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Northern Ireland electricity comparison
Just want to see if anyone out there has any ideas of the best way to get a useful comparison on my business electricity in Northern Ireand? I've tried a few online sites and most of them don't seem to include N.I. Or if anyone in N.I has switched suppliers and its worked well for them, who did you switch to? Just looking…
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Prepay Meters for gas and Electricity
My partner has card to pay for elect and gas and want to go on budget account so you pay same bill each month and dont run out of either, can anyone tellme how they can get of card meter to budget account they on EON. Prime example yesterday they put £10.00 on gas as had none and £10.00 on elec as was on emergency, they…
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Free and Cheap Insulation Official Discussion
Free boilers, loft and cavity wall insulation This thread is to discuss the article Free Boilers and Insulation and lists all the top freebies you can bag from energy suppliers. Got any questions/feedback? Let us know what you think of the guide and if you've managed to successfully get the freebies. Was it easy, did you…
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Timer or thermostat?
Obviously we want to keep our heating bills down this winter, so far we have managed to keep the central heating off but I am worried about when it goes on. Should I set the thermostat so it comes on when the temp dips below or put it on a timer for an hour or so in the morning and at night. Has anyone experience in this…
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New Home, New Suppliers?
Hello, I'm about to move from rented accomodation where rent and bills are all inclusive to my own house. As I don't have an account with a gas or electricity company, I'm assuming I need to start everything from scratch. I've been reading everything about switching to get the best deal from utilities companies, but do all…
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British Gas Homecare - is my mother in law being ripped off
I was amazed and a little disgusted to discover my mother in law is paying £62 a month to homecare. I have checked online and the highest price for everything should only be £42. How can they get away with this?
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GIANT Client - collective buying utilities
Has anyone heard about GIANT Client? They claim to buy gas and electricity collectively to get the best price?
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Scottish Power best deals not available to existing customers? :(
Hi all hope someone can advise. I am currently an SP customer, looking for a new gas/elec deal. Both USwitch and moneysupermarket show that the cheapest deal for me is another SP deal - an online discounted rate ending in Dec 2012. However when I log into my SP account, this deal does not show up as one of the options open…
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First House - Interested in gas (npower)
Hello Everyone, I have been a member of this forum for a while and have gotten great guidance from it. Not long ago I have moved in to my first house were I have to pay all the utility bills. I have signed up with npower with their signonline package were I pay £19.00 per month. Sounds great, I recently got my first…
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DD increase to EON
My DD to EON was increased from £80 to £120 6 weeks ago. Today they want another increase to £141. I'm £138 in credit and have used 2.7% less energy this year. When I phoned to say I don't want the increase they threw a load of figures my way. Anybody else having problems?
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Meter reading help please
Hi I was wondering if you could please explain in simple terms to me how to convert my meter reading to kwh. 07/11 - 9676.17 14/11 - 9683.20 On imeasure it says I've used about £16 in the past week. I've only had heating on for a maximum of 1-2 hours a day some days not at all. I have a combi boiler and a gas cooker does…
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Does anyone use imeasure to log meter readings?
Hopefully someone will be able to help me every monday i log my meter readings with i measure, i was looking at the figures today and i dont understand them. Elecricity is fine here is the last few weeks figures 1st col date,2nd meter reading, 3rd kwh energy kwh 2011-11-14 17895 92 2011-11-07 17803 78 2011-10-31 17725 84…
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How to claim for compensation after no gas for 3 and a half days?
Hey all, Due to a burst water pipe leaking hundreds or thousands of litres of water into the gas pipes, I and many others have been without gas since Thursday night / Friday morning. I have to give National Grid credit for doing their best to get things fixed as soon as possible. We've just had our gas reconnected, and I'm…
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How Long To Switch
Interested how long it has taken people to switch from one energy provider to another. My tarrif has just changed to my providers standard one (eOn) and as with all of their tarrifs, the firxt X kWh are charged at a much higher rate than the subsequent ones. As it's getting colder, I'll be using more energy and will…
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Energy saving efficient freestanding heater
Please can you help with advice on most efficient electric heaters - I'm a very cold person and our warm air heater which we use when we only want to heat one room is ok. however I was told today that halogen heaters are cheaper to run. I would really appreciate any advice we are pensioners and at home all day so the…
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Electricity cables running across my house
My house is at the end of a terrace of 4 and the electricity cables for all 4 houses connect to a (very ugly) box thing on the corner of my house and I have all the cables for the 4 houses running across the wall just under my gutter. Someone has told me that I am entitled to charge the electricity company for doing this…
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All advice taken to reduce these bills!!!
Hi all I am currently in the process of trying to reduce my joint gas and elec bills. I am currently paying £99.00 per month to Scottish power and am looking to reduce by shopping around but also by reducing consumption. I have been on mat leave for the last year so consumption has been high however now I have returned to…
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Most efficient way to heat a baby's room
We have a 9 month old baby who is spending her first winter in her own room. We ourselves never have the heating on overnight but her baby monitor alarm goes off it the temperature dips below 15 degrees. (Ideally it should be 18 degrees for a baby). Can someone suggest an economical way of heating her room, without us…
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Gas Leak after Safety Check
Hi All I had my Gas Cap removed off my gas meter in a housing assocation flat on the 8th November, they did all the safety checks and passed it all giving me a copy of the safety inspection form, that night I had a slight headache and went to bed but in the morning my head was pounding and felt sick and dizzy, I couldnt…
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New Boiler; Payment upfront for materials?
My son needs a new boiler and has got a good quote from a "check a trade" firm. They are asking for a payment upfront for materials. Is this normal nowadays? They are called "Amber Heating Ltd t/a Swift Gas" based in Weybridge, Surrey. Any ideas gratefully accepted.
