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EDF Online saver 8 Comeing to end
My EDF "Online Save 8" is comeing to an end on 31st March thinking of staying with EDF and going with there fixed to 2013 package,have been on comparison sites and there is a an extra spend of about £62 a year but have satisfaction of fixed price deal I know it is with EDF but I haven't had much trouble with them to be…
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British Gas-Please help!
I had my gas and electricity provided by british gas and one month last year I rang them to change the direct debit date. I was told I was in credit and did not need to pay anything and the same thing happened the following month. I thought it was strange but believed them until I got a really high red bill. I rang again…
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Happy (Anti) Valentines Day Energy Companies!
Since its V.D today i thought id share this article i found about robbing energy companies enjoy! Anti-Valentine poem dedicated to energy companies The anti-Valentine poem is a light-hearted way of communicating a more serious message to energy companies ... The energy ombudsman has teamed up with poet Matt Harvey to send…
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How much is your pilot light costing you?
I have a Vaillant "heat only boiler", ie there's a hot water cylinder in an airing cupboard (wasting heat), and central heating. I think it's a VC GB 182 EH model - it could be the 242 EH or 282 EH, but the number of radiators would suggest it is the smaller (18KWh one). The previous owners from 6 years ago, left the user…
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EDF energy - no bills for 9 months?!
Hi all I am currently on EDF's Online S@ver v8 Electricity and Gas dual fuel tarriff, which is fixed until 31 March 2012. It started in March 2011. I have been paying by Direct Debit £64 fixed per month since the start of the deal (I have checked and this money has been going out correctly). However, I have just logged on…
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OSO water heater- help?
My brother lives in a small 1 bed flat and is having to put about £6 a day in his pre payment meter. He uses 1 lamp in living room, microwaves his meals and has no computer, 1 TV on about 3 hours in the evening. He has an OSO unvented water heater Direct 20RD . The landlady has no idea how to set the timings for this!!!…
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British Gas has not charged me for 8 Months
Well as the title goes British Gas has not charged me for 8 Months. I have been providing meter reading on a regular basis. I was looking at my DD's and couldn't find the British Gas payments? So I went online and my account was 0. Rang them up and they said I think there is a problem with your online account and they…
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Can't afford to have condemned boiler replaced - am in despair
Just had a quote to get our condemned boiler fixed -£5000! We have no spare money as we are in a DMP. We cannot get credit. Today we declined for a payplan by British Gas. We don't qualify for low income grants. We have two young children (4 and 1). We have no hot water or heating. I don't know what to do.
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Smart Meters are now Optional
The Government had promised that every household would have a smart meter by 2019 in a £12 billion programme to stop gas and electricity bills being estimated. Officials are devising plans to allow people to reject the smart meters, which communicate remotely from households to energy companies. The move is a victory for…
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should I change suppliers from southern electric to eon?
Hi i had a phone call from eon today saying I could save around £85 a year if I switch my gas and electric to them. I am currently with southern electric who i have never had a problem with. Can anyone give me any advice if Eon are any good? and if they have good customer service please? thanks in advance
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EDF.....never been so angry and frustrated!!!!
Just a rant really. I am so frustrated :mad: My brother moved into his flat last May- read the meter and phoned it through- and got on with his life!!!! No bills, no correspondence at all, come November 2nd- arrived home from work with a prepayment meter installed. I have had to get authorisation to talk to them because he…
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Central Heating Controller not working
I have a heating controller which is very old now and it has ceased working. Sometimes the display is blank, sometimes it has all number 8's on it sometimes it looks normal and i can set the heating to off as i can't afford the radiators to go on. But the damn thing keeps turning itself on and the radiators although set to…
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Free Chance to Reduce your Energy Bills by using collective bargaining
Hi I found out this information in a Sunday paper yesterday. Which? is running a campaign to reduce energy bills by everyone getting together to enable renegotiation with the energy companies. If you are interested you need to register by 31 March 2012. As a new user I'm unable to detail the link. I'm sure whichbigswitch…
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HUGE problem with E-ON
Hello people I hope someone can please advise me. Got a prepayment meter (lecy)which I top up every week.Had a letter from E-On on Saturday saying they have not received a payment since august 2009 and therefore my meter must be faulty, new one must be installed and I will be billed for back payment upto when they last…
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deal coming to the end
i am currently with edf on the online saver 8 tarriff which is due to end in march. when i comparing new prices,i hope i have done it right i put in my consumption at the new standard prices that i will be paying come the 1st april to compare against other tariffs,is this the correct way to do it? also with my yearly…
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problems with the gas pre payment metre
I've had to top up several times recently but the available credit keeps going down although i'm not using anything other than the pilot light on the boiler. this morning the metre reading said 1589.365m3 at 11am it said 1589.402m3 at 12.30pm 1589.418m3 at 2pm my total credit has gone down by 10p in just 3-4 hrs is this…
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Eon rep could you answer this please
I have seen it posted that the tier 1 figure of 2680 kWh of gas from Eon is calculated as a daily amount of 2680/365 kWh = 7.34 kWh. What happens if someone only uses gas for 6 months. Will they still be charged for 2680 kWh at the tier 1 rate or only 1340 kWh at the tier 1 rate in a year? I ask because my sister has just…
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Sign UP to Cut Your Energy Bills
More than 75,000 consumers, fed up with rising gas and electricity bills, are fighting back against the utility giants. They are backing a revolutionary ‘Big Switch’ campaign launched last week by consumer champion Which? that will attempt to use ‘people power’ to cut bills and shake up the market. The Big Switch is the…
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Wall cavity insulation
My apartment was built in 2007,would it have insulation as standard?,if not would i be able to have it done with it being a leasehold.I have had some extra soundproofing done but it hasn't made a difference and maybe i am clutching at straws but i think it would help prevent noise transference down the cavity as well as…
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Direct Debit Amount
I have recently received a notification from EDF that they are to increase my dd to cover my usage. I know that I am underpaying on the dd however I save the difference every month in a savings account which is offset against my mortgage. When I receive a bill I then pay off the amount that is outstanding so I am not…
