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MSE News: Npower to raise energy prices
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Npower has announced a jump in its energy prices, making it the 5th of the big six to do so ..." Read the full story: Npower to raise energy prices
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Beat that Quote horrible service/ impossible to contact?
I have made another thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3399800 About the other issues I am having with switching from Scottish Power to EDF using Beat That Quote. I have been trying to get in touch with Beat That Quote, but they seem to not respond to emails and when I phone. This was the email I sent…
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What is the average cost of living in a 2 bedroom apartment in Manchester?
I am currently living with a friend who owns his own place, and so I just pay a monthly charge that covers rent, electric, water rates etc, but will be moving in with my girlfriend soon, and would like to get an idea of what the charges are (typically) for a 2 bedroom apartment with 2 people working office hours. Ignoring…
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MSE News: 100,000 EDF customers to be refunded after billing error
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Many of EDF's customers may have been overcharged, with the provider setting aside £200,000 in redress ..." Read the full story: 100,000 EDF customers to be refunded after billing error
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EDF energy customers overcharged (BBC)
From the BBC .... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14543728
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Will I get penalised for cancelling EDF Direct Debit?
I've tried calling - no answer, email has not yet been answered but they have put our DD up to £200 a month. We will not use that amount - certainly not at the moment - so we want to switch to quarterly and pay when the bill comes in. How can we do this? Do we have to tell them or can we cancel the DD and wait for them to…
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Fixed tariffs and prices hikes/ ways to cut energy bills.
I live in a rented flat with no double glazing and with storage heaters. The windows during the winter are terrible at keeping the heat in and we end up with a condensation problem. We have a catch 22 situation where we need the heat on to keep ourselves warm, but have to open the window to get rid of the condensation. The…
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Pre-payment gas meter question
Can someone please read this and see who is wrong please? I don't want to ring up and it's me who has got it wrong:o I had some problems with my gas pre-pay meter. It wouldn't let me top up and said "CALL HELP" This happened a couple of times, the engineer came and sorted it. Last time it happened, I tried to top up £15…
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Ebico? Anyone using them?
I've just compared my electricity as British gas are hiking their prices I'm on a prepayment meter and it came up with Ebico anyone ever heard of these or are using them? Any comments helpful many thanks Rhiannon xx:D
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Letters from Atlantic for £100 credit
Hi guys, This morning i recieved 2 letters from my energy provider Atlantic energy. One each for gas and electric. They both say: "We have credited your account with £100 to help you cover some of the extra energy you may have used over the winter. This will not be refunded to you as we will be sending a message to your…
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Meter Reading - nosey?
I’ve just tried to give a meter reading to a large utility company and the automated service transferred me to an operator whom asked me to confirm my account number – done, address – done and then my data of birth. I asked why they want my d.o.b. and received a reply twice for “data protection”. Is this usual? What…
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Gas Meaters
Hiya i have just had a pre paid gas meater fitted (never had one b4) my dd was £100 mt just for gas as i had a huge debt left by my ex who should of been paying the bills:mad::mad: The nice lady on the phone told me my use was £20 a week and £5 for debt so i thought well maybe if i have a meater and i see how much is been…
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Cheapest supplier for gas/elec key meter
Hello Can anyone tell me the cheapest gas / electric supplier for a key meter. I know the key meters are more expensive than normal billed meters but we would like to use them as a budgeting aid to avoid nasty shocks. We live in the north east of england. thanks.
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Switched from OVO to NPower *Now Regretting it*
Morning all, Recently switched my gas and electric from OVO to nPower and tbh I wish I didn't bother. OVO was charging me roughly £50 a month gas and electric which was fine for my 2 bed house, I started looking elsewhere after my year contract with OVO had ended and decided on nPower, after confirming how much gas and…
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nPower - confusing you into switching?
Hi there, I'm a newbie, so hope this is the right place for this post! I'm not sure how to take the incident I experienced today. nPower rep tried to confuse me into switching my supplier, and I'd like to complain about him, but I didn't get his name. He didn't actually tell me what he was trying to do i.e. get me to…
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Switching suppliers but currently in debit
Hi My mum is looking into switching providers for her electricity. She's currently with e-on (who have announced an 11% rise in September according to USwitch) and pays a monthly direct debit of £53.00 and is £66 in debit. Having gone on USwitch, I've found that NPower can supposedly save her £165 a year by switching…
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EDF New Tariffs Today (15th August)
Just checked EDFs website and Online Saver v12 and Fixed Saver v2 have been withdrawn and replaced with Fix for 2012 and Fixed Price 2014. Are these tariffs more expensive than the older ones i.e Fixed Saver v2 vs Fix for 2012?
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OVO Raises Electricity Prices But Lowers Gas Prices
"Ovo Energy raises electricity, but lowers gas prices Electricity prices up 5.49%, but gas costs down 3% Ovo Energy, one of the smaller energy companies, has offset an increase in its electricity costs with a surprise reduction in gas prices. The price changes are now in effect for both its energy tariffs - Ovo 'New…
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British Gas can't cope with dual fuel!
I have had nothing but problems since I signed up with B.G. in May, but the email I received yesterday takes the biscuit. I signed up for dual fuel, Websaver 4 online. as I wanted and exact bill each month. First month I got an estimated bill even though I submitted my reading within hours of getting their email asking fo…
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new homeowner
Hi there I have read alot of section on utilities today, but cannot seem to find anything for a new homeowner. I am not interesting in switching or using the comparison sites for finding a cheaper alternative - as I currently dont have a provider. I just want to find out the cheapest providers for water an electricity (no…
