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EON: Price increase announced.
Just heard this on Radio 5 Live. Electricity up by 9% Gas up by 3 % From BBC website:- Customers of energy firm E.On will see a 9% increase in electricity prices and a 3% rise in gas prices from 4 February. The supplier said it had "no option" but to raise prices owing to the wholesale cost of energy.
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Help - British Gas want to charge me £325 a month
Hi folks, need all your help before i blow my lid at british gas for being compeltey stupid due to christmas and me losing my wallet just before, i cancelled all my cards and DD as wasnt sure where i had lost it, and didnt want to get any charges, so rang my elec suppiler british gas to set back up my DD which was £65 per…
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HELP! Excessive electricity consumption
Hi all - have just moved into a new property - it's a 4 bedroom with all electric (no gas or oil). 2 adults 2 children. We've had a problem with the imersion heater so have been liasing with the electricity board - it transpires we've used almost 2500 units over 3 week - equating to about £350 worth of electric! We have…
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Changing to Scottish Power
Someone needs to stop me within 24 hours if I am making the wrong decision. On both accounts (Leccy + Gas as a Duel Fuel) or Leccy on its own, Scottish Power is coming up trumps. Currently we are using EON (Standard Plan) for Electricity and British Gas (Standard Plan) for Gas Uswitch is telling me the SP is the one to go…
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Storage heaters and Southern Electric FlexiHeat
Hi guys, My first post here. We've just moved in to a rented flat, and I'm completely new to the concept of storage heaters although I'm doing a lot of research on them. We have the Southern Electric FlexiHeat tarriff which defines the 'stored heat' charge as off-peak electricity between 7:30pm and 7:30am - I guess the…
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EDF gas billing dispute/court action
Hi all, just wanted to give my account and see if anyone can help!So here it goes:when I moved in I phoned EDF and told them so they reset the bills-yet I definitely did not give them new meter readings as i was not aware. Once a gas reader attended my premises but could not see the meter dial as it was badly situated and…
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who can I switch to?
we have our gas and electricity with npower and we are paying an fortune ( as is everyone im sure) the reason its so bad is our ds is severely disabled and is at home almost all the time having therapy. we want to switch to a cheaper supplier and I tried to do this with Scottish Power but after about 6 weeks they wrote to…
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New boiler - who is best supplier
I know nothing of what boilers cost, have had one quote, and waiting for british gas to quoteon Weds. Currently have back boiler in living room with old gas fire, need new combi boiler fitted in kitchen and old water tank,gas fire etc removing.. I want instant hot water, and not to be ripped off. Any advice ??
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Apartment - All Electric. Advice re: Water Heating Please...
Hi Everyone, I recently moved in to a 2 bed apartment. It is all electric - no gas. I am a little confused regarding the water heating... It was built by David Wilson in 2006. In the hall there is a airing cupboard. It has a large water tank and 1 small water tank. In this cupboard there are 2 switches here which are just…
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Moving into new house, want new supplier, but T&C's seem to say must use old supplier
We are completing the purchase, and moving into, our new home in 3 days time. We are staying with friends, as we sold our old house last month, so have no current elec/gas supplier. The property is currently supplied by EDF, but the comparison sites tell us that we can save about £300 a year by switching to Scottish…
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Supplier thinks I've used more than I have
I moved from EDF to ScottishPower after moving into a flat and was sent a final gas bill from EDF. The estimated reading was ~3x more than I'd used but after calling EDF they said its ScottishPower's responsibility to give them a reading and that I'd still have to pay the bill. The difference between what I'd used and what…
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First Utility being Investigated By OFGEM
Here is a article any potential F.U customers might like to read, posted in the Sunday Telegraph on the 9 Jan 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/8247840/First-Utility-failing-to-protect-vulnerable.html Let us hope that the regulator hits them hard, and Morgan Stanley withdraws the…
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EDF really are Stupid
Hmm. Could this be the final straw? After switching to EDF on 5th dec then stressing all over xmas and new year because I hadn't heard anything and suspected (rightly) that the switch hadn't gone through... Sending four emails (after failing to get through on phone after holding for what seemed like eternity only to get…
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British Gas miscellaneous adjustment?
Got given £20 misc adjustments by British Gas on 31 Dec on each of gas and elec accounts. Anyone know why I got this? Did anyone else get it?
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£400 bill for 4 months for gas/electric for 3 bedroom house - is this right?
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone could share their wisdom quickly - this is the first time I've lived in a house instead of a flat so I have no idea what the gas & electric bills should be realistically. From 1st Sept - 9th Jan, our gas & electric bills have come through as follows for a 3 double bedroomed/double story house.…
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Is this right?
hi everyone :) i received my electricity bill yesterday and from Jun 10 - Sep 10 the bill was £48.00 and the bill for Sep 10 - Jan 02 was 22p!! i have snakes and geckos that have lights and heat mats on all day, a fish tank that is on all day, plus the tv and xbox are always on etc etc!?
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changing from prepayment to dry meters for Gas and Leccy
Currently have both electricity and gas from Scottish Gas both on pre-payment meters. I wonder if anyone could advise me about dry meters and duel fuel payments by direct debit, Is this more economical? If I was to do this would I need to make a payment up-front before dry meters were installed?. Just to add i have no debt…
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Economy 7 scam
JUST PURCHASED AN ENERGY MONITOR,I NOTICED SATUDAY NIGHT THAT MY ECONOMY 7 SWITCHED ON AT 10.30 PM,WATCHED A FILM AND AT 12,30 THE ECONOMY 7 SWITCHED OFF I CHECKED THE METERS AND SWITCHES NOTHING UNTO WARD,AT 2.30 THE ECONOMY 7 CAME BACK ON.THE THING IS MY WASHER AND DRYER WHICH i SWITCHED ON AT MIDNIGHT TO BENEFIT THE…
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British Gas PrePay - whats the minimum you can topup?
I've currently used all my gas & emergency £5 gas. :( When I put the card in the machine it says my balance on card is £0.00, there is no emergency credit and I owe £2.03!?! Anyway can someone please tell me what is the minimum I need to topup to get the gas working (even if it has to go back in to emergency credit) thanks
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British Gas Central Heating Power Flush
This is what happened recently to a 90 year old widower near Oxford. He subscribes to Homecare 400. Just after Christmas the boiler stopped working and an emergency call was made to BG, they were not able to respond for nearly a week due to the number of call outs, they missed his first appointment and did not bother to…
