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Just Moved in : Need Help!
I've just moved in with my partner into a flat. Its now time to sort our Electricty. I have no idea on where to go from here. I've taken meter readings but they make no sence to me. When I go to compare sites they ask me how much power I use, but I have no idea as this is my first place without my mother. Please Help I…
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aaarrrrrggggg !!!!!
Morning all, Just checked my British Gas account, and my bil is in, it's nearly £700 :eek: :eek: got till the 14th April to pay, and i am with out a doubt not going to be able to pay this !!! So my options are join there payment scheme - this is gonna be around £300 a month which i'm still gonna struggle with. Or a pre…
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Ebico Electricity is cheap upto £7pw threshold!
Hi, I am new to the forum, tho I have visited MSE plenty of times.... I have recently changed suppliers from British Gas Dual Fuel Metered billing, to Ebico (administared by Southern Energy) Pre Payment... as I'm on low income and don't want big bills all at once and/or the risk associated with Direct Debits hitting my…
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Starage Heaters (Am I still been charged?)
Lately I have been woundering about my electric bill, am I paying too much? Last April I had my starage Heaters taken out of my flat by my landlord ready to have gas installed by Warmfront. Now I have got gas in I am confused....when I had starage heaters it used to click on a certain time after midnight and still does,…
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faulty electricity meter
finally - British gas have looked at the shadow meter readings and confirmed what we already knew - our meter is knackered. British Gas have refunded us £1100 in back payment, but will only go back to Jan 2007 when the meter was moved from indoors to outside - even though i think that the meter was inaccurately recording…
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Tumble Dryer useage does not seem that bad
Took the plunge before christmas and bought our first tumble dryer. Everyone was telling us that Electricity useage would rocket, we use it twice maybe three times a week. However 4 months on and our electricity useage is still at the same level as last year, we have changed to energy saving bulbs so this probably offsets…
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Scottish Power to pay direct debit interest
This thread is to discuss the following news story: Scottish Power to pay households in credit
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BG Termination fee waived?
Hi I have heard a rumour that BG will waive the termination fee if you give them 90 days notice of termination. Doe anyone have any details? thanx
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never been billed for Electricity
Hi just thought id pop in to see what everyones thoughts are on my situation.Ii have owned a flat for 6 years which was only 6 months old when I bought it. I didnt get any bills for the first few months but then started getting the usual bills to the occupier please give us your details etc. so I have gas, council tax, tv…
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Estimated readings
Please help. I have just terminated my contract with NPower and been landed with a bill for £583.56.I have paid £44 since starting with them in 2007(gas)and have had meter readers to the house several times.My Dec 24th bill said I was 30p in credit.Chris at NPower tells me all the bills were estimated even though they have…
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NPower Fixed Price Tariffs March 2009
Hi, I'm sure those of you on these tariffs will already know, but if not, and they've accidentally not informed everyone...they have extended their fixed price tariff expiry date from the end of March 2009 until the end of June 2009. I got the notification through the post at the weekend. Cheers.
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Southern gas and electric social tariff please help
We are on a low income and over the winter had to sit with covers over us to keep warm as we could not afford heating on these pre paid meters. We contacted southern who said ok we will send a letter so you can provide the proof needed to be placed on a lower tariff, nothing showed up, we contacted them a few more times…
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Did BBC report Gas and Elec to come down this week?
Did I see a report this morning on the BBC that prices were going to be dropped again this week? I missed the start of the segment and am not sure if this is about some fresh price drops to be announced - or if it is the implimentation dates of the previous announcements that the big players did? Can anyone enlighten me as…
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When you move to a bigger house, which bills increase?
We are considering moving from our 3 bed semi 1970's house with one bathroom and a combi boiler to a new build detached 4 bed house with 2 bathrooms and a downstairs WC. Can anyone tell me which bills are likely to increase when we move and by how much? I don't just mean gas & electric either, but there's no general…
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EON to Npower on prepayment meters
I am currently with EON and have been for a few years now, i pay through pre payment meters as i couldnt possibly afford big bills every quarter. I was approached through a canvasser from npower, and still awaiting the change over for suppliers. The npower salesman after going through all the figures stated they could save…
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Gas and elec figure for spreadsheet
I am making a spreadsheet and was wondering what would be an average figure to use for the cost of gas and electric kwp. Was considering below is this about right, only need approx? gas - 0.048p per kwh elec - 0.12p per kwh
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Scottish Hydro reducing DD discount
Got my new bill in today (they wanted to increase the DD as ever:rolleyes: , but I phoned with the correct sums and they kept it the same:T ). Why can't they add up? Was kinda pleased that my heating units, which I use more of than standard units had gone down by 20%, standard only 5%, but pretty !!!!ed off that they had…
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Pre-empting HUGE electricity bill
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Financial Links
Hi, I have Gas/Electric with Atlantic & Water with Seven Trent. The accounts are currently under my name only but I would like to add my partner to the account. I need to know if I do this will they create association and link our credit files to each to other? Thanks M
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Scottish Power To Pay Direct Debit Interest
One in the eye for the posters who have been adamant that Power Companies are entitled to interest free credit balances in return for DD discounts. :rolleyes2 http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/consumer/bills/article.html?in_article_id=481252&in_page_id=510
