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Gas and Electric meters
Hi, We have just moved to a new property and find that we have a card meter for gas and a key meter for electric , I think they are both british gas meters although the electric one may be scottish power , i am waiting on confirmation. We have always paid our gas and electric bills by standing order and have always shopped…
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HELP getting gas advice on best dual fule deal
Hello one and all and thank you in advance for any advice you give My landlord is about to install gas central heating and I am hoping someone can help me work out what the best deal for dual fuel is. I’ve been to the comparison sites but as I don’t have gas at the moment I don’t know what my bill might be!!! Current…
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Please share your gas and electricity saving tips
Thank You :)
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Gas & Electric Help Please!!
Due to move into a new property on Monday, its privately rented. The previous tenant has given the landlord the name of British Gas as supplier for both, British Gas have no record of supplying the property. I have just phoned both National Grid and EDF who have told me that there is no supplier for the address :confused:…
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Tumble dryers, washer/dryers, what to go for?
Sorry couldn't really find a sub forum for this so here goes. Stuck between what appliances to get and those not to bother with. Currently do not have anything just moved house. Would you go for = Washer/dryer Seperate washer and dryer Or just washer. There's only 2 of us in the house, any advice please? Does anyone else…
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Best utility companies service, reliability etc?
Hello I'm considering changing my suppliers (I've become a bit of a cashback tart...). I'm with the usual suspects, BG for gas and EDF for electricity. Never had a problem, except when my neighbour switched my gas meter to EDF , but they sorted it out quickly, to my surprise. In a nutshell I would like to know if there are…
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scottish power - claiming my credit back
Hi, Again hoping someone can offer a bit of help with this - I'm currently a scottish power duel fuel customer on the online energy saver 4. Around the spring/beginning of summer I contacted Scottish power to request them the refund the rather hefty level of credit I had accrued with them over the winter (!) - guess my…
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npower standing charge on prepayment meter
I am a befriender for a man in his 70s who cannor read and write he had a telephone call from npower offering to cut his gas charges so he changed supplier. Now he has found that British gas are cheaper so he has once again changed supplier. He has no received a letter threatening legal action because he owes them £75…
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Help! Huge gas bill because they forgot to bill us!
Our gas provider forgot to bill us since we moved into our property 2 years ago and we did not notice it. Now, we are faced with a £700 bill which they said was only for the last 12 months and they have written off the first year's bill. Is this legal and do we have to meet their demand of the full sum at one go?
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Honest Mistakes or Attempted Fraud
In the last 4 months I have switched 4 energy supply accounts. One of the accounts was my domestic gas supply switched from British Gas to EDF and the other three were business electricity supply accounts switched from Eon to Npower. On 3 of these accounts the 2 suppliers concerned have both attempted to charge me for the…
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M&S Energy
Almost every time i'm in M&S I get approached by someone trying to sell me their gas/electricity (a partnership with Southern Electricity). Apart from being annoying how can you tell if its a good deal - obviously they tell you it is? It doesnt appear on comparison sites. They have a good sales pitch but is it actually a…
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Mains Electric Cable problem.
My son has just bought an Ex- Council house with the Gas and Electric meters in under stairs cupboards, The main Electric cable going into the the main fuse in the cupboard is leaking an Oily substance from it's outer sheath, ( made a right mess on the wall ) there Electric supplier at the moment is Southern Elaectric, is…
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is it a rip off?
The mechanical time clock on my Economy 7 "blew", after speaking to British Gas, they quoted me a new flat rate tarriff, which is much cheaper.However they say that I must pay for a new meter at a cost of £250.00 although the meter is not faulty and is stuck on day rate. Is this right ?
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N Power
In 2007 we got flooded and had to move out of my property in 2008 for appx 4 months. I informed N power of this and then took on the gas and electric at the property of where I moved to. When I moved back to my home I informed N power of this and I got billed for £600 for my current property and £400 for the one I was…
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decided to change to ebico for both gas and electric HELP!!
i am on a prepay meter with british gas at the moment, firstly i shouldnt get a bill from british gas now i am changing should i?? whats my next step? i have rang ebico and asked them what to do, they say they will sort it out. and to apply on the website. i have searched back and believe i cant get any cashback from this…
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Do i have to pay British Gas ex-housemates debt?
Hello, I shared a house (joint tenancy) with another girl for 6 months. The letting agent informed all the utility companies when we moved in that we were the new tenants. The British Gas correspondance came through in my name only, which i wasnt particulary concerned about at the time, cause i didnt think it would be an…
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Electricity Usuage?
Hi All, Pretty new to this forum and have just moved into my first house, I am still getting to grips with everything, for my gas/elec I am with e-on and pay a monthly direct debit, they told me to update my actual reading on the 1st of every month. As I used to stay at home I suppose i took a lot of things for granted,…
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Just switched gas & electricity saved £329.00/yr + £62.00 Cashback
Yep from scottish power to eon online 3 deal saved £329.00/yr + £62.00 Cashback with quidco. Amazing, should have done it a long time ago :T
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Off Peak Tariffs Postcode Lottery!
Hi Folks, I've been reading the boards and browsing on this fab site for years and have finally come across an issue which I can't find posted anywhere - yippee :T Mains gas is not available at my postcode and I'm looking to replace an old anthracite boiler which has serviced the hot water and wet central heating. I've…
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British Gas Payments
After finding that we were £190 in credit with British Gas for our electricity bill I phoned them to ask to have a refund. I think we have been paying way over the odds for our electricity for a long time (£57 a month). It was quite a battle to get them to agree to refund it, they tried telling me that we would use more…
