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Atlantic Electric have £839.76 of my money...
...which in a recent statement said will carry forward as payment towards future bills. They also have £151.16 owed to me on the gas statement which will be refunded in August to my bank account. Can I get this larger sum paid back to me too, why should they be allowed to keep such a large sum?
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MSE News: British Gas profits could 'end price hike talk'
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "A price comparison site says talk of rises for households is now ‘premature at best and unjustifiable at worst’ ..." Read the full story: British Gas profits could 'end price hike talk'
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Huge Bill
I have received a huge bill for a property I left over 6 months ago. I was paying by DD, the meters were read and I paid what was asked of me. Now they are saying the meter was faulty and I have to pay back to 2007 - what are my rights?
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Switching and tarrifs for storage heating in elect-only flat
Hi all, We have an electricity-only flat in which there used to be storage heaters. These were removed by the vendor before we bought but the spurs remain. We're getting in an electrician to fit new heaters and I wondered if anyone has experience of this alongside switching electricity suppliers. We're with eon now but…
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First Utilty price increase
I have just recieved my "It's time to submit your meter readings..." from First Utility and it contained Updates to your prices We’ve updated your prices. To view your new prices for electricity and gas please click here. Both standing and usage charges have increased the standing charge has nearly doubled to over £1 a day.
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BG Energy Smart Query
I normally get a meter reading reminder email and text alert at about this time of the month. Have had neither yet. Anyone else experiencing this problem? I have emailed BG about it.
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Tariff comparison
I find it very difficult to work out if I would really be saving by changing from my current supplier to another supplier, when I am only offered a "generalised" saving figure on comparison websites. Surely, it would be better to display the kWh prices. I know this can still be confusing when they offer standing charges or…
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EON Have signed us up?
Hi, Long time reader here. Recently we have been recieving phone calls from EON. They asked for my mum , and she said that they had to speak to her husband about it. Now today, we recieved a letter from EON welcoming us. It was addressed to my mum. They have signed us up to a PrePayment (card or key) meter -we already have…
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New Boiler Installation by builder
Hello Need advice...I am having my kitchen remodeled which involves replacing a 30yr old boiler. The builder doing the remodeling, who is NOT Gas Safe registered, has said he will fit the new boiler and have someone who is registered check the work and issue a certificate. Is this OK? He has quoted £7K to do all the works,…
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Reliable cashback npower?
Coming to the end of Scottish Power's Online Energy Saver 6 at the end of the month, it looks like npower's Sign On-Line 19 is the best deal for me. For dual fuel, the MSE Cheap Gas & Electric article suggests: * SimplySwitch pays £35 in Amazon or John Lewis vouchers * Energylinx pays £34 in cash * Moneysupermarket pays…
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Student houses
Hi, Last wednesday i went to our new house to check it out. We had £1.07 in the meter and the lights were working ok. So i went to check the house again last night.. The meter was still on £1.07, but this time, it also read that the debt were £7.90.. and there was no electricity. Over the weekend, the builders finished…
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cavity wall insulation
i'm pretty sure this is the wrong place to put this so if someone could kindly move it I would really appreciate it I've just been told that if me or my husband earn less than £16000 ( not jointly ) then we could be eligible for free cavity wall insulation I'm not convinced surely its got to be £16000 between us ??? plus…
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Electricity rates by property management
Hi I have a question and i am sure that someone on here can help me as i cant seem to get anywhere with my property management company. i live in a rented flat which is opperatated by a property management and i get charged for my electricity by this copmany but each month they seem to charge me a different price per unit…
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MSE News - At Cost Energy: are its promises for real?
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The energy company, in an interview with MSE, answers concerns that it may never get off the ground ..." Read the full story: At Cost Energy
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New house - where to go!
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has the answer to my query before I go ringing them up. We got the keys for our new home on Friday and took the meter readings. I looked at our previous use (from last house) and compared on a comparison site. This same site says I get 12 bottles of wine free if I switch. :T The question is…
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Average costs?
Hi guys, My girlfriend and I are moving into our first flat next month, having lived in student housing for 3/4 years. I was basically wondering what sort of costs we can expect to face in terms of bills, mainly utilities. The flat is a two bedroom, which are both fair sized, and a decent sized living room/kitchen. The…
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Changing supplier when you have feed-in tariff
Sorry if this has been asked before. I'm not on these forums much and a search didn't turn up anything obvious (and too many threads to read through individually!) I was on a capped tariff with Scottish Power, and 1 April signed up for FIT for my PV panels. Scottish Power have been very slow and a bit disorganised with the…
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changing gas & electric suppliers
Hi Can anyone give some advice, I am with British gas and southern electric, i want to change to one supplier, I have been on the comparison sites, they give the best option as eon saveonline v2, my yearly gas bills are approx £900 and electric is approx £1100, are eon ok or is there a better option? Thanks
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Can i escape British Gas Contract ??
Hi, i have been with British Gas business over the last year or so and untill recently have been very happy with it, they have been competative and a lot cheaper than npower who i used to be with, problem is my recent electric bill was 70% higher than usual with BGB with my old rate 10.5 pence per kwh and now its 13.6 p…
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new tenant no gas meter...
hi all, Im a new tenant for this council flat (bedsit as im a uni student) that i got offered to last week. Today, i went to the place to sort out utilities (gas & electricity). After numorous phone calls, i found out that i was with british gas for my electricity and the guy on the phone (sounded like a technician)…
