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Archives for January 2012

Warm Home Help
Evening, Im reading up about the Warm Home Help (where you get £120) rebate. I was on and do qualify for ESA however I am currently receiving Maternity Allowance (until end of Feb) SWALEC say Im not eligible as not on ESA but I would be if I hadnt switched to MA!! Is there any thing I can do? Thanks in advance.
Under Floor Heating
Hello, I'm new to the forum and wanted some advice from some expert money savers please! I have recently moved into a cottage with UFH in a recently built (2004) kitchen and utility room extension. There is no other source of heat in these rooms and each has a devireg 550 thermostat fitted (replaced recently as they were…
Switch supplier= 25% increase on motnhly payments
I am currently with Scottish Power and looking to move suppliers (funny how most of them only seem to be offering fixed rates now!!). I pay by monthly direct debit, £130pm and still get a +ve balance at the end of the year. I've looked at the switching sites and have found I can save about £10pm, but here's the crux. If I…
electricity meter and monitor giving diff readings
hi . wonder if anyone can give me a wee bit of advice, i have been taking regular meter readings and have recently recieved an eon electricity monitor, the monitor is saying that i use between 6/7 units per day but the meter is saying 10.5 units per day can anyone help ?
Night Storage Heaters - Economy 7
Help please on behalf of my 88 y/old mum. She has these heaters and is not sure if she should switch them off at the wall socket in the morning and on again at night (there is no on/off switch on the actual heater). Would doing this affect the meter timer so that it can't tell when the meter should switch from the day…
EON electricity HELP!
Hello everyone, This is my first time on a forum, ever. I'm a big MSE follower though and I really need advice. I'm a recent graduate and the transition from the easy life of "all bills included" to the real world is proving difficult. I'm renting a 1 bedroomed flat which is just electric, no gas. My provider is EON and…
still time to get solar panels at old rate?
I just had an email from some company called 'the eco experts' and its says as below : Government Solar Incentives Double - Install by 3rd of March and Earn £1500 p.a. TAX FREE! Receive a GUARANTEED 25 year government backed, tax free incentive Newly introduced government rate allows for ROI equalling 10 % Get paid 43p for…
E'on prepaymentmeter options ?
weve used PPM's for a good number of years now , i dont have any actual consumption figures to hand but i know we spent £25pw on electric and £15 gas (20e & 10g during mild weather) my wife says she is happy to continue paying this but recently ive been talking about changing to a credit meter,she phoned Eon and they…
problem with eon
Hi, I've been with eon for yrs and got into debt with them a couple of yrs ago. As a result I have a prepayment meter. I am putting £45 per wk on electri (£6 taken for debt) and £35 on gas per wk (again £6 taken for debt). Altogether I'm paying £320 per month into the machines. I live in a 2 bed cottagen have no swimming…
Scottish Power Online Energy Saver 17 - Cashback
Hi all, I am in the process of changing to this tariff using uswitch - just wondering when I will get this cashback and will it be from uswitch or scottish power? Thanks
NPower gas useage seems a bit high!
We're with NPower and as 6 monthly bills are next to useless, I called to see what our current useage was and the cost, just to keep a check on it. We have a small 2 bedroom flat and our gas heating goes on in the evenings for a while (we're both out at work most of the day) and for a little while at the weekends, its only…
Both SIL and MIL's meters don't work, they've been getting free utilities!!
My (ex) mother in law's gas meter has been faulty for roughly 5/6 years. It's a topup card meter, so she has been getting 'free' gas for all this time. My (ex) sister in laws key electric meter is the same, but hers has 'only' been broken for 2 years. I'm just thinking....gawd how much are they gonna be in debt??! Will the…
Southern Electricity and bill of £474 from Oct to Jan [3 months]
I just received my electricity bill for the period from 11th Oct to 24th Oct and it has come up to £474. This winter we havent used the heater much instead we have bought a heating fan that we run when the house gets cold and have kept the boiler on timer so that it runs only 2 twice a day. Is it possible that the meter is…
Eon energy monitor and direct to computer
I have an Eon energy monitor, an Envir Current Cost type. I can download the data from the monitor to my computer via a USB lead but what I would really like to do is capture the output from the meter transmitter directly to my computer, by-passing the monitor. I am running Windows 7, I have a VirginMedia supplied Netgear…
New electric fusebox
Before I have any work done in the house, I need a new electricity box for safety reasons as mine is the old type. Can I get help to pay for this ie grant? or does anyone know how much approx it may cost to replace? Please
Npower are crazy!
Hi all, I have just been onto Npower regarding my bills as I just cannot get my head around why I pay such a high d/d.Basically they can't figure it out either. I signed over on 11/12/10 and from that date to 04/12/11 my electricity bill totalled £432.67 based on actual readings. My gas from 18/04/11 to 18/10/11 was £79.62…
Npower Energy Bonus Discount
I joined Npower last April as a duel fuel customer and was under the impression that you had to be 12 months as a customer before the Energy Bonus kicks in. Anyway regardless of this I decided to leave them at the beginning of December 2011 and joined Scottish Power on the 10th of this month. However between getting my…
Teleswitch meter is on at the 'wrong'time and no one will take responsbility for it!
3 years ago I opened my front door to find a man replacing my electricity meter- Since then my storage heaters (I live in a housing assoc house) have been all over the place! they come on at 3am (not 12am), go off at 11am, come on again for an hour, then go off... This has been happening for years. Needless to say I've…
I just can't get my head around my gas/electricity bill
Right, we bought our first house in April last year - previously I've been in houseshares etc so I've never been that concerned with scrutinising the gas/electricity bill but obviously I now want to get a grip of things. We're with EON, have a very old back boiler, both work all day so are only in most nights and the odd…
Selling Power to the Grid
I didnt realise how difficult it was to actually speak to a person for advice on selling power back to the grid. I work for a company who has been asked to tender to supply very large UPS system to store power generated by Wind Turbines Ofgem cant help, Direct Gov give you a contact number to call, they then tell you to…

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