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MSE News: Scottish & Southern cuts gas prices
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The power giant has become the second energy provider to cut costs this year but is leaving electricity prices unchanged ..." Read the full story: Scottish & Southern cuts gas prices
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moving house
Hey Guys, I am a FTB curently buying a small 3 bed mid terrace house. Obviously I need to sort out the gas and electric however I am struggling with the comparison websites as I have no idea what usage I am likely to need (never lived in a comparable property) I will be living there alone or with a lodger, currently there…
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Help Please: Business Electricity from British Gas - wrong readings - what a mess!!
Wondering if anyone can help? One meter with two readings (day and night) - electricity readings taken by third party for whole period. No bills received for a long time, then all of a sudden receive a letter stating the direct debit to quadruple to take account of 'outstanding amount!' Asked for copies of all bills, as…
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Old fridge vs new fridge freezer, power consumption question.
Has anyone looked at this? I've got a REALLY old fridge with one of the little open fronted freezer boxes at the top. I was thinking about changing it for a fridge freezer from argos, part code RD14DRSA I would post a link but it won't let me! :mad: yes, it's a bit bigger and has a dedicated freezer but it's rated 'A' for…
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Current British Gas customers switching to Energy Smart - BEWARE
Hi All, Just wanted to make people aware who are current British Gas customers and are currently on fixed price to 2011 or 2012 and are currently changing to Energy Smart. When British Gas told me and my partner about Energy Smart, we were very interested and decided to move to this tariff. We were told that we would have…
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Meter change
Do all the dual fuel suppliers change your meters???
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EDF switched my gas when i only wanted elec
i phoned EDF last year(oct) to switch my prepayment elec from BGas to EDF. Near the end of 09 i got a letter from EDF stating that i owed £160 in gas.....i belled EDF and they said i had agreed to have my gas and elec from EDF..I argued the case and asked for them to listen to phone call again as i know i only wanted the…
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Help! Jersey Gas Problem
Hi all, I hope you guys can give me some insight or advice on my problem. From December 17th my boiler wasn't sending out hot water so we had the gas company come round to have a look (we are in Jersey, hence Jersey Gas) and they said it was the thermostat so they came back and changed it. About a week later the same…
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Eon taking my supply without consent
Hi Please could anyone advise. I have had my electric supply with SWALEC for many years and have always been happy with them. At the start of the year I had a letter from them saying sorry I was leaving, and then a few weeks later a final bill from SWALEC. I contacted them to say I had no intention of leaving, and to find…
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Help pls re broken gas meter door
would welcome any advice from you clever people.. last time the gas company rep came to read my father's meter - which is on an outside wall by the house encased in a "cupboard" type fitting - he broke the lock to the door - in front of me - by forcing it shut . he said "oh, sorry i'll make a note of that next time so when…
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Best Gas and Electric for an over 65 on pension credit?
Hello, My dad is moving in a weeks time and I'm in charge of sorting out all the utilities :-s He's currently using B/G essentials tariff for his London 1 bed home which is a change of £65 a month DD. He's moving to a 2 bed bungelow in Co Durham which is currently supplied by N-power on a standard tariff for dual fuel, now…
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Monster final gas bill from last supplier
Hi folks, First post ever, please be gentle! I've recently moved home and switched suppliers from Southern Electric to British Gas. The gas meter reading given by the prior owner to Southern on Dec 10, 2009 was 4831 ft3. The meter reading I provided Southern on 28 Jan, 2010 was 5363, meaning 532 units used over the period…
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Is this excessive usage?
Hi, I was just wondering if this sounds like excessive usage to others please - During February I have used the following - Electric day units - 455 Electric night units - 140 Gas units - 55 I'm turning all the sockets I can off every night and during the day when I'm not in, haven't used the central heating excessively…
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Advice Please e'on Tariffs
hi all I drew up a league table of likely savings from my Dual Fuel Online Tariff with e'on, except that one of the sites used the exact words e'on use to name the tariff I was on. The figures showed savings of £476 at the top [B Gas & npower close together], down to almost £400 at 10th place [another e'on tariff]. So I…
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Any suggestions - bit of a long tale!
Evening all I have just spent a very frustrating few days - have been on to EON and N Power for at least an hr a day for the last 3 days and this comes off the back of a long running issue. I was wondering if I have missed anything and anyone can suggest anything else I could do. Sorry this is long winded - it has been a…
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best energy monitor to buy?
Can anyone recommend a good energy monitor, want to spend as little as possible but would be interesting to find out whats things are costing us thanks
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Advice sought.. Scottish Power
Hi fellow MSE's 5 Months ago my parents switched their energy suppliers to Scottish Power. To date we have not received a bill. 5 months in a row we have submitted our usage online and every month we get an email saying 'we have had billing issues, we will add it on to your next bill' 1 month no problem, 2 months bit steep…
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Electricity Bill Query . No Gas at property just electric...How much will bill be?
I am interested in renting a two bedroom terraced house (moving April) and have been informed that there is NO gas at the property, only electric storage heater. Apparently over night heating ??? I am very clueless about how this all works, tariffs, and costs as have always had gas and electric, GCH etc. I currently spend…
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Phone calls from UDS: Eon Debt Collectors??
Firstly, I apologise if this is in the wrong forum. But I read that Eon representatives will read comments in here so that's kind of what I'm aiming for. Okay, first: I am not nor have I ever been an Eon customer. I once expressed interest in Eon online somewhere and left my phone number saying it was okay to be called. A…
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Cancelled contract...without us knowing about it!
Can any regular reader of the gas/electricity thread please point me in the right direction of any previous threads regarding what action I can take against Company XXXX, who apparently have approached my current supplier, Scottish Power to cancel our existing contract so that we can transfer over to Company…
