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Cheap first time gas & electricity suppliers
At the end of March I will be moving into a new 2nd floor 2 bed flat so I'm looking for the cheapest gas & electricity suppliers. The flat has gas central heating. Has anyone got any advice on the cheapest suppliers?? Thanks
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Fixed tariff ending, HELP!
Currently we are with E-on on Fix online 6, current bill @ £675 a year. Units 3614 kWh Electricity, 9922 kWh Gas. Mum can get the Age UK Price Protection tariff with E-on but it will work out nearly £200 more expensive. (I don't see how that is meant to benefit pensioners) How volatile are energy prices going to be this…
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Scottish Power Want excessive DD payments, can I complain to regulator ?
Over the Xmas/Ny period we got stuck without any Heating Oil because the oil companys claimed they were short of stock and could not arange transport in the cold weather etc, etc, etc. They also used this as an oportunity for profitering, ie 70% price increases, but I am sure thats covered elsewhere on here.:eek: However…
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3 Watt LED Vs50Watt Halogen
I have recently started to use 3Watt LED down-lighters in my home. I used to have 10X50Watt Halogen bulbs. This means instead of burning 50watts I only use 3Watts per bulb. This means that every 2 hours instead of using 1KWh I only use 30watts per hour. In winter time the kitchen lights are on for 6 hours a day, so this is…
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British gas- in credit/refund
Hi i am in credit with my electricity bill by £150 and have recently recieved a gas bill for which i am in debit by £200,i pay an agreed weekly amount for both,i have asked british gas if i can transfer my electricity credit to help pay towards the gas bill,they said this is not possible,as they would have to close both…
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cheapest time 2 use washing machine?
is it true that if you use your washing machine/dryer at night its cheaper? Does BG have cheaper times? Anything I can do to keep the price down when the meters come will help! cheers.
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heating bill
Hi, hope somebody can help me out there with this unusual situation. I split up with my girlfriend and some months after moving out was told that a big heating bill had been delievered to her's and it covered a period of time that I was living there. Sometime later, I took the bill under my name and in the process had…
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gas & elec help!
Hi there. I have a big prob with my gas & elec. I owe BG £700 for gas and £360 for elec. Due to my work dropping my hours I have struggled on making payments from Nov and they more or less told me if I dont agree to prepayment meters fitted we will brake in and charge you for putting them in... so... Today I phoned up and…
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Gas Bill Problem - No bill for 2 Years
Hello, I have reccently discovered that I hadnt actually been paying for the Gas at my property. Long story short, its been 2 1/2 years. I got in touch with the Npower after they sent a letter to me in the last week, saying they were supplying my property. (news to me, I thought I was with British Gas) Turns out Ive never…
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Feed In tariffs
I've been reading about feed in tariffs for wind turbines and find it astonisihing that the electricity companies sell electricity to me for 14p per unit and buy it from me for 30p plus per unit. In order to maximise my potential profit, is there anything to stop me attaching a small motor to a wind turbine to ensure that…
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british gas
recently found out that B.G have been charging me buisness rates for gas and electricity for the last 6months when it should have been domestic rates, when i asked them to re-bill me for the previous 6months using domestic rates they refused telling me that 99% of the time buisness rates are cheapier than domestic ones,…
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Gas Kw useage, new gas metre fitted
Moved into new house 31st Aug 2010. Just noted new meter installed June 2010. Three bed detatched one person resident. High winter bill. Have queried with Scottish Power. Have calculated that I use approx 1.33 Kw per hour use of gas if I have heating and hot water on. Been told that ! to 3 Kw is average day use. And that…
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How much might they be?
My friend and I are hoping to open a coffee shop in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex and would like to know approximately how much our itility bills might be. The footage is approx 1,000 sq ft. Is there anyone who could help us with this please?
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Eon - very helpful
Switched over last month and just had to phone customer services as the discounts I was meant to have were not shown. It seems I had 2 accounts rather than 1, for dual fuel. Sharon in CS had to call another dept and kept coming back to me when she was trying to get through, asking if I was ok holding, she was very…
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Energyhelpline and Uswitch Reps- Eon Final Bills
Could the two reps please give some guidance regarding the application of the Confidence Code. The situation referred to is contained in the following thread and concerns Eon's disallowance of discounts for final bills. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3044640 Many thanks.
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Elderly parents moved from Scottish power but..
This may be a bit long winded so I apologise. My parents had to move into a residential care home due to invalididty and therefore left a house to which both gas & electricity were supplied by Scottish Power. They gave final readings but were in credit and were subsequently refunded. Scottish Power have demanded that my…
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Scottish Power has withdrawn Online Energy 12 as of yesterday
I rang SP today to see if OLE 12 was available to current customers, and was told it has been withdrawn as of yesterday morning. I wanted the SP Capped June 2013 deal anyway, so I didnt challenge it.
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vailliant turbomax boiler....
So my boiler isn't ignited the whole time just when I turn on the hot taps etc. Is this normal? Will it ignite if I turn the heating on?
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Trouble getting vouchers from energy comparison site
Hi, has anyone had problems getting vouchers from simply switch for dual energy switch I went through the link that is on this website, I waited over 3 months and then tried to email, the email was returned to me. Then I called the company and I was told they would be with me by the end of January that would be 4 - 5…
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Prepayment Meter Charges
Hey Guys, I was hoping somebody could give me some advice or pointers regarding Prepayment meters. I've always thought I understood them, up until the past week, when it's all gone haywire. My home uses prepayment Gas and Electric: a card for gas, and a key-stick for electric. I need to top these up at co-op or similar.…
