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How long does it take to switch Gas/Electricity?
Hi, Last time I switched Gas/Electricity was around 3-4 years. I remember it took around 2 months to switch. How it is nowadays is it fast and easy to do? I am right now on British Gas Web 10 Dual tariff and plan to switch to different providers, however, the current tariff ends on 29 Feb 2012. (I know I am late). Is it…
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Gas smart meter readings gone ballistic !
I noticed to my absolute horror yesterday that our smart meter was showing a daily gas usage of about £31 per day , up from about £3.80 per day two weeks ago !! :eek: I immediately called the emergency line because I thought we must have some massive gas leak, but all was normal and OK. It's still showing about £31per day…
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British Gas: £200 cashback for homecare customers?
I just had a repair done (on the hot water tank) and the British Gas engineer said that as we were Homecare customers we could get a £200 discount if we switched our gas & electricity supply to them. But I can't find any reference to this offer online. Is it true?
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EDF huge bill system error
Hi, I noticed we hadnt had a bill for ages FOR Gas/elect and the meter man came and read the meter, still no bill unusual i thought we used to get one a couple of days after he had been. My husband kept telling me we are in credit with gas and electricity, oh great i thought as each time he called for a balance from the…
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EON gas debt - what do I do?
Hi everyone, New member here in need of a bit of advice please. I changed my gas & electricity supplier from EON to NPower a couple of months ago. I have pre-payment meters for both and had no debt on my meters. After the switch i was sent a final bill by EON totalling £41.60. It says on the bill that this is based on an…
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nPower cheapest tariff
Hi everyone, Just wonder which is the cheapest tariff of nPower? Bill saver seen to be the cheapest but with standing charge. Go Fix 11 is 7% below(as 20/02/21) then standard, but now is getting warmer gas price maybe drop in next few month(?) Sign online 26 is only 2% below the standard, plus £100 off end of the year.…
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How much has electricity price increased in % ?
Hi, Does anyone know where there's some official 'blurb' on how much electricity prices have increased over the past 2 years please? I rent a flat for work and the exterior security lights for the parking area are hooked up to my meter (it's an old development). The management company has some agreement in place with the…
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Go Fix 8 massive increase!
My son followed Martin's advice on Dec 14th (encouraged by me!) and switched to the N Power Go Fix 8 tariff as it seemed like a good deal. Up to then he was paying £102 a month for dual fuel on their on line Go Fix tariff. However when he checked his bank statements he realized that the monthly amount has risen to £176…
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Someone claiming to be my partner to BG
Hi folks, please stick with me while i give the full story lol. Back in December, thanks to this site, I found out about the Warm Home Scheme and seeing as my partner qualified (various heart conditions) we applied and were accepted. We were due the payment between Jan and March but in January we were offered a property…
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Had your winter gas bill yet?
We've got our winter gas bill £446!!!!!!!!! Triple eek!! :eek: :eek::eek: The electric bill's not here yet, but I'd hate to see how much the bills would be if we didn't have direct debit/online billing discount. I really need to see how to make savings next winter. Have you had yours through yet? ETA Sorry, I just realised…
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Moving house
I am moving to another house shortly, but have a debt to Npower that I am clearing, its quite large and its being repaid together with my current usage. The property I am moving to is with I think Swalec/SSE , the question is will NPower allow me to continue to pay in instalments to clear the debt ? Many thanks
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No Details...
Hi all Probably a stupid question: do the comparison sites list the cheapest suppliers, regardless of current details? Obviously you have your columns telling you how much there is to save, but that's just a complementary detail, right? I'm moving house soon, and I've no info at all.
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EON Final Bill Issue
Hello all I would really appreciate any advice you could give me please. I recently moved into a privately rented house. The previous tennants were evicted (due to debt issues) and as a result both gas and electricity meters are installed at the property. I had fully intended to ask for the meters to be taken out and this…
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Electricty supplier want to charge for upgrading
We have had a fire on a commercial site. Not in the same unit as the electricity supply. S p energy cut the supply and pot ended the cable. They now say their equipment in our building is to old to just reconect the supply. They now want to charge me for putting new cable and equipment before the meter and for connecting…
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French suppliers
Has anyone tried to buy gas or electric direct from a French supplier. Heard that you need to ring Paris but the savings are considerable. Are the any pitfalls in this?
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EDF - Online Version 8 ending 31/3/12 - Help???
Hi Guys as the title suggests my online version 8 is due to end and I'm confused as to what tarriff to go on now. EDF have said that their fixed 2013 is the best rate they have but this means my DD going up from £109 to £143 per month :eek: I have done a search with money supermarket with this as my tarriff and the only…
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Eon - Heatwise = Con
Hi Everyone, Just want to warn you about the con that is Eon's Heatwise plan - we moved into a house that has 4 storage rads, we're a small family so at first we thought - keep them turned down to a minimum to start with and see how we go..... We received a letter from Eon about 2 weeks after we moved in ... saying "Blah…
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Help- has an engineer just broken my boiler !!
I have got an old boiler admittedly but have had british gas homecare cover for years and over that time they have practically rebuilt it with spares. It has been running fine but blew a fuse this morning. I rang them and the engineer came out and changed the fuse and then started bashing around and scraping with a…
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Switching GAS supplier?
Hi, I'd like genuine advice/support please as I have never switched suppliers before... I am currently with British Gas for my err.... gas (I live in a rented 2 bed council flat) Prices for my STANDARD tariff (according to my last bill) are: 8.291p for first 551 units, then 3.797p for the rest Monthly direct debit is…
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Erroneous Transfer Stuck- What to do now?
Its a long story but supposed to be switching back to nPower from EDF as an Erroneous Transfer which happened in September last year. I hadn't heard anything for a few weeks so eventually spoke to a customer services manager in December. He was actually quite helpful and said that something had got 'locked' somehow and…
