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Feel stupid asking
I use 2850kwh electric and 19700kwh gas per annum, with npower for leccy and BG for gas, trouble is the different comparison sites give different results, 1st utility seems to come up often, but I do recall OVO being ridiculously cheap until after contact they wanted £120 per month, I'm not interested in building credit…
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incorrect meter reading given by landlord
Hi I recently started renting a property where the landlords relative used to live when we moved in he took some meter readings and gave us some free units, he then phoned the energy company up to give them the final readings, I stayed with the same company to make it easy, anyway I've just taken a gas and electric…
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Bill of horror
Hi I've been billed by my landlord for £675.15 today broken down thus - 404.45 Electricity and 270.70 Water I moved into the property which is a two bed flat on 4th June this year and live in a property share with another tenant in the flat. The landlord lives in the flat below and the meters are in his basement, he put…
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Comparing costs.
Hi, I have just popped in here for some expert advice. Can someone direct me to a site where that tells me the cost per kw / therm please? I am on Scottish Power online Energy Saver 9 at the moment and see on their website that there is now Energy Saver 10 available. What I can't find is what the actual cost is, only…
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Is a deemed contract valid if your meter unavailable for others suppliers to see?
Hello everyone I moved into a business in 2007, it had 5 meters at the premises, only 1 belonged to me, the rest belonged to neighbouring shops. I signed up for a new electricity contract deal with edf as soon as I took over, only after running a check on all meters, to find the right meter. 2 years later I am contacted by…
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staying with ovo
Hi all, This is my very first post Ever! At present with ovo, I have been sent an E-mail stating my 12 months is up would i like to stay with them, the price is fixed again and hasn't moved much which also compares with comparison sites, (I put my kwh usage for year in). and appears to be a good deal. Do I qualify for £30…
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EDF have admitted to miss selling my contract- advise needed!
Hi EDF energy recently sold me over the phone their annual fix 4 tariff duel fuel, advising me that there was no standing charge. When the contract was posted to me and after I got round to reading it I noticed I had been miss sold the contract as there was a standing charge. When I complained about this I was told that I…
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Gas Central Heating being installed, but dont have any gas
Hi all Really looking for some help and advice. I went to my housing office and asked if I could get central heating installed. They have agreed to this and someone was out today advising me where a boiler would go and where the radiators would go and what I would be expected to move etc. He said I have gas pipes, so would…
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Standing charges?
Hi, I'm a bit confused atm (nothing unusal there). Currently with Southern Electric, paying no standing charge on my pre-payment meters. However saw my electric payments shoot up the last 4-5 months. So I've just started the process of changing suppliers to BG. I was on the understanding that they do not have standing…
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Electric help british gas took out my meter and left me with no electric
hi i want to know if there is any help i can get with the fact that i had my electric meter pulled out after i had rented my house to a criminal. i phoned british gas my electric and gas supplyer and told them that a crimial had bypassed the electric meter. they then came out to my house and pulled out the electric meter,…
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Think I'm going to get shafted :(
After finally opening the correspondence addressed to The Occupier (I thought it was junk) I found a baliff threat concerning a £378 electricity bill. I only recently moved in and it's not entirely my bill. The addressee suggests EDF don't know whose bill it is either. Anyway, just read the meter and found it's currently a…
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British gas
Hi Following news about British Gas price hikes. I had a phone call this lunchtime supposedly from British Gas saying they are now the cheapest providers did l want to change !!!!! Uhm No. Whats going on??:p
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Energy helpline doesn't work
Following the advice given here I contacted Energy helpline and went through the whole process of signing up with a new supplier. Absolutely nothing happened so I ended up contacting the supplier myself. My conclusion: Energy Helpline is useless.
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Condemed boiler, Cant get help!
My carbon monoxide alarm went off in the middle of the night and british gas has now condemed the boiler which is 15-20years old. I now have no hot water or heating and my wife is around 6 weeks pregnant. I am on a debt management plan and I was starting to get back on my feet with a very tight budget. I am unable to get…
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e.on 'leaving threat'.
My FixOnline Dual Fuel plan is coming to an end on 1st December. If I jump ship then I get hit with a dual fuel cancellation fee of £30 and I have just found out that I lose my FixOnline total discount of 21.4% on my final bill. As its a autumn/winter bill, this is quite a factor in moving to another supplier. Do other…
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Edf coming up tops. + will they do the same as British gas.
KWH based on mar09 >mar 10. Annual bill: £2,142.46 You are currently paying £1,066.38 a year for gas and £1,076.08 a year for electricity based on a consumption of 28962kWh for gas and 8814kWh for electricity with British Gas and Southern Electric. Online S@ver 7 Dual Fuel <LI class=rates>* Gas unit rates: £93.404 Annual…
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Changing to a DD - payment question
Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but I'm stumped. As part of the switch I mentioned in a previous thread I'm going to move from a Quarterly bill which I pay on my Credit Card (not an automated payment!) to monthly DD. Obviously though this means I need to make sure funds are available in my account to do so, and…
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Aldi power meter
Aldi have a plugin power meter for £8.99 available from this Sunday. www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_16305.htm
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npower
Unsure if anyone can help me. Basically I took a property in Sept, towards the end of the month. Now, its mid November and I have received a bill for £430. The property has four storage heaters, so two bills totalling the above amount in such a short period. I'm shocked. I in between changed to British Gas, so now am with…
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Gas pre-payment meter
With the new gas hike approaching .Iff i was to top up my meter before the price rise.Will any gas i have still be used at the old rate. I am assuming that the rate is programmed into the gas card when i top it up .
