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Never paid gas and electric
Hi folks, I am at the moment helping a friend who's husband has left her up the creek. When he walked out she found that he had not paid any electricity or gas since they had moved into thier house. It is a new build, housing associastion and they are the first tennants in. She has had a look through all the paperwork (we…
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So this is life (prepayment meter questions)
Right, so I am a student moving into privately rented accommodation this month (for 10 months) with 3 other students (small 4 bed/2bath house in coventry) I am but a mere student with absolutely no experience of living in the real world :p So we asked the following; Could you tell us who the current utilities supplier is…
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EON Capped v15 to ???
As a lot of people, my v15 EON capped product expires on 1st Oct 09, have been offered the new R3 product with greater prices. I've fed my last qtr/ly bill into Uswitch and it says I could save around £220 per year by going to Scottish Power, looking at the KWH comparisons they are quite a lot cheaper than EON, does this…
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MSE News: The new energy provider with the cut-price promise (Ovo)
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The first new energy provider for years has entered the market, insisting it can help households cut their bills. Ovo, a privately-financed company based in Gloucestershire, launched with the new cheapest ..." Read the full story: The new energy provider with…
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Scottish Power Standing Charge or No Standing Charge
Hi, I'm switching to the online Scottish Power tariff and was wondering if anyone has an idea if there is much difference between the standing charge/no standing charge options? I live in Glasgow and like a warm house so occasionally have the fire or heating on even in "summer"! Thanks.
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How many units should I be using
If I were being extra super efficient etc how many units do you reckon a family should use for gas and electric each week. There's two adults and a 4 yr old. One child and adult in all day every day. I take meeting readings every Sunday and it would seem gas is 3 units (34kw) each week and my electricity is between 60 and…
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How Often Should Your Supplier Read Your Meter
I have a problem with Atlantic Electricity at the moment. They have sent me a bill in excess of £500 as the meter has not been read for over 2 years! It is my understanding that they have to read the meter every two years is this so? I have also been advised that I only have to pay for one year as they have some sort of…
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British Gas Business
Hello I have over look the cancellation date for the electric and it has gone into renewal although the contract ends next month. They have put me on automatic 2 year renewel at a silly price, almost double what I was paying. Is there any way out :confused:
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First:Utility cheapest current supplier
Hi, haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere, but was expecting Martin to have put something on here... saw on BBC breakfast that 2 new utility companies have "popped up" offering big savings on current large supplier rates. I did a search on energyhelpline.com and found I could achieve an 11% saving... but no doubt the big…
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Economy 7 heating advice
Hi all, My partner and I are about to move into an apartment together next month which uses Economy 7, we viewed the apartment last night and met the current occupents who informed us that they spend £30 per week topping up the Economy 7 which I thought was quite a large figure? I dont know a lot about Economy 7 so I…
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No electricity meter?
Slightly concerned about the property I am buying. The forms returned from the sellers do not state where the electricity meter is located, which I take as there not being one. If there isn't a meter, how do I pay my bills? Pretty sure its not included in service charge.
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Social Tariff
Hey guys I was trying to get my mum put on the essentials tariff as her circumstances have changed but BG keep telling me she is not entitled to it when I know she is due to looking at the stipulations on the intranet and basic knowledge if they keep refusing me who offers other competitive social tariffs ? Does anyone…
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Unecomonical electric/Tiny heater..dont know what to do?
Hope someone can help. I have a tiny storage heater (flat is all electric) and is so uneconomical I am resenting the amount I paid last Winter (approx £700 for 12 mths). I applied to Warmfront to try & get a better heater but was turned down as I already had, what they classed heating??? I suffer with Raynaulds Syndrome…
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Standing charge or all in price
I am coming to the end of my protected price 17 for Duel fuelfrom Eon and have been loooking on the comparison sites for a better deal. I am leaning towards either Eon's FixOnline V3 which is an all in one price or the new company OVO which is a standing charge price. Can anyone explain to me if one has a benefit over the…
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Excessive Electric and Gas Bills - threatened with being disconnected
Hi We're using Southern Electric as our gas and electricity supplier and have a massive dispute with them regarding our usage. They believe we are using over £100 of electricity and £70 of gas PER MONTH. We live in an average size 3 bedroomed house. I started taking meter readings over the course of a month between March…
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Can they do this?
I have just had a telephone call from my Gas supplier EDF energy to inform me that they have been billing me incorrectly since i moved to them in 2007 and that I owe them the balance. They have explained that it is there fault!! I can not understand why when it is there fault the mistake has occured that i have to suffer!…
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Anyone else being harangued by British Gas?
I think they must be on some kind of drive at the moment to get customers to come back to British Gas. I was really nice to the first lady who rang up (on my mobile), went through the price comparison to see if it would be cheaper (it wasn't), asked her if she could price match (she couldn't) and then said thank you and…
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Eon cancellation charge for FixOnline 3 question
I'm considering moving to Eon and I've been looking at the following two tariffs- FixOnline 3 SaveOnline FixOnline is about £43 cheaper per year and there is a cancellation charge of £30 if I move from this plan before December 2010. Does this charge apply if I stay with Eon? For example can I sign up for FixOnline 3 and…
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Aquarium LED - anyone know who expensive to run?
I have a Biorb life aquarium which has an intelligent LED lighting system. It gives you the option of running the lights 24/7. The unit consists of 3 small white LEDs (for the daylight phase - say 5 hours) and 1 small blue LED for the moonlight hours (19). The only info on the unit I can find is this below. I'd like to…
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Boiler Servicing
Dear All I have a combi boiler and have had it for 2 years, i need to get it serviced but British gas want £80. Is this correct or are there any tips to get this cheaper? Thanks
