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Having a Major Issue with NPower
I switched to NPower in Nov 08 on one of the price comparison sites. I was told it was a capped agreement and that my direct debits would be £88.00 approx a month. i paid by direct debit for 12 months with no problem. I then recieved a letter to say my revised quote was around £220 a month from then on. I tried to switch…
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The "Bloombox" - Cheap, clean electricity for all?
OK, this may be a long way off - it may not. Trials are taking place at big companies like Google, EBAY and so far the "bloombox" is performing as expected. Watch the video for more information: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/the-bloom-box-a-power-plant-for-the-home-video/ If it were April the 1st I'd be very…
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energy
Hi On reading the Daily Mirror today Mr British Gas (Mr Phil Bentley) stating (if you are on income support or pension credit we will give you a DISCOUNTED rate. With discounts its possible that the low-income pensioners bills can be as little as £1 a day .???
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£545 for electricity for 2 months - can this be right?!
Hi all, I have recently bought a flat, and have been waiting to receive my first electricity bill. I only have electricity in my flat and stupid storage heaters. After researching storage heaters online (they are so old I have no manual or anything for them) it seemed that we had finally figured out how to use them.…
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£130 cashback for NPower
Just got an email saying topcashback are now paying £130 to switch to NPower. Just 12 hours too late for me! I was hacked off with EDF so I started the switch to NPower last night when the cashback was £120. Because I want to save any penny possible can anyone recommend what to do to reapply and get the extra £10 cashback.…
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MSE News: Ofgem urges households to switch energy supplier
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE news story: "The energy regulator is calling on consumers to switch energy provider to cut costs at a time when power firms are making huge profits out of us ..." Read the full story: Ofgem urges households to switch energy supplier
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£9000 backdated British Gas bill!!!
Has anyone had anything similar to us? We were back charged for 5yrs of use as BG had failed to take meter readings. We have gone to the Ombudsman, who has not helped! We have changed supplier and the new supplier has changed the meters as they were faulty. Is there any way to raise awareness of this action? Help! Thanks.
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Southern Electricity sneaky cold calling tactic
Sneaky tactics from a Southern Electricity cold caller... this from my e-mail to head of customer services.... ...........He rather cleverly implied that as Southern owned the metering system there was a problem with the meter reading compared to my actual supplier as if it was a technical fault - of course this was bunk…
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£170 electric bill for 1 month usage?!! - HELP!
Hi all, I'm with British Gas on their fixed 2011 tariff which equates to 12p per unit. My bill seems to be over £100 every month...not quater...month! I have 3 children (9yrs, 7yrs 10months) and my wife. We live in a 3bed semi (it was a 2 bed but we split a room down when the baby came along so it's a very small 3 bed). We…
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Do EDF owe me money?
Hello, I am really worried at the moment as I believe EDF owe me a large amount of money, several phone calls have proved unsuccessful. This problem started last August when I switched from pre-payment to quarterly billing with Direct Debit taken monthly, the first quarterly bill stated I was in a large amount of credit…
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E.ON Fix Online 6 - best duel fuel tariff?
Hi TUGGERS I have just signed up for the newest version of Fix Online. It offers me a discount of 22.2% for duel fuel which I was happy with. I have done my estimates and I reckon I will pay no more than the 4 year capped deal I was on, which ends on 28 February. This was originally offered by Powergen in 2006 and was one…
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Taken off Fixed Price 2011 by British Gas? Gas bill cut!!
I've just received my Gas Bill, and I'll be honest I was expecting a whopper of a bill for the last quarter - around the £350 mark. I was beginning to fear the letter or email telling me my bill was ready! Feeling brave I checked the website this morning and my bill was ready but they've taken me off the Fixed Price 2011…
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Help! Switched and paying more!
I moved house in August, to a bigger house but same electrical goods, except oil boiler not gas and older fridge freezer in this place. now I was paying £47 a month with Eon at old address, I am with scotttish power at new address and its costing me £120 a month!! a big difference when scottish power rang me to switch to…
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Gas/Electric Cash Rebate
Hi, we received almost £500 this year as a rebate. It was quick and simple and done by phone and email. We have been doing this for quite a few years when we have managed to get credit and have used it as a bonus for Christmas. This year we did get our direct debit cancelled by mistake but they did send us a letter so we…
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How much energy will I use?
Just want to find a website where I can put info such as the number of times I have the washer on, number of hours I have the TV, cooker etc on for per week so know how much my DD will be. I know the water board has one All of the price comparasion websites I have visited think everyone has bills to input that info! I…
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kwh,units confusing just trying to work out a new freezer cost please
Im a little confused with the units and kwh,,all im trying to do is work out this price roughly of a new extra under counter freezer im looking at its says in consumes 199 kwh per year,, my electricity cost is 13.288 and 7.775 let me see if ive got this right,lets just assume the first 13.288 per kilowatt,am i just right…
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Faulty Electric Meter
Hi all I'm in need of some advice. Since I moved into my new property my electric meter has not been registering any usage but I have been paying £60mth direct debit to Npower. When I got my bill in December I realised my meter hadn't been working as it had not moved any units since I had moved in. I informed Npower and it…
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Electricity reading
First of all hello everyone! I was wondering if someone could help me as I'm really worrying. I recently moved into a new place(rented) and it is all electric. I took a reading from the meter and it was 36831 and now 4 wks later i went to check it again and it was 37614 a difference of 783, which if i've worked it out…
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Help needed! Moving out and haven't a clue!
Hi All, I'm posting this on behalf of my best friend who is having to move out of her current home which she shares with her other friend. Said friend took care of all the bills whilst they were living together and we (my best friend and I) haven't got a clue how to go about arranging utilities - comparison websites seem…
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Good experiences wanted as well as low prices
Hi there, you all seem so helpful on here, I thought I'd post our "wants" and see what you guys come up with! (Not that I'm lazy, I have done the comparison sites already) We use 4125 kWh electricity and 10600 kWh gas per year. We're currently on what I believe to be "standard" tariffs with Eon & BG respectively, as we…
