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when to start switching?
Currently on EDF online version 5. From 31.03.11 goes to standard (about £500 a year more). There is cancellation charge before then. When do i switch? Now or wait a bit? Can i stay on this tarrif till the switch happens?
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Record breaking utility bills? Advice on renewables etc please
Ok, not actually for me but for my parents - I was horried to hear about this and really wanted to help for both financial and environmental reasons. For combined gas/electric they're paying £400 PER MONTH! Can anyone beat that? :eek: This isn't a one-off 'this winter' thing, it's what they've been paying direct debit…
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Quarterly Bill quandary...
I pay my Scottish Power gas bill quarterly. They send me the bill and I pay it without delay. And they have always arrived exactly when they should do - except for this quarter - it's several days late. My question, therefore, is should I chase them up or just wait until it appears? This has never happened before and I…
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EDF will only let me have a business tariff....is this right???
A communal hallway with 1 lightbulb (in a house containing 3 rented flats). I pay about £100 a year for this because EDF say this account for the one lightbulb has to be separate from the 3 flats and cannot be held in one persons name which means that it has to be a business account incurring higher tariffs. Is this…
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Final Account Refund Problem
Hi, Not sure if i'm posting this question in the right place but I'll give it a go!:huh: I've recently recieved a letter form my previous but one energy supplier informing me that when they settled my final account they refunded me the credit amount twice. They now inform me that they require me to pay this back, as this…
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Utility company payment request
Having moved into my new house last May, I transferred my British Gas account (gas & elec) to the new address immediately. There was a 6-8 week period while the providers were swapped over during which we were still being supplied by the last owners supplier (Southern Electric). Shortly after, a series of letters arrived…
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High Gas Bill on Empty Property
My deceased parents home has been up for sale since last summer and the property has been continuously empty. I spoke to the supplier, npower who advised me to move onto their standard d/d tariff. They set up a monthly d/d of £10 pm per utility as their would only be minimul usage. I activated the heating since the autumn…
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Switch to British Gas & get 10,000 FREE! Nectar Points
Hi all thought i would pass this on. If you switch both electricity & gas to British Gas you can collect 10,000 free nectar points (value £50). I switched over a week ago but havn't been changed over yet when i got the email about this. I phoned & said if i didn't get them i would cancel & they agreed to let me have them.…
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Comparing Historic Energy Prices
Hi, wondering if there is a way of calculating how much I would have paid in gas/leccy over the last two years had I been with a different supplier? I've just changed from a provider who was supposed to guarantee the lowest prices to a new firm who are significantly cheaper. I can use the new firms current prices to…
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Question about 'Energy Efficient' electric heaters
Hi, I just wondered whether anyone could enlighten or advise me on something. I've seen some halogen heaters advertised on the Independent newspaper site, and they're BOGOF. They're supposedly energy efficient and most importantly, hot. Now, The Indy is a very environmentally conscientious paper, so I'm more inclined to…
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Standard tariff rates from 2008
Can anyone advise if these are accurate standard tariff rates for 2008? Another poster suggested they seemed high even for standard tariff - how can I go about querying these? Electricity 18.89p each for 128 kWh of "normal primary units used" and 1275 kWh at 10.34p each for "secondary units used" Gas 382 kWh at 4.352p each…
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Utilities warehouse anyone?
Hi has anyone heard of the utilities warehouse???
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New House - Switch suppliers or stay?
Hi all, I know there are loads of suppliers out there and that now is a good time to switch, however i am unsure as what to do for the best. The previous occupiers were with B.G and quoted me £35 gas £55 electric monthly. But also said they were in credit (i dont know whether these amounts are based on them being in credit…
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Anyone know Scottish Powers email address?
Their website has sent me round in circles, i can not find a single email address to send to, regarding cancelling my contract on a cooldown period. Thanks.
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British Gas and Nectar
I'm sure everyone has seen the adverts recently - if you're a British Gas customer you can now earn Nectar points when you pay your bill... in theory! Has anyone managed to successfully link their accounts? I keep getting "our system is having a bit of trouble" messages every time I check my account. I phoned British Gas…
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Dodgy claim
I received a letter from eon, my electricity supplier, advising a price increase of "9% for the majority of standard residential customers". Being cautious I checked the figures supplied and found that the increase on primary units is 5.57% but on secondary units (which form around 80% of my usage volume) it is 14.7%. When…
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Gas meters - help!!
Hi, I have just moved into a flat, it has the pre-pay gas and electric meters in. The electric seems to be fine but the gas is costing a fortune and only been in the flat 6days! So far I have had to put on £20 gas and only £8 electric! The gas is through British Gas and the electric is through EDF Energy. A few people have…
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High gas usage - please help
I moved into the a 3 bedroom, semi-detatched house towards the beginning of January. There are 2 of us living in the house, and we both work 'normal' hours. As such, we have the hot water/central heating set to come on between 5.45 and 7.30, and from 16.30 to 22.30 during the week, and the morning timer a little bit longer…
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Most sensitive room thermostat ?
Hi My room thermostat has a span (difference between calling for heat and swtching off ) of 1 degree. As the rads still put out heat for a while after it has stopped calling for heat, the difference can actually be 1.5 or more degrees. Is it possible to buy more sensitive ones than this or this this the norm and I need to…
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Gas bill/ boiler/rad temp???
Hi I live in a large ish (108sqm) 3 bed mid terrace I have just topped up our loft insulation to around 300mm from 100mm we have solid Walls no cavity so can't insulate. My gas bill has averaged at around £100 per month for the last four months. I have installed a glowworm flexicom 35cxi combi bolier back in the summer. My…
