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What's your central heating timer settings?
Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to reduce my gas/elec bills by using my heating more conservatively. The days are gone now I could switch it on and off when I felt a bit chilly. Now that the kids have grown up and left home I don't feel the need to have the heating on as much. I usually walk around in the day with a…
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No electric bill for 11 months. Where do i stand legally?
Hi everyone any help greatly appreciated with this problem. I moved in to a new property 11 months ago and i have not yet received an electric bill. I live in a property that does not use gas, so it is electric for everything, heating , cooking, etc When i moved in i contacted EDF energy to tell them my meter readings,…
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High night time electric consumption?
Hi Hoping that someone on the forum may have experienced the same issue or can shed some light on this... My parents received their electric bill, which was doubled from the previous quarter, they were expecting some increase due to prices rises (EON) but not double! Therefore we decided to investigate... According to the…
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Swalec don't like my meter readings any more
OK, in the summer we don't use much gas. I think it is fairly typical thing that most people would agree on. We have an electric shower too, so the only time the boiler comes on is to heat up some water. When I entered the last gas reading online, some message comes up saying that 'an expert will take a look at it and your…
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Cheapest Energy Deals Not Always Being Offered.
"Energy companies are not always offering the cheapest deals to customers wishing to switch supplier, a consumer group has claimed. Staff failed to outline the cheapest tariffs available in a third of all calls made during a small test sample by the consumers' association Which?" Full story here:…
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Npower
HiI'm new to this site and this is my first post.On the 14/9/11, I entered an agreement with N power to install a central heating system. I paid a deposit of £250 and agreed with the salesman a date 12/10/11 to have it installed. I was advised by the salesman that it would take around three days to install the system and…
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Electric hob advice
I know very little about these so would welcome your advice - the glass top hobs that glow red when on are they supposed to stay red all the time they are on or do the sort of go dark then light up again - cool off then reheat themselves when switched on Many thanks in advance
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EON Direct Debit trickery ?
I moved into my new property in January 2011 and due to us down sizing we knew we would be able to reduce the amount of money we were paying on our monthly direct debit. Unfortunately, un be-known to us, the amount we reduced it to was far to low and over a 6 month period we ended up being £500 in arrears. EON then set us…
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MASSIVE final Npower bill + MASSIVE new E.on bill = HELP!
Hello About a month ago, what with all the talk about energy price increase etc I decided it's time to sit down and actually try to work out my what my energy bills mean instead of just looking at them like a confused dog each time they arrive. I'd been with Npower for longer than I can remember and never really consider…
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Electric ONLY energy usage...
Hi all, I am new to the forums. I have searched the forums and indeed many pages on google looking to get an idea of how I am doing energy wise and if people think I can do anything to improve it further. There are many discussions on peoples electricity use but as most or many people have gas its not really comparable to…
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New Central Heating or switch to Electric
We have recently bought a new (to us) house, which has an old central heating system... boiler is about 25-30 years old, in good nick for its age. There are rooms without radiators as well. Here is the question: - replace the whole system; install combi-boiler, replace pipework and install new radiators to all rooms? OR -…
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Is it OK for a utility provider to only accept payment based on estimated bills?
One of my utility providers has sent us an introductory letter. They intend to bill us monthly based on estimates and then reconcile the amounts quarterly when they read the meters. This appears to be the only method of billing. What I want to know is, are they allowed to do this? It seems sort of wrong to me to make…
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SSE and switching
Hello Everyone This is my first post here, so please be gentle! I have been with SSE for ages, but looking at Martin's 'switch now' message I have done a bit of research and maths into switching gas suppliers, I just wanted to say two things: 1. SSE doesn't seem to be properly represented on the switching sites. So, for my…
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Most effective electric heating for single room
I have gas central heating. I was made redundant earlier this year, but I work voluntarily for a charity at home. We have invested in solar panels so I want to use that to save as much as possible. I work sitting in my office all day but I am finding I get very cold. I can't afford to put the whole central heating system…
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Solar Power - best and most reliable suppliers
Hello I'm thinking of getting solar panels as my garden is south facing and probably a very good source (like a hot house in summer). I haven't got the money to invest at the moment but I've seen a few companies offering free panels (but I think they take the electricity off you for free instead of them paying you for it).…
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MSE News: Scottish and Southern Energy throws open electricity market
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "SSE is to auction all of its power on the open market in a bid to bring new new suppliers into the energy market ..." Read the full story: Scottish and Southern Energy throws open electricity market
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Electric heating, holiday home Slovenia
Have just finished renovating an old farm house as a holiday home for my family in Slovenia. The only heating at present is a log burning stove in the living room. I will need some heating in the other rooms while I am there and also plan to leave heating on a very low setting when not there in Winter to keep the damp at…
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Npower - curious anomaly
After many years of running a positive balance with NPower through DD we now pay quarterly. More expensive I know, but avoids that annoying credit balance. I recently received a quarterly bill which recorded a price rise only 5 days before the billing date. We had supplied meter readings for the last account and this one.…
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Energy price rises
I have recently been widowed and I phoned npower to see if I was on the lowest tarrif. (Only one income now but a bit over the benefit level). I was told that I was on the best tarrif but there woulkd be the prices rises announced in October. However, the tarrifs in operation are to be scrapped on December the 1st and the…
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if gas is a lot cheaper than eletric
if gas is a lot cheaper than electric why are we not lighting our houses wth gas like we did in the past? just a thought
