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Costs and consumption data from Ebico ?
Hi All, We changed to a pay as you go via Ebico for both our electricity and gas a few years ago. I am now trying to compare costs against going with another supplier via direct debit. Does anybody know how we get the unit costs and usage details as we do not have actuall bills witrh readings etc. ?
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Possible misinformation from salesman
I had a salesman round yesterday from Southern Electric and when I told him that I always used USwitch to check for the cheapest price he told me that "these sites are sponsered by energy providers". I sent him on his way but noticed that he was at my neighbours for a long time so did a check on USwitch and found that…
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Am I using too much gas?
Please help !! My gas supplier is British Gas, and I have just received my quarterly bill for 28/02/09 to 09/06/09. I am a single bloke in a 2 bed semi, and I am hardly ever in the house so I don't have the heating on that much, especially now the weather is getting warmer. I don't use gas for cooking so I know the bill is…
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Please help - is this meter in Metres or Feet??? Baffled!
Hi, Please can someone give me some insight here if poss: Just had our gas bill in for our 1st month at new property and it seemed a little ridiculous. Not massively crazy - basically just under £80 for gas alone for 4 weeks. Now this is with heating on for 2 hrs a day, hot water rarely used as washing machine is on twice…
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McCall in 'Celebrity Gets £20k Knocked Off Her Leccy Bill' Shocker!!!
OK, it's in The Sun so take with a salt mine. :p http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/big_brother/2473482/Davina-in-35k-Big-Bill-shocker.html?#EMC-Bltn
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EDF demanding £4,500 electricity bill, what can I do?
I hope someone can help. My sister has just received a letter from her electricity company EDF stating that her latest bill is £4,500 and they are collecting it from her bank on 16 June!!! As you can imagine, my sister is in shock. She has spoken to the company to ask why the bill is so large and they have said they have…
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can they do this?
Changed gas/electric early this year from Atlantic to SP as it worked out cheaper and my OH had been made redundent. Got hit with a £224 final bill from atlantic so rang to say couldnt pay it all at once can I pay a bit a month as only one wage incoming at that moment. They said no had to pay in full. Anyway couldnt so…
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combi boiler
So I have a combi boiler which is operated by electric obviously with a gas flame. At present I have it switched on, down as 'summer' with both heating and water at 1 and the temp gauge is at 60'c. I only need hot water for a bath in the mornings and to clean the pots in the evening, should I leave the boiler on or turn it…
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How much electricty do you use?
I have bought one of those electricty monitors and was wondering how my useage compares with all of you guys? 4 bed semi, 2 adults, 2 children. Gas for cooking and heating, everything else electric. When i first got the meter - was using an average of 12 units per day. Now using around 6-7 units per day.
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Moving a meter - YEDL
Background: We [me and my DP] bought a property for renting-out, we have a wall in the kitchen where the meter is positioned so we rang British Gas as we only wanted it moved a metre away, we wanted that wall brought down to open up a tiny kitchen, and had it booked in for 2-weeks time. In the meantime the builders said…
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Npower
Our previous tennants switched over supplier from ours 'Powergen' to Npower early last year, i only found this out 1year later when they moved out. As i remember in the past being a tenant myself i had to get permission from my LLord in order to change supplier in the property. Has the law changed since then, anyone knows?…
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Flashing LED on electric meter?
Can someone explain what this LED is? I see it starts when I put my electric boiler on. It says 1000imp/kwh on it, does each flash mean something per appearance?
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Scottish hydro Electric - 25% off usage if on low income
For other debt worries I called the National Debt line today and going through income and expenditure I was told that I could qualifiy for 25% discount on my gas & electricity usage cos we're on a low income. Other utility companies have it but if you're with Scottish Hydro Electric then call this number and they can tell…
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EDF Billing mess
We moved to Bristol in September, informed EDF that we had moved in and received a bill in October just for Sept-Oct. Fine, we paid that off, then all of a sudden in March we get a bill from Sept-March but with a different account number. So they are trying to charge us twice for Sept-Oct. When we brought this up with them…
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Scottish Power - !!!! up
A few years ago my scottish power meter stopped recording how much electricity I was using, I was estimated bills and never noticed that it wasnt right. After a few months I complained and I got a replacement meter and all my money refunded for the last month which was around £170 as they had no idea of how much electricty…
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Advice on gas consumption
Hello, I am trying to sort out my large fuel bills. I live in a 2 bedroomed detached bungalow and the only gas appliances I have is a 5 year old baxi condensor multipoint that heats the water on demand and runs the central heating. I also have a gas fire that I am not using at present. My gas consumption seems very high…
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Top Marks to nPower
I used to have an economy 7 tariff and thanks to this site realised that it was pointless as I did not have storage heaters. So I got nPower to change it to a non econ 7 tariff. I have just called them and explained that now my elecy is effectively half the price I was paying could they re adjust the direct debit (they…
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Am I using too much gas?
Hi all I have a four bed house, its a fairly new build (circa 5 years old) so its pretty up to date with heating insulation. Roof's lagged, thermablocks etc. In fact its quite a warm house and easy to keep warm too. I'm currently paying £63 a month in gas which I've no idea if thats good/bad. There's three of us in the…
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Eon changed DD without telling me!
Hello, slight dilemma after opening post this morning. After months of convincing eon that I can't pay more than what I can afford, I agreed to setup a direct debit at a price I could afford, which I did. I have now received a letter confirming the direct debit but twice as much as I put on the direct debit mandate form.…
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Asst needed with gas bill price hike
I need help / advice with my gas bill. We have just recieved a bill for well over £600 for the period covering the winter till May which increases our direct debit from £27 p.m to an excess over £90 p.m. The background - 2 people in a 1930's 3 bed semi. A new energy effecient boiler fitted (1 year ago) For the winter…
