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Cutting down on energy also makes you save!
It's not just swapping energy suppliers that means you can save money (ok and the 12 bottles of wine I got through thsis site for swapping suppliers) - every one should be doing their part by cutting down on the energy they are using. You can try cutting down by 10% - see the 10:10 initiaive and you could monitor your…
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EDF Energy...why don't they listen?
I moved house in Sept 09 and made arrangments regarding my gas and electricity, the previous tenants used EDF. In Dec 09 a final gas bill arrived from EDF addressed to 'Dear Customer'. The bill was from from July 09 to 17 Sept. I phoned EDF and explained that the bill was not mine but agreed I was liable for 9 days of gas…
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British Gas wrong electricity Reading - Please Help
In March 2006 we agreed to Price Protection with our gas and electricity with British Gas. Regarding our electricity we have paid pretty much the same per month but once or twice have noticed that British gas have reduced our direct debit in our Bank, we telephoned to advise them that we did not want to do this because we…
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Energyhelpline not paying cashback and ignoring me
Hi, Several months ago, I switched from EON to NPower, using the Energyhelpline* link from the site. EON tried to push back a couple of times, arguing they had to wait till the balance was 0 but eventually they gave in - matter of couple of weeks - and the switch went through flawlessly. I have asked Energyhelpline for my…
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changing suppliers paying d/d
we pay our gas and electricity by monthly d/d i am thinking about changing. my electricity bill is still in debit but my gas was in credit. before changing i assume i would have to pay off the debit amount on the electric to make it a zero balance? hannah
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Long mains cable costing money ?
Ok. While i do understand basics of electricity i need for someone with professional background to answer me some questions... Situation is as follows. I live in a split-off portion of the house, which has power supplied via one cable, which in turn feeds 6 sockets directly, and loads low draw tech plugged into those…
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Room thermostat for central heating
I dont know if my question can be answered on here, but does it make much difference to gas heating costs if there is a room thermostat fitted. the boiler is a combi with controls on the radiators. This is at a house that I am considering buying. Ive got a thermostat at my current house & was wondering what it would…
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Switching from edf v3 to v6 - quidco??
Hi Just a quickie. been doing energy comparisons and feel like brain has frazzled so need help pls! Scotish power online v9 is offering £100 quidco til tomorrow but savings wise we would be saving £15per quarter with this. We are with EDF for dual fuel at the moment and the best tarriff seems to be Online V6 which would…
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Imperial v Metric gas meter
I read this reply on a post dated 05-02-09 'If you meter is metric it will measure gas in cubic metres and have 5 digits in the meter reading before any decimal points. The calculation on you bill is correct, but to reiterate it’s below. Multiply by 1.0226400 – the conversion factor Multiply the number of units by the…
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moving help
hi, we are moving to our first bought home in june and just wanted some advice on what we need to do. we are currently renting and have gas and electric from british gas, do we need to cancel this before we go and take on current houses suppliers or do we tell british gas we are moving. I have looked on comparison and its…
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Moving out, How much notice to give?
OK I am moving out of my rented accommodation on the 15th may to go back and live with parents for a few months. I will need to cancel the following - Gas / Electric - BT Phone - Water - Council Tax How much notice should I give them? should I phone up the day before moving and leave a forwarding address or should I give…
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Replaced gas supply pipe and damaged my property
Dear All, The main gas supply pipe from the road to my external meter box has been replaced by British Gas and/or their contractors. They haven't done a particularily good or careful job. The meter box no longer fits neatly against the wall, and, they've made a complete mess of the brickwork/render where they've obviously…
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new gas/elec bill £1200 !!!!!!!
did have some arrears but, just had my monthly DD put up too £350 :eek::eek::eek: Noted my readings for the last 12 mths elec 6629 KWH used gas 1827 M3 (20,760 KWH)? had some DD issues just over 12mths ago and ended up with arrears but have been paying £50 elec and £53 gas p/m had the shock of my life when i checked my…
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Gas Bill
Hi I received my gas bill recently and nearly fell over!!! We recently moved to a 2 bed bungalow which is fully insulated with cavity walls and the loft being done. The bill runs from 26th Nov to current day and was for a cost of £429.00 approx. This can't possibly be right. We used to live in a 4 bed house and our bill…
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electric meter key
anybody heard about the magic key 4 ya meter ?
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Damaged electricity meter door
My electricity meter door was vandalised so I asked my energy company https://www.ecotricity.co.uk who said that I should go to a hardware store & buy one. I said I've never seen one before in a hardware store. What do I do now?
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Eon Prepayment meter - Want to switch to a credit meter - help!
Hi everyone I've recently moved into my first property (have not had an electricity supply before as i was at home with parents). The property has an Eon prepayment meter which i have used for my first month while i settle in, but i now wish to change to a credit meter. Looking at the deals there are a number of providers…
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existing Npower customer, switching tariff through Quidco - any success?
we're on SOL10 which is coming to an end in a few weeks, i've gone through the comparison sites & Npower is still cheapest in our area, SOL18 tariff. Quidco currently has £90 cashback for gas & electricity for Npower, it seems to be worded as if you're a new customer switching to them, but doesn't actually specify that in…
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First home, which supplier
Hi i am about to move into a private rented house after living at my mums, this will be my first home and i need to find a gas and electric supplier. How do i find the cheapest? i have looked on the comparison websites but they want to know who my currant supplier is and i don't have one. The gas meter is a card one and…
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Moving out and presented with 'debt'
Hi i hope someone will be able to help me. I currently rent one of 2 rooms in a flat from a landlord. When i moved in another guy already rented the other room. We signed a joint tenancy for 6 months then moved onto a 'rolling tenancy' for the past 12 months. When i moved in the tenant told me that he takes charge of bills…
