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Cheapest dual fuel for a low user ?
I currently live in a 2 bed terrace on my own and I am moving to a 1 bed flat. The house I am in has storage heating and is all electric. I'm on Scottish Power Ecomony 7 because of the storage heating and currently pay £39.50 a month by d/d. Once a year I always get a refund of between £15-£30. Now, the 1 bed flat has gas…
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Cost of running the oven for baking?
Seriously geeky of me I know, but how much do you think it costs in electricity to run the oven for an hour (20mins warm up, 40mins cooking time)? A lot of friends have been encouraging me to set up a little baking enterprise from home, but I don't have any idea how much it costs to power the electrical things and…
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Ditch dual rate electric meter ?
Hi, We've just embarked on selling our house and had the energy efficiency inspection on Friday. The guy gave me a tip which seems to be valid and I'm passing it on: Unless you have night storage heaters or do all your washing / drying / cooking / cleaning in the middle of the night you would be better off ditching your…
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Letter from EON about Elec meter
We got a letter from EON yesterday saying that our meter needed updating (it does!) and this would be done free of charge. The letter was address to the "Current occupier" and came in the post, not hand delivered. Is this for real as I am not sure who is responsible for the meter, or is it just a shot in the dark circular?…
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Gas grants for OAP's
Hi folks, Wonder if anyone can help me because I'm blowed if I can find any info. My in-laws have coal fired central heating at the moment. They also have another relative living with them...all are in their 70's...f-i-law will be 80 this year. No-one receives any benefits in the household. They are in the early stages of…
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Help with my oven glass door shattered
Hi i've got a TDA oven i was happily cooking away when the outer glass door completely shattered, does anyone know if you can get replacements-any links gratefully received, or would i be better of buying a new oven, and is it safe to use
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Electricity Question
I currently pay my electric on a monthly basis on a card which I take to the payzone shop and tell them how much I want to pay. I usually pay £40 per month, but I recently recieved my first bill since moving in, and i'm actually in credit by about £80, so im obviously paying too much and it's been slightly crippling me…
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trouble with bg
hi i am having great fun with british gas. when we moved into our house in nov 2006 we were told southern electric supplied both gas and elec so when our first elec bill came through we asked to pay the gas at the same time but they said we didnt have gas with them so we called all the other companys and noone knew who…
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Eon SaveOnline - better than v14?
It seems that I have only just upgraded from Eon's EnergyOnlineExtraSaver v13 to their v14. Now I see they have another tariff to replace v14 - called 'SaveOnline'. From what I can make out all rates and discounts are the same apart from:- Gas normal units v14 is 3.131p and SaveOnline is 3.242p Online Discount v14 is 6.5%…
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Independent Gas Transporter
I am just about to move into a house that is supplied gas through an IGT, now as this is a repossession I do not know who the current gas providers are and cannot find the MPRN anywhere. Now I know of the Meter Number Helpline, but I was under the impression that this is Transco, and as I am connected through an IGT, would…
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Edf - Help wanted please!
Just a question really.... I'm with EDF for Gas and Electricity - both seem extraordinarily high so here's the breakdown for both, if you could offer some advice I'd be extremely grateful - they are both eating away at the money I'm trying so hard to save to pay toward my debt... Gas 26 Feb - 11 March £ 158.64 11 Mar - 7…
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n'power bill help wanted
I'm trying to check the n'power D/fuel, Direct Debit paid account for a hard working single mum - The big problem is that I have only 2 bills to go on and don't even know the tariff she is on. However BILL 1 covers 11th Feb 2008 to 12th Aug. 2008, a period of 184 days. During which she paid for 362 Primary units on…
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Help with Eon utillity payments please
Hi, i have been with eon for a good few years now but about 2-3 years ago i had a very old and broken down freezer which made my bills sky rocket and got us in arrears That and that my Dh did our own 3 room extention t the house and all the tools put a starin on the bills too, now i have always paid my bills and never…
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Southern electric claim customers will get discount for using a uk company
I had a salesman at my door wanting me to sign up to Southern Electric, and one pitch he used is that he said the government were offering a 17% (or so) tax discount to Southern Electric as it is a UK based and owned company unlike many other providers. He said the government wanted to do this to encourage customers to…
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Moving house, gas and elec
hi all Was wondering if you could give me a bit of advice. I am moving next week and am currently with SWALEC. Can I change providers in my new address if I still owe SWALEC money. I owe them a bit and will pay it off but can't do it in full (and the amount they wabnt off me is ridiculous) I really want to avoid a…
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Switch or phone?
Hi everyone, I'm a newbie to the forum, but have been receiving Martin's emails for some time. Decided to look at switching my fuel supplier and found a cheaper deal today, but before switching decided to try my existing supplier. Result was a price drop of £416.00 per year. Even better than I could get on the comparison…
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Which economy seven?
Hi all, I am on EDF prepyment standard electricity meter. I charge the key for £45 every month. I am looking for economy 7 plan on monthly billing. Which supplier is the best in terms of economics? I live in Southamton, Thanks
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british gas fixed dec 2009 deal madness
we used to be with n power for both gas and electric and we were called by a british gas rep that told us that they could beat the price we was paying. we moved from n power and we are now paying slightly less on a fixed price dec 2009 deal with £37 for gas and £26 for electricity , but each time we recieve our quarterly…
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Which version of e-on's energy saver tariff am I on?
Hi there My capped tariff is due to end October 2009 - I'm trying to do comparisons but I have to choose my current tariff from a drop-down list of Energy Saver V1,2,3 etc. I've logged into my e-on account and it just says Energy Saver! It's the one from last year that came with the little energy monitor device, tariff…
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Is This sorted now?
A letter was in the letterbox and it was hand delivered and was addressed to my dad, I opened it in a panic and discovered it was over an unpaid gas bill or several put together and they had come today to discuss the account and payment arrangement and now cos we hadn't answered the door they would be going to court to get…
