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Why someone I know had a large electricity bill
For the past couple of years a friend had started to pay attention to his electricity bills because of the increase in his direct debits. He never did before he just paid. We got talking about our electricity usage and he was always using about 1500 kWh electricity per year more than me and yet our houses are similar. So…
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wet electric central heating system
i am thinking of changing from really old storage heating to a wet electric system using a 12kw electric boiler. can anyone give me any advice or info before i decide. thanks
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Southern
I am a southern customer on a standard tariff. I looked on a couple of comparison sites, and rather than move providers decided to go for southern go direct 2. On these sites it sayes there is a 17% and 17.8% discount on elec and gas, which much reduces the bill.When i go to sign up online at southerns website there is no…
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Urgent help needed
when i have gone to put money on my gas meter it has failed now we have not gas who do i call???
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10,000 kwh per year
For a 3 bed, 3 story, mid terrace 6 yr old house with gas heating? And no hot tub or style lighting :D We have been here since the house was first built and our meter is almost at 60,000. I would expect our usage to be a bit higher than average as we have a big family so washing machine on more than a smaller household etc…
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Bit of comparison assistance please?
Hi All, Im looking at my father-in-laws usage and tyring to suss out if it will be worthwhile him switching, the comparison sites all seem to over estimate his prices (I've emailed them all about it) even though he's on a standrad tariff with Southern Electric. He's currently on standard tarifss with no standing charge,…
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first utility just rejected switch over application ??
Just applied to go to First Utility following a saga with Scottish power - filled all the stuff in and got home today to the following message ; We're sorry... Thanks for choosing first:utility as your new energy supplier. Your application details indicate you have an economy 7 meter, this means your meter will not support…
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New home-which supplier?
Next week i am due to complete on a move from a flat to a house. I havent got a clue what the previous occupants paid or their usage as the house was tennanted out. My query is, how can i find the cheapest suppliers of gas and electricity if i dont know what my estimated use will be. I live alone and am moving to a small…
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Who is still on SP fixed till feb 2011
I am interested to know, Are there still many of you on the Scottish Powers online fixed energy until february 2011, the one which ended May 2008 that has no penalty for leaving. I have just done another search to see if i can get any cheaper, and the best one is only a saving of £59 a year for me. However, the rate for…
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Click PAYG - British Gas?
New and stressed user! I'm spending waaay to much on gas and electric... with british gas payg... just spoke to someone and they said to change to BG Click PAYG? Is it a good idea or not?! Any good/bad reviews? They said they are the cheapest on Electric - not necessarily for gas - but they are very competitive.... I live…
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at last! someone agrees with me
I made an excel spreadsheet to compare energy prices as I never seemed to get the same results as the comparison sites. Until now! I worked out that with discounts etc my yearly bill from Eon on FixOnline 3 would be £996.25 for 4300 kWh electricity and 18,500 kWh gas. Today when I put these figures into…
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£3213 final bill
I changed from E.ON to Scottish Hydro-Electric for Electricity and gas in Sept Just viewed final bill online ---£3213 !!!! They had a ridiculous final reading for electricity - SO glad I checked last night or E.ON were going to try to take that out of my direct debit account on Mon.Immediately cancelled direct debit and…
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Prepayment meter advice please? new user
hi guys bought flat to rent out.. at mo its scottish gas and scottish powere respectively on bills..... tenant moves in next mon wants prepayment. checked web and EBICO seems the best do all companies take 4 weeks min to carry out change over? thougght of a bill in her name for 4 weeks scares me , i know not my debt…
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npower Direct Debit puzzle
Dear Forum , I signed for npower's standing on line 14 (SOL14) paperless tariff on 24/11/08 and have just received my second bill dated 30/10/09 , the first was dated 21/04/09 and both , based on my own readings as supplied , are computed correctly . The first after five winter months shows electricity at around £30 per…
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Eon rep promised me the best price?
Unsolicited eon rep visited my flat and said eon would beat my current gas and electricity bill by £175, even though I had just swapped two weeks prior to this and it is only 460ish a year! Was it too good to be true?
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online discounts and fixed direct debit discounts
Question please Do online discounts and fixed direct discounts always get applied per quarter/bill, or do they sometimes only get applied annually, say on anniversary of switching supplier/tariff? Is there a way of telling on any comparison websites? I'm looking at switching, and some of the tariffs have very high online…
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British Gas bills for £0.00!!
Sorry long story about British Gas! When we moved in we set up direct debits for dual fuel & provided initial meter readings... after a month or 2 we noticed we'd only paid for electricity... called British Gas via annoying call centre & was promised call back after long discussion trying arrange new direct debit....…
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Posting on behalf of my mum, switching suppliers
My mum is with scottish gas for both her electricity and her gas, currently paying around 90 for gas and 70 for electricity. Neither of us are very clued up on this stuff and i was just wanting some opinions on where to go for the best deal as she wants to switch. We had a salesman in from npower tonight who quoted us…
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Swapping Suppliers whilst still owing
Hi All We still owe on our current supplier by £200 ish Can we swap supplier whilst oweing this? Is it transferred or does it have to be paid off first?
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EDF trying to charge me for previous Tennants electric bill...
Ok so im renting a flat, and i moved in around 4 weeks ago (26th September). On the first day we arrived we noticed a bill addressed to 'The Occupier' , which was a bill for £45 for the period Jun-> August. We handed this straight to the estate agents (who act as the intermediate between us and the landlord) who said they…