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Eon colletions asking for too much money.
Hi I had a debt I was paying off with eon along with my bill p.m which was £63 and I missed a payment for one month due to financial difficulties. I'm currently out of work and have just had a DRO. I rang eon today and the collections person is saying they want me to pay £110 a month (which I can't afford) I said I'd pay…
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Uswitch ScottishPower lash up
If anyone is switching to SP watch out to make sure you get the right scheme. Below is the email received after I noticed an anomaly in SP's welcome email
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Am I better buying a 3kw or a 2kw rad?
Old rental property, poor condition, poorly insulated. Old (likely very inefficient) oil boiler in garage. We've just seen that we've used 250l of oil in a smidgeon over 2 weeks and the cold weather hasn't even properly kicked in yet.We can't keep that up so are looking for an alternative heat source. We have a calor gas…
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MSE News: Energy firms' profits soar, as they hike our prices
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Recent hikes have increased profits enjoyed by Britain's big energy firms to £125 per customer a year, from £15 in June ..." Read the full story: Energy firms' profits soar, as they hike our prices Thanks to Butterfly Brain for the original post, below I was…
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3-rate electric meter in my new flat!!
Hello Experts, I have recently moved to a new place and its fully electric with storage heaters. As the meter is kept locked by the flat maintenance company and we can ask them to get individual reading for flat. Now He has provided me three reading !! i.e rate-1, rate-2 and rate-3. I know of dual rate but never heard of…
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Cancellation fees upon house move
I'm likely to be in my current flat for 6-12 months, after which I will probably move elsewhere. I've been looking at switching gas / electricity supplier and a lot of the options are fixed price tariffs which have fees for early exit. My question is this: do these fees apply if you move house, or only when choosing to…
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New EDF Energy rewards scheme
As per the title.... Starts 20th October. Copy and paste this into your browser.....thankyous.edfenergy.com
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Problem with meter exchange switching from Economy 10 to Economy 7
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1 kilowatt electric
does anyone know how much 1 kilowatt of electricity costs please?
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NPower Online Account Managment
I have recently switched to NPower from Scottish Power, which went really quit smoothly. I try and submit monthly readings as I like to monitor my usage from month to month from both utilities, i.e. gas and electricity. I have now found that NPower do not do monthly usage and costs data it is done every six months when…
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MIL - Gas usage high....
MIL lives alone in an old house.... No central heating, gas cooker, gas fire (which she doesnt use much). Yet last quarter her gas bill was over £100. Looked on BG website and it seems she way over average for area. Any ideas what to do? Contacted BG but they want £200 to check the meter!
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Telephone "signed up contracts"?
It cannot be right that the utilities can start a contract over the phone which is then deemed to have been "signed up" to when no-one has put pen to paper and actually "sign up" for the utility to supply gas and/or electricity. Then unless the customer gets in touch with the utility company within 14 days this so-called…
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Switching virgin...help
How exciting I'm about to switch my energy supplier...getting in control of my life!! My quandary is whether I pay for a standing charge price or no standing charge!! I like the idea of paying for what I use only (even though the cost per kWh is higher). Any suggestions/advice.... muchly appreciated. :j
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Spark Energy gas bill showing 'Warrant £320' plus debt from past tenant..
My friend has been sent a gas bill from 30/01/2010 - 30/09/2011 They only moved in in May this year On the bill it shows a line as "Warrant £320" Any idea what the 'warrant' part is? Or how we can get this bill sorted so it only bills them for what they've used since they moved in? A meter reading was taken when they first…
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Gas/Electricity meter misreading - please help!
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I live in a shared house and am in control of the gas +electric bill. We've been with the same company for about 2years now, which was always fine before. Every 3 months we provide meter readings to check the direct debit is still in line etc. At some point - we've started to enter them…
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How prepared are you for the coming biting winter?
Just out of interest, how prepared are we all for the predicted biting winter? I have been carefully building up credit on our gas and electrcity accounts, more so the gas, and we are now £160 in credit on the electric and £320 on the gas, plus we pay £120 a month combined DD so we have plenty of cushion for if the mercury…
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Electricity consumption
Hi all. Sorry, it's another one of these...:o I'm with eon, 2 bed flat on E7, with 3 storage heaters in the property. I live alone, the flat is empty at least 5 days a week during the day whilst I am at work, I use the washine machine during the cheap rate a couple of times a week, and 1 hr hot water a day, also on the…
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Scottish power only 50% actual usage - the rest charges?
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone else has received a letter stating where your actual gas/elec charges come from? Mine has come this morning along with a massive bill that we cant pay and it states the following - THE COST OF YOUR BILL IS MORE THAN JUST THE PRICE OF ENERGY 50% Wholesale energy costs 20% Delivering…
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MSE News:Energy firms' tariff advice slammed
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Energy firms are giving poor information to people who ring up to switch providers, consumer lobby group Which? says ..." Read the full story: Energy firms' tariff advice slammed
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Meter Repair.
Who is responsible for the repair of the outdoor Electricity meter cupboard? The meter reader gave me some pins but they did not fit. I cannot close the cupboard without tape and still wind and rain soon loosens this and the door swings open. Thank you.
