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British Gas - Problems Paying
Hello All I've recently received my recent gas & elec bills from British Gas, I can't afford to pay them though due to a change in my circumstances. I can pay the elec one of £80 but the gas one of £150 is out of my reach at the moment. Does anyone know if BG will help out if I tell them I can't pay? Do they do…
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Debt Recoverer demanding £1116, in 7 days.
I received a letter on the 27th of November stating: 'We have recently undertaken an investigation into utility supply to ....... between 28/04/2008 and 05/03/2009....... led us to believe you are responsible for the consumption of this supply.' I left the flat around May 2007 and travelled for 18 months abroad. I then…
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ovo/first utility
These companies, new on the scene, are offering low terms to attract customers from the established oligopoly. It seems attractive to join them to improve the competition, and probably get better service (provided they don't get overwhelmed). I can't remember from the times when the old nationalised system was broken up:…
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Advice Please - British Gas Default
Hi, I'll try and be as brief as possible in explaining this story and any help would be really appreciated. I recently obtained a copy of my credit report from experian and noticed that I had a Default for £540 against my file, dated 01/08/2008. Its from British Gas and it is refering to a property I lived in with 2 other…
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Scottish Power
I phoned my supplier yesteday Scottish Power,,and found out they have a new tarriff called online energy saver 7,,I enquired about this and my DD has fallen from £83.50 to £65 and I still have my £194 credit ,,that was a good phone call
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Totally New Gas User, Help?
Hi I'm moving in January to 3 bed ex council property. It has gas central heating with a gas back boiler, everything else is Electric. I'm trying to find the cheapest gas supplier but as I've never had a property with gas I have no idea how much I will use, do you have any advice? :confused:
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np power - new tariff
N Power have launched a new tariff called "Go Fix". It has a lower standing charge for gas than most of their other tariffs. They are not offering it unless people specifically ask about it, or call to say that their standing charge looks high (as I did). By switching to this tariff I will save about £10 per month;)
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Is Scottish Hydro Go Direct 2 Cheapest Dual Fuel
Is this currently the cheapest dual fuel tarriff.. i think it is from my calculations but i don't know if they are correct anyone on this tarriff? Scottish Hyrdo said they would replace my prepay meter with billed meter aswell
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N Power Estimate Shock - Please Help.
Hi there, I'm in a bit of a panic over an account statement I just got through from N Power Gas. Having been paying them £30-odd a month via direct debit for gas on a small one and a half bedroom property which my girlfriend and I didn't use any heat for throughout the summer. We're not in for the majority of the day and…
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gas & electric used during the night
is it still a case where it is cheaper during the niht,and if yes,what times
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Advice please
Im moving into a 2nd floor all electric flat in January, at the moment Im in a lovley warm gas combi warm ground floor flat and I like my heat... The new flat is on the 2nd floor and only has storage radiators in the one bedroom and lounge, and the bathroom and kitchen have what looks like fan heaters mounted on the wall…
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Gas Meters,, how accurate are they
I had an interesting conversation with a design engineer with one of the major gas meter manufacturers today. There are 2 main designs, one measures the sound of gas passing to estimate usage the other pressure. The one favoured by installers (Transco etc) are the pressure mesuring ones, they are much cheaper. Apparently…
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Help, new home who shall I chose
Hello everyone. I have just signed a tenancy on a very small one bedroom bungalow. Need to sort out my gas and electricity. The previous tennant was with EON for electricity and British Gas. Now it would be easy to just phone them and get reconnected but I spoke to an EON rep in the local shopping centre and his quote was…
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social tariffs [atlantic elec and gas]
my mother who is on disability living allowance for life due to having lupus has been on the social tariff with atlantic for the past 2 years, she recently had a letter saying that she would no longer be on this tariff but moved to a more expensive one, she explained that her circumstances were still the same and she was…
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New home owner with some basic questions!
Me and my girlfriend recently moved into a new house - a 3 bed semi. We have a gas central heating system with a fairly old boiler - a good 15 years old. We also have a gas fire though this isnt used too much. Currently our heating and water is set to come on for 2 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening - every…
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Electric only
We've been in our cottage now for 6 months and have managed to incur £532 worth of electricity charges. We have no gas and are heated by newlec storage heaters. We don't have instructions on how to use them, so don't really understand if we are costing ourselves more than necessary :mad: Between the 12th oct and 25th nov…
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How can you tell the amount of gas you are using?
Ok i have took a reading of the number's on my pre-payment meter and it's moved less than 1 so i am guessing that's the incorrect number. Recently i have noticed that i am using so much gas as it ran out last night i decided that i would put 2 pound on and monitor it's useage. So the radiator's have been on overall 3…
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Night meter active during daytime
I have just checked my meter readings after receiving a much larger than normal bill (no estimates involved). I noticed a huge increase in my night meter reading and the other reading seems a bit high too. I have monitored them for the past day and notice that both are continuing to clock up units during the daytime. I…
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British Gas
Hi When having a clean out recently I came across a British Gas cheque refund for £137 from Dec 2007[dont ask how I missed it!]. I am no longer with BG but contacted them in Sept 09 regarding getting a replacement cheque. Emailled them and they said no problem just send us the old one and we will replace it in a few days…
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How accurate is your British Gas energy smart meter?
I was horrified to find that I was suddenly using 15.5kW a day but relieved when I checked the proper meter to find that it was still using 12.5kW a day. Are all these meters reading high?
