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Oil Filled Heater or Convector Heater
Which is cheaper? DD is in the Attic and its freezing up there. Which would be the cheapest to run? Thanks
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npower meter readings
Hi If anyone could help I would be grateful, its not a great problem but if anybody knows, anyway. I sent npower my meter readings on line and have received a letter asking me to fill in my meter readings on their form and send it back. I does state on the form " your future bills may be wrong and you could build up a…
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Do I to work out KWh or use meter readings?
This may be a stupid question, but do I need to work out my KWh usage with an equation on these comparison sites or do I just enter my meter reading over the last 12 months? Apologies if this is explained somewhere that I've not seen.
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Flues in voids
I have just been informed by a gas engineer that my property requires an inspection hatch to be installed in order to visually inspect the flue route as per new regulations that came into force last year January. My builder's warranty just expired in August last year so I am responsible for having this fitted. Does anyone…
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Builder caused damage to Main Electricity Cable leading to house - need advice!
A local builder we employed to carry out work at our property has damaged the main Electricity cable that leads to the house. He was trying to look for the water pipe and accidentally hit the power cable, causing damage. We brought the builder in on a cash in hand basis and no exchange of invoices of proof of work were…
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Unexpected big gas bill in new house
Hi, I just moved to a new house in december, at my last house I was paying £60 a month direct debit for both gas and electricity and when I left in Dec I was nearly £100 in credit! The new house is slightly bigger but still only two bedrooms. We had a new boiler and all new radiators installed just before we moved in. The…
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£1,000 gas bill 12 months after leaving the property
Hi, I have received a bill from Scottish Power asking for about £1k for gas supplied to my previous address. Background This was the first property I lived in paying my own bills etc so was an amateur. I paid EDF for my electric thinking the gas was covered in this. The bills are now gone being so long ago so I cannot…
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Eon blocking my uswitch to FirstUtility
I've put in process a uswitch 3 weeks ago - switching both Elec and Gas to FirstUtility from Eon. Just checked my FirstUtility progress on their website and it says the Electricity's been done but my current supplier, Eon, are blocking switch of the gas. Only logged on just now to FirstUtility so too late this eve to call…
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Extremely worried about British Gas problem (no money taken from account in a year!)
I have all my bills, rent and utilities set up to go out as a direct debit after the 1st of the month and have never had a single issue in years. Anyway.... An investigations company has written a letter addressed to the occupier of the flat asking who lives there and saying it is on behalf of their client British Gas.…
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Are electrick storage heaters more expensive then Gas central heating, please help?
I have been offered a house swap from Salisbury to Bournemouth and I am a little dubious because I want to move, but the property has electric storage heating. What I would like to know is are storage heaters more expensive to run then gas central heating? I have a combi boiler and I can override the system if it gets too…
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Final bill for prepayment customer 3 years after switching providers???
Hi, I'm hoping one of you lovely expert moneysavers can solve a bit of a mystery for me!!! Today I have received, in the post, a final bill from Eon. Which I must admit was a bit of surprise because a) I am, and always have been, on a prepayment key meter and b) I switched suppliers in December 2008!!! My question is, how…
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NPower have messed up my mother in laws meter readings.
Hi all, Posting for my MIL. She uses NPower for gas and electricity and has submitted readings in December online, hasnt had a bill when it stated it would be December when she would receive one. I emailed them and it seems they have got the meter readings mixed up as she is on E7 and NPower have mixed up day and night…
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energyhelpline cashback problems
Am I the only person wondering if energyhelpline is EVER going to pay me a cashback? I applied to switch supplier through energhelpline on 12 September 2011. Their confirmation email mentioned everything except the £30 cashback which had been promised in their online acknowledgement. Fortunately I'd kept copies of that web…
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Complaining to Energy Ombudsman: Is it worth it?
Hello. I'd like to complain to the Ombudsman but wonder if it would be worth my time/energy/hassle. I switched to Scottish Power with a direct debit (d/d) of £45. On giving them my first meter reading, my bill showed a small credit, but the next day I got an email saying the d/d was going up to £78. I analysed their…
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Atlantic Gas & Electricity + VAT
Just checked my bill against the prices quoted on their website and found that the unit price they were charging me plus VAT was indentical to their published rate inc. VAT. I checked my maths just in case. I then rang them up. Got the operator confused as "I don't have access to the published prices". Put on hold.…
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Meterplus want to change Electricity Meter
Hi All. Had a TEXT message this morning from Meterplus saying that they are coming to change my electricity meter tomorrow! Not sure if it's dodgy or not though. I've tried Googling a contact number for Meterplus - this comes back with 0800 0733355. I've rung this but all I get is a dead tone. I phoned my Energy supplier…
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N power cut gas prices.
hi there. can anyone tell me if i will benefit from Npowers 5% gas price cut. i am currently on Go Fix 8 and signed up just before New years. i would like to know if my gas price will be coming down, however curently cannot call npower to find out.
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Moneysupermarket cashback
Hi, Registered today specifically to ask the boards a question about cashback - any answers would be much appreciated! In October I made the switch to Scottish Power using moneysupermarket. Now I think I am going mad because I am sure that the cashback offer at that time was £40. I still haven't received the cash as yet -…
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MSE News: Which? launches collective energy switching campaign
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Households that want to switch energy deal can register with the lobby group, which will negotiate a collective tariff ..." Read the full story: Which? launches collective energy switching campaign
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MSE News: Retailers in extended warranty shake-up
