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which fix should i go with?
When i comapre energy for the fixe rate, I come cross Ovo Energy new enery fix for a year, save £73 a year and ScottishPower capped price to 2012, which save -£24 a year. Which one should i go with a year or two years one in case the price going up?
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Safety advice - aimed at students but good for all
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Eco 20:20 EDF Switch to another provider?
Hello, I have an Economy 7 or Eco:20:20 meter at my flat. two meters for two different peeks. This is the most efficient way of running the electricity in my flat. Just wondering if anyone knows of other providers that are offering a better tarriff than EDFs Eco 20:20. Thanks
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Vulnerable energy customers
Has anyone any advice about energy companies that have decent deals and help for elderly and disabled customers. All companies have to have a Priority Service Register but I want to find companies that do more than they have to, any advice or info would be welcome. My intention is to avoid if possible the companies that…
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British Gas never collected DD despite 3 attempts to set it up
I am looking for advice on how to handle this. One year ago I had my pre-pay meter changed to a credit meter when I moved into my new flat. Around the same time I switched from EDF to BG to save money. I told BG I had a credit meter. I switched online. All seemed fine until they sent me a letter about my pre-payment meter.…
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repeated final bills from British gas
Hi, Around 3 or four years ago I had a knock at my door from a British Gas representitive who promised to lower our bills. I decided to swap over but soon realised that my bills went up, so swapped back to my previous supplier. Soon after, I got a final bill for gas from British Gas. I thought it odd as I knew that we had…
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Billing Advice - SOS - avoid Scottish Power...
Hi all, and SOS.. Hopefully someone can offer me some advice? Please see below complaint email which sums it up.. How can I get bills after 2.5 years of account closure? Anyone had similar issues at all? Thank you all for reading and any advice... - CL. Complaint email as follows: Dear Sir or Madam, Approximately 2 weeks…
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The most efficient heaters
With jack Frost nipping at the heels of summer my attention has turned to heating the home during the deepest parts of winter. We live in a ground floor maisonette with another property above us, and one each side, leaving the North and South sides exposed. Double glazed throughout Heavy set insulating curtains The…
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N Power Street Sales
Normally I don't let myself get caught by the sales people but as I hadn't much to do at lunchtime, and hadn't checked my tariffs with all the increases I let them do a comparison. At the outset I told the cheerful chappy that I wasn't going to be signing anything on the street but if he wanted to give me some prices I'd…
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New home owner (first time buyer)
Me and the good lady have finally bought our first house, it was a repo and the old suppliers was Brit Gas. The gas and elec are on and still with them at the minute but we are looking to move away for a better deal. (We are currently on the standard tariff). As we haven't used any fuel in the past how would I go about…
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Big increase in DD for electric
Hi, I am after a bit of advice, my past electric bills have been estimated, the last one was a meter reading and southern electric say we owe them £400, we have been paying £40 a month and they now want to increase our DD to £110 per month, I think this is unrealistic and cannot afford to pay this much, any advice would be…
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Back Billed due to incorrect meter readings!
We run a business were our warehouse electric meter has recently been switched over to one of the new digital meters. Just received a new bill covering the period since we had the meter installed along with back billing due to incorrect billing for our old meter. British G has billed us for almost £4k, they say that due to…
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EDF Energy ECO Manager, Sneaky?
Just about to signup for a free ECO manager. As i was filling the information in i spotted in big writing at the top. COMPLETING THIS FORM WILL TRANSFER YOUR ACCOUNTS ONTO OUR STANDARD TARIFF Not exactly FREE then...
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EDF Energy prepayment meter
Hi can someone help please? i have an edf energy prepay meter in my flat. they were the supplier before i moved in last october . they have £6 emergency credit, usually when it goes in emergency i top up £10 so i didn't notice this...but recently i've been trying to top like £6-7 but it's not enough to take it out of…
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Replacing a light, with a downlight - what price should I expect?
Hi. In my room I would like to replace my light with a recessed downlight. I have a basic light hanging from the ceiling, and I guess it requires a tiny bit of rewiring. I'm not confident to do this myself, and will have to get an electrician out for it. Before I start hunting around for one, do you have any ideas how much…
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Swith to online fix or online standard for Electricity and Gas
Hello All, I am paying too much for both of my bills with Atlantic. I am thinking about swithch. Which one should i choose? online fix or online stanard? I am in IG11 area. Thanks
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Gas Supply - Please Help!
I moved into a rented property at the end of August and I phoned Swalec to have my supply with them (I was with them at my previous student place). Swalec said they would contact British Gas and sort everything out, however, everything is still far from being sorted. Basically the electric isnt really a problem (except…
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Converting my usage !
Hi Guys I am sure its been asked before... I am trying to compare rates etc , we are with Atlantic... They now write to you to say what your 12 month usage was etc and what they expect you to use etc.....but just looking at my Gas bill , i cant work out what the usage is , as i know average Gas consumption is about…
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Gas and Electric to a new house
Getting a brand new house - so I'm presuming we get to choose the supplier of gas and electric before we move in. Most of the threads i've seen on here are about changing suppliers and tarrifs. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on who to go with from the start? Both work all day mon - fri and in at the weekends, so…
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Underfloor Heating Cover
MSE has a web page dedicated to boiler & central heating cover but it says nothing about underfloor heating cover. We know a lot of people with some sort of underfloor heating but we just cannot find anyone who will provide annual cover for that type of heating. For example, Domestic & General provide all levels of cover…
