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Energy

Archives for October 2010

Do Electricity companies have right of entry to a property or do they need a warrant?
My meter is in a communal area in the building where I live which is a Victorian terrace split into two flats. No payment has been made for electricity into my flat since the building was converted six years ago. The electricity company have suddenly realized that the meter – which is wrongly listed against the other flat…
First Utility V5 tariff
It was not surprising to see this tariff jump to No1 spot and left me wondering how many poor unsuspecting souls will fall for this as I did last year with their V2 version (Nov 09) when it was also top, which seemed reason enough to switch back then, only to see it plunge into oblivion later. How wrong I was with this…
Advice on getting cash back and switching supplier
Hi :) I am currently with Scottish Power for gas and electricity but looking at changing to EDF Energy as they are doing good cash back offer at the moment of £100 (plus £50 if you go through The Sun Cashback and swith both gas and electricity). Only thing is, my account with Scottish Power is just over £500 in credit. I…
Isis Solar - insurance question and repair isse
Got the contracts to sign here... Sceptical What happens if the wind should rip off a panel, and damage your roof? No mention of this in the insurance section And what happens if you need to repair your roof under the panels? This could get expensive imho
Carbon Monoxide alarm went off - help please
Hi guys, just wondering if anyone could give me any advise please. I have 2 gas appliances in my home, a cooker and a gas wall heater in the living room. Last night, soon after turning the heater off, my carbon monoxide alarm went off. I called British Gas and they came out very quickly and turned off my gas supply and…
Just Moved - so how do I switch?!
:(We've just moved into a new house and inherited both Gas and Electricity on a Swalec tarriff. We're pretty sure that we could get a better deal, but comparison sites ask for usage to work out the best deal but we have no idea what our usage would be for 12 months, as this house is bigger than our last. Does anyone have…
Scottish Power
Hi, Sorry if this has been asked before but I'm confused over my elecric tariff. My other half has been taking care of the elecric so far and when we moved to our place (about five months ago) Scottish Power took several moths to set up our DD and so. So we had a £200 bill with them already and they put us on a certain…
npower free fridges
what happened to the offer that was on money sving expert that npower were giving free fridges. i signed up but have not heard anything
EON Cancellation fee in last month ?
My EON online Fix 3 ends on 1st Dec. Since I will be away from mid Nov through Dec, I don't want them to put me on a standard rate, so I want to change to the Save online 4 tariff now using the online switch. Do you think they will charge me a cancellation fee to cancel in the last month ?
Reward Points on G & E ??
Can anyone tell me if the comparison websites take into account any reward schemes when suggesting the best priced tariffs - eg Tesco Clubcard on eon? Many thanks Linda
Electricity - wayleave agreement HELP
United Utilities want to do away with the over head electricity cables and put them underground through the centreof the village. But to supply my cottage and the two neighbouring ones they asked my neighbour to sign a wayleave agreement to agree to have external cables running up the side and along the eaves of her…
British Gas
Do british gas credit search new customers ?
Something good for a change
Changed from E.ON to EDF yesterday and yes they both have their up and down sides like every other company. Anyhow over the last 2 years I used this site for ideas to proof my victorian 3 story house and reduced my gas/electric bill from £120pcm to £66. I itroduced the usuage of old victorian fireplaces with free left over…
Moving into flat with prepayment meters......
I'm (hopefully) moving into a flat with prepayment gas and electricity meters soon - I know they suck but I won't be there long enough for it to be worth having them removed. What do I do ? Do I need to contact the supplier and tell them who I am etc or does it just keep working with the cards the previous tenant was…
Average Electricity Usage When House Empty
I was wondering if many people know what their average Watts is when they are out during the day. I have an electricity monitor that shows me what I am using, when everything is off and I head out to work it sits around 300 Watts. Is this similar to others?
Ovo meter readings
I have been with Ovo for about a month. I have received a recorded phone message from Npower asking for meter readings to be submitted either by phone or at https://www.myreadings.net. I have never received energy supplies from Npower but does it collect meter readings on behalf of Ovo?
E.on and moving
I am with E.on and my tariff is FixOnline8 and I am in the process of selling my house. What tariff will the people who purchase my house be put on if they decide to stay with E.on? They currently do not have gas and electricity accounts.
help! wrong gas meter readings
hi, ive looked about and cant find anything that helps, the story go's a little something like this we've been living in our flat now for 14 months and the gas meter was pointed out to us on moving in (very quickly, gas meter, point, electric meter, point) anyway the weather has washed the numbers off the meter lids so i…
Quickest time possible to switch suppliers
What is the absolute quickest time to change suppliers? It is usually quoted that it takes 4-8 weeks to change supplier, but having looked at a change I made last year to EDFenegy it only took 23 days from applying to EDF starting to supply. This was for a single fuel deal though. There Is a 14 days cooling off period but…
Economy 10(E10) rates - can I complain
I have an E10 meter (midlands) and cheap rate comes on 3 times over 24hrs. I have persuaded an energy company to charge me E7 rates as they dont give E10 - assume happy to get the business. Not all energy companies will allow this which is a shame as Scottish Energy has the cheapest e7 rates at the moment - would save over…

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