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£80 for 1 months Gas - this right?
Hello. I recently moved home, and immediately changed from the existing supplier to the supplier I was with at my old address, The process took about 1 month - from 6th November to 8th December. I've just had my 'final' bill from the original supplier of the property, and they're after almost £80 for the 1 months' usage.…
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First Large Gas Billed Advice Needed Please
Hi Moved into my first 2 bed room Masionette over the summer. Just had my second quarter gas bill. Came to £178.13 for the 22nd Sep - 22 December 92 Days £1.94 a day. Usage was 5260.33 KWH which was converted from 470 units. In your opnion is this quite high or pretty normal? We have gas hob and gas heating for water and…
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First big Gas bill has arrived
My first big gas bill has arrived. I pay £18 a month to EDF and the bill has come to £75 after all their piddly little discounts!! Has anyone else had their bills yet and were you shocked or quite pleased! I live on my own so I was shocked!! Heating is going off January 1st instead of March 1st!! mrs s
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Switching electricity suppliers?
Hi all Having finally woken up to the fact that I am paying too much for my electricity (I am on bottled gas), I am hoping to get some advice on switching from British Gas. To begin with, I am on the absolute bog-standard tariff, as below: Standard Electricity Tariff ( After 10 December 2010) Price per kilowatt hour (kWh)…
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British Gas Price rises
I am on BG Websaver 8 and received an email notifying me of the price rise taking place on 10 December. So, on 10 December I took meter readings for gas and electricity and submitted them online. A few days late I received an email saying that my bill was ready to view. This showed an estimated reading made on the 9th…
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Electricty Monitors
Hi all, Just plugged in my Npower electricity monitor. Have a laptop charging, one phone charging and a plasma TV on. (Plus our smoke alarm, clock on cooker, and boiler on standby) We're running at 0.355 kW/H which is much lower than I thought. Any tips on how to know what an average reading should be (I know it's how long…
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Utilities vouchers
I used the link on this site to switch my gas and electricity, and was promised some vouchers. I know it said it would be a while, but it was over three months ago I switched, has anyone else had problems?
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Revised bill from EDF
Hi MoneySavingExperts, I've just recently recieved my first bill from EDF based on estimated meter readings which are well over what I have actually used. Today, I have phoned EDF and got through to their automated system, where I submitted my actual meter readings. However, how do I request a revised bill? I have tried…
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British Gas - estimated energy smart bills??!!
Probably not a big deal to most people but I am not impressed with how British Gas issued their gas bill this month. Just wonder if any one of you have seen something similar? I am on Energy Smart so I need to submit my readings online on the same day every month. The bill cycle is per month and usually the bill will be…
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gas company complaint - advice welcome!
Dear All I was wondering if someone could advise. This is my situation: One recent morning we woke to the small of gas coming from the boiler. We immediately turned the gas supply off and phoned the emergency number. The emergency person arrived and subsequently advised of a leak near the pilot light within the boiler. He…
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New house - Gas & Elec on pre-pay meters - npower won't let us change..
Hi, I'm looking for some current advice.. My girlfriend and I have recently purchased our own home (Sept 2010) having lived together in rented accommodation for the past 3 years... We've always paid for Gas and Electricity via DD, and have never been late with a single payment (neither of us have any bad credit at all…
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Confused: E.on SaveOnline 4 or E.on EnergyPlan ?
E.ON SaveOnline 4 Product Benefits Our cheapest dual fuel offer With E.ON SaveOnline 4 your prices will always be at least 6% cheaper than our standard prices, right up to 15 January 2012. With online account management you have access to your energy account 24/7, giving you the flexibilty to pay bills over the internet,…
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Gas Leak
A couple of weeks ago British Gas came around and marked up in the street as there was a slow gas leak. It is apparently not priority but is scheduled to be fixed in the new year. A couple of days ago a neighbour across the road reported the smell again and someone has come out this morning. DH was coming back after taking…
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EOn FixOnline 9 is out
Fixed till March 2012, a bit cheaper than Price Protection May 2012, which has now lost any useful purpose, and should be withdrawn. Nothing like as low as FixOnline 8, though, so no thanks you. What a funny time to bring out a new tariff. We might increase the tariff in January, so grab a fix before we do kind of thing?…
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Over-charged for Gas
I was watching an item recently in the BBC's Rip off Britain series that dealt with overcharging for gas by one of the energy companies dating back to 2007. I think it was Powergen but I'm not sure. In the item it said that the company in question had agreed to re-imburse any customer affected and that this would be done…
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GAs Meter Change - anyone had MASSIVE increases after the change?
Hello We have lived in the same 3 bed mid-terrace for the past 6 years. We have an imperial meter. Our average 12 month usage for the first 5 years in this address has been between 9,600 and 11,200 KWh. (300 to 350 x 32) Our meter was changed in June 2010 by NPower - still an imperial meter but they had to change it "due…
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Can anyone understand their electricity bill from npower?
My latest bill from npower is the most confusing bill I have ever received. Nowhere on the bill does it state when the price is going up or what it is going up to. The table showing how my payment for the next 12 months has been calculated shows 10 levels of pricing. When I rang npower to ask for an explanation, they…
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Room Thermostat not working
Hi, I have also posted this thread in diy, but have posted here aswell as was not sure where to place it. Hi, Hoping someone can help / advise me. It appears my room thermostat situated in hallway is not working correctly, does not matter what the temperture of hallway is always clicks below 10 in the same place at all…
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Switching from Storage Heaters to GCH - good recommendations for Feltham, London
I currently live in a 3 bedroom house with 5 storage heaters. There is no gas and central heating (GCH), everything is electric. I have no gas line/main fitted in the property. I would like to switch to GCH. Can someone please advise on the following: (1) Who to contact to get a gas connection fitted - a list of good…
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EDF switch mess up
Hi, At the start of November I decided to switch to EDF for my electricity supply. Everything seemed to be going ok, no problems and I got a letter saying that the switch would be going through on the 20th of December. Great, as we're using heaps of electricity just now and EDF lower prices would be a godsend. However, a…
