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EDF Energy Direct Debit changed to £400!!!!!
I recently owed EDF energy around £500 after me and my fiancee both lost our jobs, we agreed a plan with them, which meant we now have an electricity meter which takes the debt off our key. we pay them £14 direct Debit for Gas aswell on the 5th or 6th of every month. Today they debited me £393, for gas.......how can this…
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Any grant schemes for private tenants not on benefits?
Hi, not sure if anyone can help on this, but we rent a house privately and it isn't that well insulated, double glazed but needs better loft insulation. Now my landlady is a really nice lady but she isn't rolling in it, neither am I, and she really cannot afford to renew the loft insulation and maybe put a combi boiler in…
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Wet Electric System- £300 per month!!!
My neighbour had a wet electric heating system installed by our Housing Association. The heating engineer timed it only to come on during the savings hours but when their first quarterly bill came through it was a whopping £300 per month!! The system has been checked and all is working fine but when the heating is on their…
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British Gas supply query
Hello! Moved from England back up to Scotland in May and into a rented flat where the supplier is British Gas for both the gas and electric. I pay them a silly amount of money (which is right for the electric but FAR too much for the gas but anyhoo) so obviously I want to save some money. I've had a swatch around the…
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average monthly usage
I am new to running a house - what is the average monthly gas and electricity usage?
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Combi Boiler Hot WAter Temperature Fluctuations
Hello everyone, I have an Ariston Micro Genus HE Combi boiler. It's worked fine for the past two years but now there are temperature flucutaions whenever the hot water is used - hot to cool. I asked BG to come have a look and the engineer said it was most likely sludge/solder in the central heating pipes and I should get a…
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What temperature
Hi, i'm trying to reduce my gas usage and want to turn down the temperature on my hot water tank. This is where a lot of our gas is going i think, the only thing is i'm not sure what temperature to turn it down to. I was told that if it's too low then bacteria can grow in the water and it makes it unsafe. I have a big hot…
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Energy saving spot light bulbs
I have energy saving light bulbs in every light in the house, except the living room. This has dimmable spotlights. I know dimmable energy-saving bulbs are relatively new, but I have not seen dimmable ES spotlight bulbs. Does anyone know where I can get them? Thanks.
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scottish power tricks
Hi, Having waited until after my august 09 expired, and opting no more fixed rate I requested to go on Freshstart, not their standard tariff.I thought this would give me time to decide what to do:yesterday I had visitors, 2, saying they were from SP and several people were saying that they were being overcharged, have I a…
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ovo energy
i,m trying to found out the t&cs for this outfit, has anyone found their website
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Estimated Bill
Dear forum users Could somebody please give me some advice. My parents have recieved a letter from npower saying that because the energy bills have been estimated since 2006 they owe over £1000. We know for a fact the meters have been read, and the person from npower seemed to look at some previous readings to calculate…
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Npower complaint
I've been in dispute with Npower for a while. They took me off a tarriff saying I didn't comly with the Ts & Cs after I cancelled a direct debit. They sent me a letter saying they would take me off the tarriff on 9th Feb (and I have a copy, original went to ombudsman). They then took me off the tariff in December. Can…
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pre payment wrong tarrif
Please could someone advise me. I moved into my current address about a year ago and it had a pre-payment meter. I decoded to leave it in as it has proved helpful in controling how much electricity I use. Ihave however just decided to switch to EDF from n-power. The switch-over went smoothly or so I thought until this…
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British Gas Workers 'Cut Their Own Bills'
Up to 30 British Gas workers have been suspended for allegedly tampering with their own utility bills. "The group are accused of using the company's system to cut their own gas and electricity bills. About 1,200 staff are based at the call centre in Leicestershire where the allegations were made. A spokesman for the…
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EBICO - Ethos vs T&C's Query
Hi, I'm hoping you guys could review the following statements from EBICO comparing their ethos statement and their T's &C's? I like the ethos enough to switch providers and hope I've misunderstood the rest... Ethos - ( Can't post URL's as i'm a newbie ): 1. EquiPower provides electricity at the same rate per unit to all…
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Changed Supplier - Massive Bill!
I've recently changed my gas and electric supplier and how now got massive bills from my previous supplier - it looks like not only have they been undercharging us on our set direct debit but that there is also an outstanding amount from a supplier previous supplier - my last supplier have told us it's not worth disputing…
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Dodgy EON bill received....
...and they don't even supply our house! Yesterday, in the post, arrived a bill from EON for the gas to our property. It was addressed to our landlord and we opened this in error. Since we moved in the property some 4.5 months ago, we have always had our old supplier, Southern Electric, and had simply transferred over our…
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Can EDF decline a part payment if I am in arrears
Unknown to myself at the time, yesterday Baliffs attended my home stating that I was in arears to teh value of circa £600. Now not having the money to cover this in full, I have offered a part payment through a debit card of £200 and have aksed whether EDF would then breakdown the remaining charges over a set period of…
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18 month electricity bill
Just after some advice from all the expert money savers out there. After 18 months of phone calls and a recent letter it seems my electricity provider have suddenly been able to sort out the meter that until recently was apparently "not working". I'm a little dubious as to how this can be the case and despite requesting…
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Previous tenants have not paid final gas bill. How will this affect me?
Hi I have just had a letter from an authorised officer of British Gas. It was originally addressed to the previous tenants but the envelope had the words THE OCCUPIER URGENT in red so I thought I would open it. Anyway it turns out the tenants who left a month ago have not paid their final bill 0f £200 and BG have asked…
