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Can eon force me to change to a pre payment meter
Hi I'm currently with eon for both gas and electricity we fell behind with our bills because my wife had to take some time off work, we are behind by about £600. Three days ago my wife called them and explained the situation she told them we would be able to pay half the bill at the end of the month and was told that if we…
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British Gas Charging a Standard Order- Wtaht can I claim Back?
British Gas Charging a Standard Order CHARGE- Wtaht can I claim Back? Hi I am sending this on behalf of the company I work for. We took over a building back in 2006, where we used the gas for a periud of around 3 months (british gas came and took the meter readings as per the invoice). It now transpires, the gas invoice…
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Please Help! Spark Energy - No Bills
Hi I hope somebody can advise me what to do next about this and where I stand. We moved into our rented house just over a year ago now, we have not had an electricity bill. Shortly after moving in we tried to change our gas and electric to southern electric, and we received a bill for each from our last house so we assumed…
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I'm really trying to switch - confusion reigns
I'm just looking at switching on a variable monthly DD tarriff. uswitch state scottishpower online energy no standing charge will save me 22% Energy helpline state scottishower online energy saver 16 will save me 17%. Both are coming in the cheapest on their respective sites - is it the same tarriff? Moneysupermarket say…
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to fix or not to fix?
Recently seen TV ads from Npower and Scottish Power about the possibility of fixing rates till 2013. Not checked the smallprint though. Could it be that energy prices are actually expected to fall? - in the longer term anyway. Have seen contradictory speculation in the media.
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a question about ` rent a roof`
no , im not getting it - but had a thought `what if` the company supplying the scheme goes bust?
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E-on Gas Meter error - now backdating my bill
Just wondered whether anyone could advise where I stand. Just had a call from E-on about my gas supply and gas bill. Apparently they have just identified that there is an error with my meter - and as such, I have been billed incorrectly for the last 15 months - with some months having very low bill payments. I was…
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Stick with Storage Heaters on E7/E10 or replace with Electric heaters on std tariff?
Hi, I'm a first time poster on MSE. Having trawled through several threads and read through a lot of really good advice (thanks), I find myself stuck between a rock and a hard place. I've recently bought a 2 bed flat that has no gas, only electric. It has a total of 6 (20 yr old Creda) storage heaters (2 in Lounge, 1 in…
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Brit Gas quote £765 for power flush???
Hi, Really need advice as i sense i am being ripped off? problem we had was heating worked fine and rads operate ok....just we were getting lukewarm/warm water at best from all taps....never piping hot. british gas engineer came, after banging around on the hot water tank and trying to boil out any blockage - he said we…
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Put your solar panel questions to the Energy Saving Trust
Energy efficiency advice body the Energy Saving Trust has kindly agreed to answer your questions about solar panels (free & paid for) and feed-in tariffs. It will answer questions live on this thread at 10-11am on Tuesday 25 October, though do feel free to post your questions now. Click reply to post your question below…
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Fuel companies holding the poor to ransom
I tried to switch fuel companies yesterday after finding on uswitch we could save £372,i am currently paying through these prepaid metres as last winter i lost 6 weeks work due to snow and got behind on some bills anyway after 40 mins of phoning people and being given phone numbers to phone other people i eventualy was…
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Spill the beans... on your extreme energy saving tricks
Spill the beans... on your extreme energy saving tricks[IMGRIGHT]http://images.moneysavingexpert.com/images/spillthebeans2.gif[/IMGRIGHT] Do you stuff a pillow in your chimney? Line your curtains? Leave hot bath water for the family? We've all got tricks to cut bills, what are yours? [threadbanner] box [/threadbanner]
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Huge Electricity Bill. Incorrect meter reading??
Hello, I’m a little new to theis so first of all apologies if this is the incorrect location for this post. I have recently received an bill from my energy provider for combined gas and electricity. The bill included a statement that they were increasing my direct debits from £90 per month to £115. I checked the actual…
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moving in to a flat
hi all my daughter is moving in to a flat (as soon as we are allowed to buy it) its been rented out for last few years, so the owner says she does not know who supplies all the utilities etc i will change the door locks but how do i find out who supplies the utilites my daughters a student so need the internet, how would i…
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My home doesn't exist!
Moved into a newbuild a year ago. The builder didn't bother registering the houses as existing or as having any utilities. Took 2 months to get a postcode, 5 months to get a gas bill. Still don't officially have a water or sewerage supply (post on Water board about that) or, most worryingly, an electricity supply. Well,…
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Single Fuel Discounts
Looking around to change my supplier to save money. We are all electric ( got thoses stupid storage heaters ). My question is does anyone know of any supplier that will give me good discounts for a single fule. i can find discounts of about £40.00 ( pay by direct debit ), but for a dule fule customter it's £100 discount.…
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dual fuel single occupancy
I'm about to move into a new build 1 bed flat that's well insulated and has gas and electric. It'll only be myself in there and I don't anticipate high usage, especially on gas, as strangely enough it has an electric shower and I have a dishwasher, so the only time I anticipate using gas is when washing hands/cooking(which…
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Pulsa Coil A Class Boiler - Are we paying too much for our electricity?
I have just moved into 3 bedroom flat that is powered by Electricity Only. We have not used the heating yet but have just received a £200 bill for one month. We have a boiler that heats water as you go so not sure what is causing us to use this much power. About 1000 kw a month - is this normal? The electricity company is…
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Britains unite to fight back against exhorbitant Gas and Electricity prices.
If all persons stopped paying their Gas and Electricity bills by Direct Debit and do as i do:Namely wait until you receive your gas bill,then pay by cheque say three weeks later,thus dramatically cutting their cash flow,they might finally realize that we the general public,have had enough of their RIP OFF PRICES.Most Big…
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EDF Price Fix til 2014
Forgive me for being a bit clueless on this, but this is the first time i'll be paying the utilities myself, previously lived in sharewd houses etc. EDF are currently offering to fix their prices til 2014 with a £70 welcome bonus. I can see the plus side to this i.e. energy prices will no doubt go up so need to get in to…
