further access is required. Is this money mine or theirs? I've spent ages on hold
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Help needed with pre-payment meter-Any engineers or anyone with knowledge of them?
I am currently locked in a battle with n-power and banging my head against a brick wall.to cut a long story short I was a customer of theirs and paying for my electricity on a token meter, this was changed in Jan 08 to a key meter - after speaking with my current supplier 2 weeks ago it would seem that the meter installed…
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BGas Central heating Cover - any alternatives?
Have just received notice that my c heating and drains cover has gone up to £25 per month - had a call out you see, when previous BG engineer cracked a plate in the fire!!! - Luckily we have never even touched the fire for heating and rely on c heating the whole house as we have small babies....but surely this figure must…
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british gas click energy 6 or websaver 1?
hey all what is everyone doing? staying on click 6 or switching to websaver? cant seem to work out which one is cheaper...... any thoughts appreciated thanks
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G-save gas-saving gadget - experience?
This month's 'Good Housekeeping' magazine notes the following as "Innovation of the Month": "The g-save is a small device that wires into your central heating to optimise the amount of fuel the boiler uses". There's further description, and the product's website is www.gas-elec.co.uk/reduce-heating-bill.html. The cost is…
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EON GAS bill over £300 for 3 months plus faulty boiler, advise appreciated
Daughter and her boyfriend live in a rented house with 2 double bedrooms, large kitchen/living room and lounge. Its an old stone built place with fairly high cielings and very big windows although they are double glazed. They also have a gas cooker. They didnt actually have any agreement with EON they just took over when…
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£3687 gas and electric bill!!!!
Hi, We recently recieved our gas and electric bill. which had not been sent to us for over a year. Saying our Bill was £3687. We didnt recieve a bill for the address for over a year and now they are saying that we have to pay the amount. We are unsure on what to do and any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks
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Scottish Tariffs Online help
Just switched to Scottish power online to try and save more money. I want to bill my account every month to know what i am spending. I just don't know what tariff to go for. I am thinking that i don't want a fixed tariff because hopefully prices will be going down. So that leaves Online Energy - Standard Online Energy -…
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A bit of a dilemma! Any advice appreciated!
Hi All, This is my first post here but everyone seemed really helpful and so i thought i would ask for some advice... I have been with EON for my gas and elec paying £30 for each per month - a total of £60. When we moved into our last house EON really mucked us about and left us stranded on a prepayment meter for 2 months…
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How much should my brother be paying for electricity - 1 bed flat
I had a call from my mum this morning in a bit of a panic. My brother moved into a one bed first floor flat (above a shop) in March last year. He has received an electricity bill that he thinks is high but as he has never gone through a winter paying his own bills we are not so sure! The flat is all electric he has a…
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is there a minimum temperature required for rented accomodation?
hi, just wondered if anyone had any advice on this,...... im 8 months pregnant and have been renting a house for the last couple of months which is impossible to heat! ive used £170 in gas in two months and because the house has no cavity wall or loft insulation it doesnt keep the heat very well- im concerned that when the…
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Error in readings when I switched
Hi - I switched gas/elec suppliers back in April 08; haven't really thought about it except I've had a New Year financial sort through and noticed there is an error on the readings. NPower (the old supplier) have a final reading of 13822 whereas E-on (the new supplier) have a reading of 13536, thats 286 m3 less. So we've…
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£6 a DAY for gas ???
Hi! We are currently using EDF for gas on a pre-payment meter. We have been paying £6 A DAY for gas for the past few months! It is a semi-detached 3 bedroom house and as we all work long hours the heating is on maybe 4 hours a day, and we dont spent too much time cooking or using the hot water. We never used to have to pay…
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moved house - asked for final bill - receive debt collection letter :(
Hello I recently moved homes. previously i had my gas and electricity supplied by npower. after my move i received 4 gas bills from npower, with each bill showing an upgraded amount as opposed to the previous one. i called npower up first week of novembr and told them that i wanted to close the account. they asked me for a…
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Be aware!!!!! Take readings now.
I am very energy aware and our last two quarterly bills came in at <£100 per quarter. We are over 60 and now have the ch on all day until 8pm. We turn it off if the sun shines in as we have good solar gain in the house I have done my readings as usual and decided to work out approximate costs for this quarter. They are…
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Meter Change
Hi All We use Atlantic Electricity but yesterday we received a letter from e-on to say that our meter may be unsafe and urgently needs to be replaced. It says the lifespan of a meter is 10 years and after this time it may be unsafe or inaccurate. We will not be charged for this work and they have given us a phone number to…
