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British Gas Direct Debits
Most people who pay British Gas via direct debit invariably find that they are well in credit. This is because British Gas carefully arrange your monthly fixed payments so that you build up a significant credit during the summer months and this is gradually reduced during the winter. It is unlikely that they will allow…
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Free Electricity from Solar
Has anybody ever actually managed to obtain FREE solar panels from a company offering them? I have tried 3 different attempts to obtain free solar panels. Attempt number one was refused because they said my roof faces the wrong direction. They require a south facing roof. My roof DOES face south, not that it matters. I'm…
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EON and meter readings problem
My DD manages her account online. She has just tried submitting her meter readings as requested for her first proper bill but they say there is a problem and she needs to ring them. Anyone any ideas why there would be a problem. It's only the electric low and normal they won't accept. The gas one has been accepted. I'm…
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Huge daily consumption spike - powercuts???
We have recently had a breakdown of our electricity consumption over several years due to having queried a huge rise over a perod of time which frankly is completely outrageous! Ina nutshell over the period of Sept '10 to June '11 daily consumption was an average of 112 units...usually it is between 10 and 20 depending on…
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MSE News: Solar subsidies to be slashed under government plans
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Solar panel gains will plummet for people who install after 11 December, under government plans announced today ..." Read the full story: Solar subsidies to be slashed under government plans Also see last week's story: Leak points to solar subsidy cuts
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I still hate Scottish Power!
I posted last week about how they are demanding money but not providing an explanation of why it is owed (it is my belief that I was in credit when I left them). I emailed them requesting site of my bills but they have not replied. So I posted here: Graeme kindly invited me to forward my email to him, but the message…
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Just switched... I think. Some advice required!
So, I just switched... I think. I switched using MoneySupermarket.com, and have switched from British Gas to EDF Energy. 3 questions though... 1. What happens now? Do I wait for EDF to contact me to confirm, or is that it confirmed? What do I need to do with British Gas? Do I need to let them know? Do I need to give…
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Room thermostat for cheap convector heaters
I've recently bought a few dirt cheap convector heaters that have built in thermostats to heat a 2 bedroom flat (no gas available). The thermostats on the units themselves are absolutely terrible at maintaining a stable room temperature and only seem to regulate how hot the unit itself gets (what else could it do really?).…
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Heating on - Window Open
My wife leaves a window open through winter upstairs even though we have the heating on and it is cold outside. She says it is important to have fresh air coming into the house when the central heating is on. She says the house gets too dry and can cause colds and the like. Does anyone have any views on this as I want the…
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British Gas - new boiler.
Thought I'd write some comments on this - still confused! We've had a really problematic boiler in the house since we moved in - it's a 5 year old Combi (a "SIME" condensor, if you're interested) When we came to see the house, it was broken, and we found the same issues every few months when we moved in. I took out first…
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Is keeping heating off a false economy?
Hi everyone, I hope I'm posting in the right place to ask this question and that it doesn't sound too obvious, but I really don't know the answer! After a really high electricity bill last winter (I don't have gas), I'm having to be really careful with how much heating I use. Layers and hot water bottles help, but I'm…
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Solar FIT slashed
From 08 Dec proposed new rate 21p/kWh a reduction of over 50% http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Media/Generate-your-own-energy/PDFs/Fact-Sheet-on-the-proposed-changes-to-Solar-PV-Feed-in-Tarrif-rates Existing customers not affected
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cheapest provider for prepayment meters
Im looking to switch providers, im currently with npower for both gas and electric and both are prepayment meters. Does anyone know which the cheapest provider is at the moment.
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Help! What kind of heating setup do I have?
Ello, I'm a new tenant in an oldish house and don't understand how the heating works - neither does the landlord :( In the kitchen is a Beko boiler with a timer switch on the wall below it. There are no buttons or dials that I can see on the boiler itself. It turns over and produces luke-warm water when the timer switch is…
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Switching and getting a credit balance refunded
Hi all, just *how* long can I expect to wait for my old supplier, Eon to refund me the £200 that I was in credit with them when I switched to EDF at the start of September? Eon sent me a final statement on 24 September to say I was £200ish in credit but then said they would charge me £30 cancellation fees. I phoned in to…
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Storage heaters + Economy 7 + npower = CONFUSED!
Hope someone can shed some light on this - called up npower today asking to come off Economy 7 since we only have one storage heater now that we don't use very much (1 hour a day over the winter maybe, to keep the downstairs lav above zero) and think it might be cheaper to be on a non-E7 tariff. They said this is not…
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How accurate are the online energy comparison sites if you put in the yearly KwH's us
Hi How accurate are the online energy comparison sites if you put in the yearly KwH's used? My contract is up at the end on December so I've been comparing energy prices via the comparison sites. They all said that I would pay more if I moved ..... scary as my monthly payments have doubled since the beginning of the year!…
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Please help with Scottish Power tariffs, confused!
Hi all, I've spent the last hour working out the costs of our gas & electric with Scottish Powers different tariffs. I've used last years figures of 9697 kWh of gas & 6314kWh of electric. After all this, the Discounted Energy tariff has come out significantly cheaper than the other tariffs (by nearly £200!), although the…
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Smoke Detector Running Costs
Hi, I wasn't sure which board to post this on, but anyway. I just got myself a free energy monitor from British Gas. I was surprised that with everything in the house switched off, I was still using about 60-70 Watts! I have now discovered that the smoke detectors are using the power. I have 2 of the mains powered type…
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Scared and Confused
Hi guys, I hope you can help. The scenario is this: My partner and I have recently moved into a new rented property. The landlord paid the fuel bills until the day we moved in, then he provided npower with all of our info. We received a welcome letter from npower a little while later to explain that we're on their…
