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Archives for September 2010

Cheapest Gas and Electricity for Students?
Hey guys I've just moved into a terrace house with 5 other students, I need some help choosing and energy company for our gas and electricity. We will probably use a large amount of electricity of the year due to the fact that we all have laptops, desktops and sound systems. However I think our gas usage might be quite low…
Incorrect gas safety certificate
Hi I have recently purchased a property and insisted a gas safety certificate be provided. The vendor did so with no issues so I was happy. 5 months on I have decided to service our boiler and the engineer found that the pipes from the gash meter around the house are too small and the pressure is far to low in the system.…
Discount due to end, when should I switch?
Hi, My discounted elec and gas with eon is due to finish at the end of November. When is the right time to switch my suppliers (assuming it is cheaper to do so?) Last time I changed suppliers it took 6 weeks to go from one to the other. If I wait untill the date my discount finishes then I will pay the standard eon rate…
Buying new fire - need advise please
We have an electric fire set into a fire surround, we want to replace the electric fire and keep the surround but we are confused about the sizes. The fire pulls out of the surround easily so we took the measurements of the space and then looked on the b&q website at "electric inset fires" but they all have different…
British Gas to offer Nectar points
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2010/29/c6183.html
Is now a good time to switch ?
I am with Southern Electric. Not the cheapest supplier. I pay £81 a month for duel fuel. I have done a search on the comparison sites and I could save around £175 a year if I switch to N Power or E-On. Trouble is: 1) There are complaints here about both companies. 2) Will prices rise or not this winter. last time we were…
Eco Heaters
Boiler system has bit the Schnitzel and its time to upgrade. Not overly keen on the radiator/ boiler system that it seems i am doomed to receive. I have looked into the Eco Heater panel system thing and it seems ok...now i have to convince the wife that its viable, eco and cheap on the electric use front. Has anyone got…
Swapping Gas & Elec Suppliers personally.
Morning all, My situation at the moment is that my current supplier EDF are, and have been for 2 years, billing me incorrectly. There has obviously been a mix up, and the meter serial numbers do not correspond to the house numbers, hence my incorrect bills. I have previously informed them of this, but still no change. The…
Old utility bills
I have recently been contacted regarding an eon / powergen gas and electric bill from over 3 years ago. I have never been contacted regarding this before and am struggling to find evidence of receiving the bill or any meter readings from this property (rented property). What should i do?
Which tariff for a landlord?
New LL just wondering what to do about the utilities. Do tenants choose their own supplier, should I just get the best online deal or install a prepayment meter? Thanking you all in anticipation.
New Electric meter, is it faulty?
Hi Guys, About 6 months ago Npower installed a new electric meter, when I received my latest bill, I had used 500 units more than the estimated bill and double the units compared to the same period last year. There as been no substantial increase in usage. Could there be anyway the meter is not set proper and is there…
Eon put us on the wrong tariff
Hello, We've been a bit disorganised and only just realised that Eon have put us on their standard tariff since we moved house about 1.5 years ago. In our property before we were on the online tariff but did not close the a/c as far as we remember. We thought we'd changed the address but were on the same tariff. GF called…
Check your E-ON Elect bill for overcharging
Have just received my e-on electric bill and noticed that they have charged me from 15 June to 16 Sept 96 days standing charge @ 9.16p per day, The correct figure should be 93 Days, although to me a insignificant figure of 27.48 pence spread it across e-ons 45 million customers it is a very much more a significant amount…
EON if you give a meeting reading online they still use the estimated !
I signed up to use EON's online system so I could enter my own readings when they wanted them, all fine I thought I'm helping them out and my bills should be spot on. I was wrong it seems from Jul this year onwards if you give them a meeting reading online they can choose to ignore it and still go with there estimated…
Urgent help needed gas disconnection threatened
Hi Just looking for some advice. I have received a notice of warrant for an unpaid gas bill going back to march of this year. the reason i wasnt paying the bill is because southern electric who i have been paying for over 3 years supply me with both gas and electric. Everything was fine until in jan of this year i received…
Prepay or not???
Bear with me, first ever post! Can anyone give me some advice, got cold called by Edf Energy and signed up a bit hastely as i mentioned i wanted to change to a bill and he said its free to change after 28 days with them on prepay. Im on a prepayment key meter with British Gas and wanted to change to a bill because i…
EON Service Contract No Service
I appreciate that this is a busy time with many boilers requiring attention but I cannot help but feel that I have made a grave mistake switching from British Gas to EON. My sister who lives very close by had to call in British Gas Sunday 19th and they were apologetic the 1st appointment was Tuesday 21st. On Wednesday my…
Npower>>>good or bad?
Hi, I am thinking of switching my dual fuel supply from British gas to NPower. Can anyone give me any info about their experiences with NPower?? I have heard mixed reviews & I`m not sure what to do. Many thanks
Bills query please help :)
Hi everyone Please can you give me a rough estimate on gas and electricity bills a month or however they normally come ie, quarterly as me and my boyfriend are looking into moving into a 1 bedroom flat and we are unsure of utility bills. Can anyone help thankyou lucy
Gas and electic supplier for a person on benefits.
I remember reading on here some time back about special tariffs for those on certain benefits. A friend of mine is about to become house bound after surgery and will be on IB for some considerable time. I mentioned about being able to save money on her heating bill but I can't remember which suppliers do this. :o She is…

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