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Solar Power
Hello :hello: Sorry if this has been previously posted but i am wondering if anyone has any idea how much i would be looking at paying for a conversion to solar power? I currently have a back boiler and looking to replace and looking to the future a solar power system may work out better so if anyone has had this done a…
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standing charge
do brittish Gas have a standing charge for electricity?
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Debt on Scottish Power Pre-Payment Meter
I have just moved into a new house which has a Scottish power pre-payment meter for its gas supply. I am getting this changed over to a normal gas bill but it will take a while. In the meantime I am pre-paying for the gas. Each time I put money on the card (a new card from Scottish Power as we are new owners) it takes a…
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heating help please
We have storage heaters and they are on econoomy 7. They have never been particularly cheap to run. Our bills are at the minute between £70 and £140 per month with British Gas, which is working out cheaper than other suppliers we were on However, in this cold patch we've just had, we've been trying to keep the house warm…
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Prepayment meter hell!
I have recently moved into a new property and it has prepayment for both gas and electricity with npower. I have asked to switch to monthy direct debit but have been told, not politely, that I am not eligible as a new customer and have to have prepay for a year in case I run off without paying? I have a good credit score…
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Eon online management
Just entered my meter readings as I do at the end of every month. This time instead of just saying thank you for your readings, it gave me a revised note of my credit and asked if I wanted a bill created although this isn't the normal time for a quarterly bill. Is this a new thing? Does it basically mean I can produce a…
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Power was cut off and now no heat - help!
I live in a one-bedroom flat with three Economy 7 storage heaters. We have a prepayment meter with Scottish Power. I went away for a few days at Christmas and when I got back our meter was empty (boyfriend forgot to top it up and then went to work and supply was cut off during the day) and the lights wouldn't switch on…
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Dimplex DuoHeat Radiators - how do you find them?
Hello. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of these radiators from Dimplex. Although it has taken a while, I understand the workings of the radiator but would like to know about heat retention. How long does the stored heat last? Is the house still warm, say, after six o'clock? How do people find them generally?…
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Compare, help please
I'm looking for cheaper Electricity than British Gas for prepay. Been using the compare sites and notices a fault I think. I put in I use £60.00 a month for Lecy, it says i spend around £100 per month. My use is £15.00 per week, therefore £60.00 per month. Add the £1.80 a week charge thats £12.60 per month. Therefore in…
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Npower January 2011 60% price HIKE
Hi I am Npower customer on the Web15 online tarrif. Having been informed by letter in mid december that Npower was increasing my tarrif inline i presumed with other current suppliers IE 5% or there abouts in january, imagine my suprise a week later when the second letter arrived telling me my new tarrif would by increased…
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E7 v Standard rate electricity
Hello, My first post to what looks like an excellent website! I have just moved house (3 months ago) and am looking to switch electricity suppliers after receiving my first 1/4 bill. (I do not have gas at the property) I have an economy 7 meter and doing the maths in the last 1/4 I used 32% on E7 and the rest on standard…
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Flexicare300 & annual servicing
Has anyone been able to get British Gas to fulfil the terms of their contract IN FULL? Boiler service fine but anything else had to be a callout because minor fault repair was refused (and hence £50 charge would apply)....ironically, the same engineer would come back and repair said fault! My understanding of my £15 per…
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eon central heating care plan and customer service...no thanks !
After noticing that you have an eon representative on here i couldnt wait to post this msg and warn potential users of this service of the many and varied pitfalls you WILL encounter ! My mother has the £16 per month care plan and woke on the 21st dec to find her central heating wasnt working. She called eon at 9.30am and…
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Am I on track?
I sent a meter reading to eon yesterday, to cover the period September 30 to December 28. My last reading in September was also an actual meter reading, not estimated. I pay £54 a month DD. When my bill came back yesterday it shows that I am now £56 in credit. I am very relieved as for the past two weeks the heating has…
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Advice Please!!
Hi just wondered if anyone could help, my husband is in the forces and we moved over from Germany in November. Our house in the UK is 3 bed - only a yr old. We got our first bill last week which had been estimated both electric and gas was £50.39. Thought I better check the readings and the gas reading was way out, when I…
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E7 v Standard rate
Just done comparison site review and had a bit of a surprise. Based on my annual consumption of 16944 units pa for an all electric home, the results mean I will be staying on E7 as opposed to my original plan of wireless controlled panel heaters. From comparison site cheapest E7 Scott Power online energy saver12 total cost…
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Electric heater in one room vs centrally heated whole house
Hi all I live in a 2 bed plus box room semi detatched house. Over the past month, because of how necessary it's been to have the heating on, I've been trying to work out whether it is more cost effective to have my electric eco heater on in the one room I use during the daytime, or to have the central heating on throughout…
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Do they all do this?
I had an npower combined bill. I phoned up with a reading for one fuel and was asked for a reading for the other one. I said that their estimate was fine but they were pushy, so I gave a reading. I've now had a revised bill which has been increased by £20 for an extra 5 units. When I queried this, they said that this was…
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Beware of Scottish Power Telephone Sales Personel Offering New Fixed/Capped Contract.
In November I switched from Scottish Powers Fixed Price Energy Online 2011 package to another provider saving a progected £90 a year. Yesterday afternoon I was called out of the blue by a Scottish Power rep who offered me their new fixed until December 2012 price package. He informed me of the rates for gas and electricity…
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First Utility – A different question
I know there has been some lengthy discussions regarding the poor quality of service offered by First Utility on this forum. I am thinking about switching to them, purely on cost grounds, but I wanted some very specific feedback from customers that have been with them for some time. So, if you have been on their iSave Dual…