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Negligible Usage?
Just a random quick question - just wondering the electric usage of various appliances - for example leaving the microwave plugged in, my new one has a clock on it so it must be using electricity to keep the clock running - is likely to equate to a lot over a month or is it pretty negligible? Likewise as for leaving the…
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Heating whilst away
Hi all, Moved into my first house this year. Will be away from it for 9/10 days over xmas. What should I do re the heating? In use currently do : 7:30-8:30, 5:30-9:30 would one hour each be suffice? thoughts?
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Should we switch to British Gas?
Hi there, Me and my partner currently receive dual fuel through Southern Electric, we are paying £20 a month for Gas and £15 for Electricity via direct debit and it's fair to say that most months, we are in credit. Now, the other day we had a lady from British Gas knock on our door, she said that she could match the prices…
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EDF Customer
Hi All i have been a edf customer for many years now, basically, i have been on a pre pay meter now for over a year, its proving very costly it seems. We have a 1 bed flat and at present are spending about £50 per week on the meter, i think this is excessive.£7 per week goes to outstanding monies owed.But i still think…
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Price comparison website manipulation.
Signed up last month to npower Sign Online 19 tariff which was the cheapest online, dual fuel online tariff on this website. Now I see that this isn't available anymore and that npower have moved onto Sign Online 20. Presumably npower started at Sign Online 1. Is there any evidence of the following;- that npower launch a…
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Penalty charge for leaving B. Gas
Hi, I was on a yearly fixed tariff for gas with British Gas for year 2010. A letter was sent out saying I would be moved to Fixed Tariff 2011 and I would not need to do anything. As far as I can recall the letter did not mention penalty charges if I wanted to move at a later date which I am now intending My question is can…
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Online comparison sites - incentives for new customers rather than switchers?
I have just bought a flat and completed last Friday. I need to hook up an electricity and gas supplier and I have tried looking for the best deal via a number of online comparison sites. The comparison websites list incentives for customers who are looking to switch but do not seem to cater for new customers. I am not…
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Gas bill over 2 years old
We've been in our rented house for 27 months and have only just received a gas bill. I've made many attempts to try and find out who our supplier was, to no avail. I seem to remember something about only having to pay for the last year. Is this true, and if so, how do I go about challenging British Gas?:snow_grin
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NPower Sign On-line 16 customer
hi all, I know Martin was excellent with his call on the price hikes but as we were already on an online tarrif, we thought we were A) immune from price hikes, and B) already on the cheapest for our home. I still believe this so this isn't a post about changing but more so on what the increase will mean so what i'm really…
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Heating kitchen with oven
OH and I have been cutting down on the heating a lot. He's now starting heating the kitchen by putting the oven on with the door open in the mornings. (I suspect that psychologically he thinks that because he isn't using the portable heaters, it somehow doesn't count.) When I talked to him about it, he reckons it's just as…
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Heating kitchen with oven
OH and I have been cutting down on the heating a lot. He's now starting heating the kitchen by putting the oven on with the door open in the mornings. (I suspect that psychologically he thinks that because he isn't using the portable heaters, it somehow doesn't count.) When I talked to him about it, he reckons it's just as…
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Overpaid electricity bill: options?
Hi all I recently moved and have utilities supplied by British Gas. So far we've had one leccy bill which I paid quickly as the due date was approaching, only to realise they'd estimated quite a bit higher than what we'd actually used (stupid not to check first I know, but I was in a hurry to sort pre-xmas finances an was…
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CONCILIA on behalf of United Utilities
I've received a debt recovery statement from a company named CONCILIA with regards to my water account with UNited Utilities. I couldn't find a website for this company, so I rang up United Utilities to get some details about my payments to them over the last year. Strangely, they refused to discuss my account with me…
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EON electricity Nightmare!
Hi Everyone, I need help! Starting from the beginning, Our Electricity was with British Gas and our Gas was with EON since about August/Semptember 08. Wanting to save money I moved both the gas and electric to Npower in August/September 10. Everything was fine until November when I got a letter from EON saying we owed £980…
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British gas - no gas
i had a meter changed on 13th dec .. i am on prepayment. The engineer couldn't transfer the details to the new meter so he said to ring British gas and ask for a new card meantime he put on £10 emergency .. so the card arrived thurs .. put in meter card not recognized or card fail so on the phone again sending new card out…
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Cheaper Tariffs for people with babies??
A friend of mine told me that certain utility providers gave discounts for low income families and people that have newborns. I have tried searching but can't seem to find anything. Has anyone else ever heard of this? Thanks
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Domestic hot water, immersion heater versus oil boiler
Currently experiencing dramatic increase in price of Kerosine. Apart from the price increase there is a waiting list for deliveries. I am wondering with the rising cost of kerosine (currently about £1/litre) when does it become more cost effective to use the immersion heater to heat our domestic hot water. Please if anyone…
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How to get the cheapest deal for a new house
Hi, We've been living abroad for a couple of years and renting out our flat. We're moving back in Feb and obviously want to get the best deal we can on utilities. Is it best to start afresh with someone new? Or to just change our names on the bills of the renters then switch? Feel very out of touch with how it all works…
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Gas Disconnected by Enterprise due to gas works, frozen water pipes
Hi All, as i away from home with work a lot at the moment, I have come across the problem with my house. Earlier this week, Enterprise disconnected my gas to replace the mains down the street. Unfortunately I was not in on the day to get it reconnected, and took the day off on Friday to be in to get it reconnected.…
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Switch from SSE to Atalantic Fixed
AT present am on dual fuel with Southern Electric but all switch sites suggest Eon will save us much money - however they haven't yet had their price increase so... decided to look at Fixed Rate. Atlantic come up best. Funnily enough they are part of SSE (Southern Electric!). Does any body have any words of wisdom for me…
