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Gas bill - £170 December-March - is this normal?
Hi I've just submitted our meter readings to Scottish Power and they've calculated our bill as being £75 for electricity and £170 for mid December - yesterday. I was shocked, but is this normal? We live in a 3 bed semi house which is of BISF construction (a sort of prefab). We have 8 radiators. We don't have the heating on…
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Best value heater?
I have a small porch which has no heating and I was wondering if anyone can recommend the most economical way of heating it? A gas radiator isn't an option. Thanks.
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Can i cancel direct debit ?
Hi, I in the process of joining british gas,Due to supply me tuesday this week. I am wondering if i can cancel my direct debit with scottish power now. I last had a bill with scottish power at the end of january and i am £100 in credit now that my february payment has been added to my account. I know that my six weeks…
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WARNING - comparison sites incorrect pricing for Scottish Power
Be aware that if you are on the Scottish Power Online Energy Saver 9 Tariff that the pricing comparison sites are inaccurate come 1st April 2011 so you should not base your decision to stay with this tariff on the data from the websites at the moment. Try the following: Work out your consumption based on current tariff. Go…
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Ways to cut electricity consumption?
I am moving house in 5 weeks time and due to the fact it is much bigger than my current home I am looking to keep my bills as low as is possible. Insulation etc should help and be ok as it is a new build and so I am looking for ways to save on appliances usage. The heating system is a amptec not sure if it is economy 7 or…
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Is this OK for my electric bill?
I am an early retiree through ill health so my home budget is very tight. I want to spend as little as possibel but do need to keep warm as I am trapped in the home rather a lot. I live in a two double bedroomed house (about 750 square feet), end terrace, with no gas so electric storage heaters on ground foor and panels…
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ADVICE for newbie pls on gas/elec bills
******WARNING FIRST TIME HOME OWNER********* ADVICE PLEASE hi looking for some advice before I decide on IF to switch and when to switch. 1 I'm currently with one company for my gas and electricity 2 I used to have economy 7 heaters but now I don't. Do I need to let the electricity company know? or will charges still be…
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Help!!
Last week I received a bill from my Gas and Electricity supplier, it was around £300 for gas used between Nov 2010 and Feb 2011. I sent a meter reading in a few days before this bill was received as they had requested it. At the end of the week I received a re-assessed gas bill for £1030.00. I emailed them to ask why this…
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British Gas Homecare
Hi, I'm new to this forum thing - please bear with me :) I was wondering if anyone had any advice, I have had Homecare cover with British Gas for few years now and not had any problems up until end of last year in November when my yearly service was due I ended up having my appointment cancelled and re-arranged 4 times,…
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funny issue with prepay gas meter
We have a Landis+GYR meter which is similar to a siemans meter. For most of the time the display is blank which is fine but when we press the A button to check the balance or insert card to add credit etc all we get is a lit up screen and maybe a few beeps. All we can do is just leave it and wait for it to correct itself.…
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E.ON switching
I still seem to be in the middle of switching from Atlantic to E.ON from an application I made in January. The electric completed with a final bill from Atlantic a couple of weeks ago but there dosen't seem to be any sign of the gas moving over (although the account has been created according to my E.ON login). Typically,…
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Scottish Power Online system problems
Are you having problems with the Scottish Power online system? 8 weeks ago i received an email asking for meter readings. This was 8 weeks early but i did as requested only to find i could not enter the readings. I queried this and was told to ignore the request, they were having some problems. They actually logged it as a…
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Transfering Accounts - What Happens To Payments In Credit?
Thanks to EDF applying a standing charge to their bills, I have just applied to transfer my accounts to Ebico. Having read my meters and looked at my EDF account online, I reckon I am about £40 in credit with my DD payments. Will EDF pay this back to me or give it to Ebico? Also, should I remove the EDF DD from my bank…
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Is Landlords liable for unpaid bill for gas/electric supply
Hi, I'm after some advice. I've recently received a letter from debt collectors on behalf of United Utilities for a unpaid gas and electric bill for a month in which the property I rent out was empty between tenants. Its for £107. I wasn't even aware that the supply has been transfered to them (in breach contract) by…
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British Gas Standard Rates Tier 1 & 2 Questions
Hi all, How are the Tier 1 & 2 worked out on British Gas Standard. I am trying to work out how much i have used in Gas and Elec for the last week due to moving to a credit meter from pre payment and the excel sheet i am using to do this does not compare to what the UKpower website says. It Says on the Gas on the BG site…
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Broken Gas Meter
We moved in a year ago and noticed the meter is broken when ringing to give the reading. Advised the Gas company that its broken. So far we've received and estimated bill, and an Actual bill. The actual bill was £0, we rand the gas company again and advised the meter is broken. The actual bill was from a meter reading not…
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help interpreting gas bill
Just got an astronomical gas bill from nPower that makes no sense: 24/08/10 - 6958 Customer reading 06/11/10 - 7002 Actual 06/11/10 - 0 Actual 03/01/11 - 432 Estimate 05/03/11 - 914 Actual When we moved in, the inventory clerk did the reading and that's the number we gave to nPower. When we read the meter last week, it…
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E.on - Chasing me for a debt for a supply that I've never used
Hey, I'm hoping someone can help me here as I have only recently been living away from home and am not too clued up on these sort of issues! June of last year I was contacted via an E.on representative over the phone asking if I'd like to switch suppliers (from Southern Electric). It was a much better deal than the one I…
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Independent Programmable Radiator Valves for Gas Radiators ?
Hi there After CRAZY gas bills the last few months (£100 a month!) I am looking to purchase some programmable radiator valves for my Gas central heating radiators. We live in a two story house and I work from home. I work on the ground floor, so only need to heat the ground floor during the day. I want radiators in all…
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EON-I don't get it!!Rented property/debt collecting procedures
I don't know if it's me,but I don't get this! I have been told that when my tenant moved out of our house,Eon will automatically default to to the house address to send correspondance to. This makes no sense to me. As a landlord,I don't live at the property.A tenant moves out,another moves in straightaway. Eon think I owe…
