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Leaving home for the 1st time!
Me and my fiancee are moving in just after the new year. Neither of us have lived away from parent before (well she did but only for 3 months). We are going to a furbished house in Swansea. Im a little worried about much everything is going to cost. Am I way of the mark? The way I've worked it out is like this (per month):…
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British Gas Electronic Token Meter Standing Charge
Hello All..I've just registered and would appreciate it if someone could answer the following..some might say daft..question... ..it may seem bizarre but I have a British Gas Electronic Meter that I have never used in 8 year since I moved into my flat..I registered and received a British Gas Gascard when I moved in but…
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can i stop my electric and gas bills whilst abroad
i am off to cyprus for three months, possibly longer if i find a job.can i stop paying my energy supplier (eon) while i am away, or is this somewhere i shouldnt go?
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Npower mucking me about
Joined up with NPower ages ago, set up direct debit, asked for it to be taken after the 1st of the month. Never heard anything - not a scooby - then a direct debit was taken out on the 28th of the month. I contacted them, she verbally apologised, asked me to send in letter showing charge and said they would refund. Sent in…
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Southern electric - should I switch
Hi, first, great advice on this site well done. I am on southern electric dual fuel, energyplus Argos no service charge tariff's. Is it a good time to switch? I have done comparisions and a saving of £220 on E-on, but last time I switched it took 4 months and calls to Ofgem as it took both companies this long to switch my…
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Are EDF trying it on?
I had a phone call this morning from EDF. They wanted an up to date meter reading for our gas. I explained that we have not been with them for almost a year and we are now with EON. Then she said that they had had a billing system error and they should have been sending us bills so need an up to date reading. I explained…
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How many KWH should I expect?
I'm a new poster on this forum so forgive me for asking questions that are probably answered somewhere but I've had a quick look but not luck. I'm looking for some kind of guideline for the expected energy comsumption of a 5 bedroom s/d house with a gas combi boiler & gas hob, 4 people, lots of electrial gadgets (laptop,…
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Energy giant loses billing mistake case
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=IPED21%20Jun%202009%2017%3A06%3A22%3A003 ;)
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New house, bills say occupants, cashback for changing suppliers
Daughters moved into a property last week and the gas and elec bills just say occupants at the moment. She wants to try and take advantage of cashback via quidco if possible for swapping suppliers will this be possible as her name isnt yet on the bills or should she call scottish power now and get her name on the bills…
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I will move to new apartment, what electricity company should I switch to?
Now it's with NPOWER (I have seen the bills of previous tenant). However I want to switch to another company so that I might get up to £30 cash back. I do not know which is the best provider. Please help me to choose. ***There is no gas in the apartment. Only Electricity.
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How do I get a meter key?
I have lost the old key to my gas and electricity meters. Does anyone know how I go about obtaining a new one? Thanks N
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Getting utilities re-connected / switched back on, repossesed house.
I've just purchased a repossesed house (first time buyer), and get the keys this coming friday. All the utilities water / gas / electric have been dissconnected / switched off, how do i go about getting them reconnected again ? I take it the supply just gets switched off rather than everything physically getting…
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Panic mode on british gas bill
We pay by direct debit and have paperless billing. I haven't checked in a while as i foolishly thought that being direct debit our utilities bills were being taken care of but for some reason i checked today and had the shock of my life. Electricity states we are £84.84 in credit but the gas states we are a whopping…
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High BG Electricity Bills !!!
Please can someone advise what we can do?? (Please bear with us as this is a rather “longwinded” email but am I trying to give you the full picture!) My partner and I are living in a one bedroom, end terraced house. No children yet (expecting our first child end of July!). By March 2009, we had fallen behind with paying…
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Eon called...sounds dodgy
My partner had a phone call on Friday, which left a voice mail message, the caller claimed to be from Eon and he wanted us to call him to arrange a meter reading - to call his a mobile number - 0787282*015. Although we live in a apartment complex and all the meters are at the entrance. Now we supply meter reads online…
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Entry Warrant addressed to The Occupier from British Gas
Hi, I've been receiving bills and threats from British Gas addressed to 'The Occupier' that are slowly getting out of hand. The silly thing is I already have an account with BG, fully paid and up to date, and more importantly these new bills don't have the same gas meter number as the one that supplies my apartment!…
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Is this Electricity Cost High
My Partner and I live in a 3 bed Flat with noi children we never use the 2 spare bedrooms.. We use Gas for Heating, Water and Cooking both Oven and Hob.. We have Energy efficient bedside lamps.. All lights are off during the day and at the weekends Yet our quarterly Electricity Bill is £300 or 700 units a month.. Is this…
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Debt owing from a property I left 2 years ago.
I've received a letter from a company asking for a whopping £180 from a property I lived in for 6 months and left in Oct 07. It must be from this place as the letter arrived at my sisters house, which is the only forwarding address I gave and I changed all addresses when I moved into my new place. I'm 100% certain I paid…
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Getting A Gas Supply
Hi,please bare with me if these questions sound rather daft. My parents live in a flat,there is no gas supplied to this flat,no meters ect. The local authority are due to come round and replace if they want the old system,which is storage heaters,to gas central heating. Now they say that they will instal the system,but…
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Please help me to calculate a gas bill
Hi, First post here, so go easy! My step-daughter moved into her flat last November and has not paid any bill - she never actually received a bill to pay (long story). Anyway, after much faffing, I've finally worked out that British Gas is her provider and they are going to send her an estimated bill in the next two weeks.…
