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Estimated reading for final bill: can they do this?
Hi, I am near the end of the process of switching electricity suppliers: from British Gas to Scottish Power. Some time ago, Scottish Power emailed to ask for a reading. My wife could not provide this because she could not find the key to the meter box: she asked Scottish Power either to send a key or read it themselves,…
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What say do you have when National Grid work on a broken gas pipe on your land??
Wondering if anybody could help me, I have looked all over the internet and cannot find an answer.. My mother had a gas leak at the front of her house and now new piping has to be put down. The gas meter is in the garage and they have said they cannot go into the garage because of the concrete floor. They have told her…
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Help- a bill after 10 years
Hi all, Im an old viewer of these forums, but This is my first actual post, and I really hope you can help me. The story in short is, that my landlord was meant to pay the electricity bills and I had a meter to pay in my house, but it was broken so I never paid it, and my landlord never told me anything so it was great. I…
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Advice Requested
Hi, I need some advice about a situation I currently have with Npower. 2 weeks ago I came home to find that Meterplus had forced entry and replaced my gas meter with a Prepaid card meter. As a longstanding Npower DD customer I was shocked to say the least. Npower have acknowledged their error and replaced the meter with a…
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I have to pay £104 to get 2 prepay meters removed?
Ive recently bought a new house and I'm sorting out the gas and electricity. The current supplier for both gas and electricity is with Swalec. I rung Swalec and they told me it would cost £104 for them to remove the prepay meters. They also require a credit check on me and they have to set up direct debit payments all at…
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Question?
I am on the essentials monthly direct debit gas/electric with British gas. Dont know if its the best one because when you go on the comparison sites they dont have this option the choose from. How can I go about seeing if this is really the cheapest tariff?
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first utility
This is a first post for me,I have had a nightmare with first utility(gas+elec) since I have been with them. Every month I give them my meter readings but still get over charged,a lot more and I ring customer services every time but with no joy.They have the worst customer services I have ever known.Does anyone have these…
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MSE News: Direct debit payments could save you £435 a year
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Many utility and financial firms offer discounts, or avoid adding charges, to those who pay using this method ..." Read the full story: Direct debit payments could save you £435 a year
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Your method of paying energy bills? Direct Debit?
Hi all, Was just wondering which method you lot use to pay your energy bills? At the moment I pay either the gas or electric bill when it comes in every quarter and another family member pays the other. This has the benefit of my phoning up when the bills come in and giving an actual reading so we then only pay for the…
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new gas
Could anyone advise please, changing house gas is not in use but is live (been checked) just needs supplier to fit meter, which supplier would be cheapest? when trying to find out using 'net' all need to know previous usage which is not applicable in this case,
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BG Websaver 8 duel fuel - still no contact after 5 weeks
Hi I switched via uswitch to the above tariff with british gas on 27 July. I still haven't received any paperwork. Does anyone know if this is the norm with British Gas? thanks fluff
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which Gas & Elec
My fixed price British Gas tariff is up at end of September - any tips on what I should be looking at?
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EDF EcoManager
I am looking at ways to reduce our electricity usage after borrowing a meter from a friend - what an eye opener watching it go up and down as appliances are switched on and off! I saw this on the EDF website for an EcoManager and wondered if anybody had one. It seems a really expensive way of turning things off and not…
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Electricity meter By Passed
one morning some one knocked at my door saying my electricity meter was bypassed . Iwas shocked to hear this .. I live in a block of 3 flats and any one from one of the three flats can access the meters now I live in a one bed room flat I have got only a small fridgeand and my laptop and some blubs ... my usage is £10- 11…
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3 phase elec
Hi I am on 3 phase elec and have been trying to find a cheaper provider than the one I'm on, I have rung a couple but no-one seems to want to take me on. Has anyone else had this problem and who do you use and how much do you pay? Thanks in advance
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Are EDF pulling a fast one?
I'm a free agent on 30th Sept when EDF's price cap comes to an end. So I look on energy helpline and the best deal for me at the mo is with the newbie company OVO. For a only a few pounds worse off over the year I can change to another EDF tariff so I phone them with the hope of doing this and they say they can't do…
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Gas combi v elec combi
We are in a rented property. We approached the landlord about fitting a gas combi boiler to run central heating and water. She has come back asking what we think of elec? We don't have mains gas so it would have to be tanks. We are a family of 4 in a 3 bed semi cottage. there would be 3 maybe 4 radiators fitted. We are…
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Buying house...how to get best deals
Any advice on how to get best deals for electric and gas...Quidco etc when moving into a property House not been occupied for a long while so need to arrange contracts with utilities... If I call them to arrange connection/transfer of occupancy etc, I wont be able to do so on line Any thoughts very welcome...thanks
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Electric has been disconnected
Over the last year my electricity only property has racked up a horrendous £1000 electricity bill which I have struggled to keep ontop of. Redundancy etc. Four weeks ago answering letters to say I would be disconnected I came home to let in an authorised bailiff and electricity official who said I was having a meter. They…
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My electricity meter is supplying two flats
Hello, I have discovered today that my electricity meter, which is in the entrance of my building, is supplying both my flat and the one below it. However it seems (although I have yet to see this with my own eyes) that this flat below then has its own separate meter, so effectively the electricity being used by the flat…
