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If you rent: Get an Energy Performance Certificate before you accept
Hi all, After a sting on energy rates in a rental property I wanted to share this tip. If you rent a property, your landlord must legally provide you with an Energy Performance Certificate (ECP), which will grade the property in the same way that appliances like washing machines are graded these days, with grade A being…
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Standing charge on prepayment meter
Hi Does any one know of an energy company in Scotland, who do not charge a weekly standing charge on prepayment meters? I understand the tarriff may be higher though but it would really help if any one knows of one. Thanks :j
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Pre-Payment meter - help needed
I have a pre-payment gas meter, and know it isn't the most economical way to pay for our gas. However, I must admit I prefer paying as I go; I know I would struggle to find the two lump sums I would run up during the Winter quarters. I was told in the past - by both British Gas & Npower - that we're heavy gas users. My…
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Prepayment in rental property
Hello, My partner and I have seen a rental property we're interested in and before I call the estate agents to sort through the finer detail, I wanted to get your thoughts on the fact that the electricity is by prepayment... I believe that that prepayment used to be more expensive than metered supply, is this still the…
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Energy provider hiking my direct debit!
Scottish power have sent me an email saying I need to increase my DD to cover my usage costs, now I understand this would be neccesary if my DD was not covering my usage but I am currently paying £15 pcm above my usage costs and as a result been in credit for the past two months!!! The way I see it the winter is…
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energyhelpline.com - don't rely on it
I signed up to switch my electricity supplier to LOCO2 through the energyhelpline.com website on 5th July. They were offering a £15 cashback. I received a confirmation email the same day. Five weeks later, after hearing nothing, I contacted LOCO2 directly. They hadn't received anything from energyhelpline.com. I have now…
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Wrong meter point reference number
I moved into a new flat build about 3 years ago.I continued with the same gas supplier British Gas which the builder was using.I have since changed the supplier a number of times.My present supplier Eon has now told me that the MPR number being used belonged to another flat and that number is the one that was also used by…
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what to do ?? gas or electric
Our house at present only has electric on an economy 7 tarrif , no gas has ever been at the house . there is a small capped pipe near the electric meter but thats it . My question is , is it worth having gas supplied to the house and then central heating and combi boiler installed what with the price of gas rising more…
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Gas Arrears from previous property
I've just done credit check via Experian and everything seems ok except I owe £250 in gas bills from my previous address. As a result my credit rating is poor. I moved out in December of last year and mistakenly thought all bills were up to date. I have gone back checked my bank statements and the last bill payment was in…
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how am i meant to afford EDF bill :( do they offer any help?
i swear i have seen somewhere that if you are EDF and you cant afford to pay your bill, we can but we are struggling as they have charged us £460 quarterly, that there is people who will help you pay or something? we have said to eon we will go back to them as EDF are expensive, however they said we cant go to them until…
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smart energy british gas - electricity meter
Hi I have just moved house and we have to stay with british gas standard for 6-8 weeks. We are moving through to edf. I have the customer reference number through and have registered for an online account. Can I get an electricity meter through for free if I sign up to smart energy. Is this completly free with no tie in…
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Pre payment meters and debt!
I live in a small 1 bedroomed flat. Everything is electric, I rarely put the immersion heater on and I've not used the storage heaters during the summer months. I'm on income based job seekers allowance at the moment too. I currently have a huge debt with Eon (£1578.80 to be exact). Anyhow they are taking £8 a week to…
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Meters in external boxes.
Just a quick question. Doing some renovations and the meters will be moved to recessed boxes on the outside wall. Do national grid, the utility comapnies or do I have to supply the cabinet? Cheers for the experts on here.
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Arranging date to switch suppliers?
My dual fuel fixed price tariff runs out on 30 September 2011. I have checked some comparison sites and I'm almost certain which one (a fixed tariff again) I'd like and it's with a different dual fuel supplier. There is also cashback. When I enquired the 'new' supplier was very keen for me to sign up straight away assuring…
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Landlord telling us to move supplier
Been in a rented house for 3 months now, recently changed from npower to EOn for £83 per month for dual fuel. Had a letter this morning from the landlord saying that they are proposing all of their properties go to Southern Electric for their gas and electricity supply, that they have already set the ball rolling AND we…
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EDF Energy - no gas only option?
Uswitch tells me I can save £120 a year by switching to EDF Energy standard gas only tariff, because they haven't hiked prices yet unlike everyone else. But on uswitch and all the other comparison sites I can't switch online to EDF. So i tried their website, and all I can find is dual fuel or electricity only. Some big con…
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First flat!
Hello! I'm looking to move in with a 2 friends later this year but I need to make sure I can afford it first! I'm trying to make a plan but I cant seem to find figures for electricity, gas and water per month. All 3 of us have laptops which we use on a daily basis, I like the heat and we wont have a tumble dryer or…
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As gas prices fall for the gas companies who will start to reduces prices first and w
Anyone who watched Watchdog this week will have seen a report ,that the gas prices ,the suppliers pay had fallen dramatically. Has anyone any idea ,if and when the reductions will be passed back to us ,or won't they ???
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Mis-selling advice wanted
Approximately 8 - 10 months ago we were phoned and informed that if we changed our energy supplier we would save between £200 - £300 per year. I was thinking of changing supplier at that time, and although cynical of fervent promises of price savings, decided to go ahead, even though our supplier at the time offered us one…
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edf electricity - looking to change
Hi guys Ive sat down and worked out where I am spending too much a month and am hoping to cut bits down to suit Edf...I am currently on a prepayment meter, which I'd prefer to stay on if possible as I like to see how much I'm spending rather than the shock horror of a massive bill every 3 mths etc I seem to be topping it…
