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MSE News: British Gas axes top pre-pay energy deal
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Energy analysts say this shows the market has "turned a corner" with pricier tariffs likely to be the norm ..." Read the full story: British Gas axes top pre-pay energy deal
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E-On - Very large bill after moving
Hi all, I'm a long time reader - but only just registered as I have a huge issue with E-on (well, huge to me because of the amount anyhow!) I moved from a rented property to my mothers (to look after her as she is terminally ill) earlier this year (just after I got burgled as well - its been a rubbish year so far). I left…
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Current Cost Energy Monitor
Hi all, I've recently discovered a service from google called Powermeter. Its a free energy monitoring tool that tracks your usage over time, but its only compatible with a handful of monitors such as the ones from Current Cost. Do a google search for "google power meter" Has anyone seen any deals on Current Cost monitors,…
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Spark Energy Issues
Hi, I'm a relative newcomer to these forums, so apologies if i'm rehashing prior complaints or problems with Spark Energy. I moved into a rented property last month - to which the letting agent had advised me that Spark Energy were suppliers - and instantly set about initiating a change of utilities [owing to poor reviews…
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Meters
Hi i had a SWALC salesman at the door yesterday trying to get me to switch to them from BG i have a dual tariff with them that is price capped for 2 years, this salesman came out with a new reason for me to switch saying that they own the meters and because we are with BG we are paying rental fees? this is a new one on me…
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EON energy fit meter What is yours reading?
For those that have them just post what your readings are. Two TV's on,sky+ and sky box, Router, fridge freezer. Readings now are Energy now 27 watt cost £1.92 per month 6p per day
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Am i allowed a rant?
Sorry i just wanted to come on here for rant. I've been very careful about money since i saw this website but last week my fiancee left me and moved out and now i can't sleep for money worries. I have no idea how one income will pay for this house with our mammoth mortgage and to top it all off i got in and had a letter…
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Scottish Power HELP!
Me and my girl share our own place, admittedly im we're still new at dealing with things like this. Our flat has a 'combi' boiler and no gas everything is electrical. When we moved in we were told that this boiler was going to be very expensive to run. For this reason we never have hot water in our flat as it means turning…
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No Electric Bill for 6 years - Assistance Required Please
Hi - I purchased a new build property 6 years ago. Upon completion, we did not have a key to access the cupboard where the electricity meter is located. Despite several attempts to contact the original builders and management company the correct key never arrived - although I did receive the meter reading from the builders…
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Gas consumption - AGA
Hope someone out there has experience of old converted to gas agas!! We inherited one with the new house, and love cooking on it (so dumping it not an option at moment). We watched our gas and electric meters like hawks for the first couple of weeks because we were also running storage heaters on economy 7 and were…
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annual gas consumption 55000kWh
We were with Eon but they kept getting our bills wrong (which they kept admitting and amended) but then we moved to Scottish Power who promised to be cheaper. When we switched over, they couldnt agree on our start/end meter numbers but didn't bother telling us this for 6months so we couldn't just read it for them. So it…
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Gas Meter
Can anyone help please? We have a gas card meter which was in this property before we moved in. Since then we have bought the property and keep having problems with the meter. We have asked to have it removed and pay by direct debit. But the company want £150 up front plus I think £80 to have it removed. We would get the…
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Month by month supplier?
I'm renting a house for 3 months, possibly 6 months and have spent the evening looking at gas and electricity suppliers to transfer to (the previous tenant having taken their contract with them). However all the deals I've found have yearly discounts that make them good value. Are there any options out there which are good…
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EDF Energy prepayment meter
Hi all, I have a prepayment meter with a key from EDF Energy. A letter arrived last week to say that the units on the meter has not advanced for two years, and they say I owe them £830 and that they will arrange for the balance to be loaded to my meter with a weekly collection rate of £10.00. I've been calling them for the…
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eon massive gas increase
I have been living in my house for almost a year now. When i first moved in i was paying £50 for gas per month. After a few months this was revised to £64 and this week i have received a letter saying i will start paying £114 per month. What would be the main cause for this? I am in a three bedroom house and was living…
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Electric meter suddenly using a whole lot less credit?
Hi all, I have my electric and gas on pre payment meters. Usually my electric costs where around £26 a fortanight, They've suddenly dropped to about £12 a fortnight. We're not using less electric in fact if anything we're using more? Is there something wrong with our meter? We're in a 2 bedroom house.
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Help with Changing Supplier
Hi all l have posted somewhere on here about trying to change my supplier but cant find it anywhere:rotfl: Told you l was no techie !!! I am with EON , am all electric, economy 7 and pay £113 a month DD over 12 months. We get a DD discount of £26-71 - which l assume is not bad. I would like to see if l can find somewhere…
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British Gas - Cancellation Advice
My mum has paid a £200 deposit for a new boiler to be fitted. British gas came to the house and surveyed the job and all was well, however when they turned up to actually do the job the guy said he can't do it because the flue is too close to an opening window (?) and she has to get a new smaller window fitted. She can't…
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Final bill from old suppliers when switching
We are considering switching after about 2+ years with Sainsbury's EDF Energy. The main reason being that, not only has our monthly DD gone up dramatically for our electric, but also, we are on a 'dual fuel' account for our gas but 'standard' account for electric? To be honest it's been confusing me for ages as I have…
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Can someone check this reading please.
Hi I checked my meter and this was my reading 17975(026) then put my radiators on for and hour and a half and this was the reading 17975(813) The brackets is the red numbers on the meter. Can someone tell me if this is a normal reading as it seems high to me. 3 radiators were switched on at the time. Thanks if you are…
