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Spark Energy
In December 2011 I changed from Spark Energy to Scottish Power for my duel fuel supply. I have had many disputes with Spark in the past over the accuracy of their bills and I decided to change supplier. In May last year Spark told me that a monthly direct payment of £100 per month would be sufficient to cover my usage of…
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Is mum responsible for payment of bill
My father died a few weeks ago. He had an account for both Gas and Electricity supplied by EDF-IN HIS NAME ONLY.The bill is £576. approx (He was on oxygen therapy so huge electric bills) He died intestate, leaving no bank accounts, savings or monies of any kind. He had no debts. He lived with my Mum in a Local Authority…
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Gas Safety dispute
Hi I need some advice from anyone with knowledge of Gas-Safe and their regulations, but first, I need to tell you a rather lengthy story. I am on a British Gas Homecare plan and had a routine mtce on 15th Feb. After 10mins, the guy condemned my central heating boiler on the grounds that it was leaking fumes from the…
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Opening meter cupboard
Hi This is probably a daft question, but does anybody know where you can get a utillity cupboard key the other way around to standard? The key I bought from RD was supposed to act like a spanner gripping the nut, but my meter cupboard needs something that will slot through the centre of the nut (like a large hexagonal…
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MSE News: SSE mis-selling conviction upheld
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Scottish and Southern Energy's (SSE) appeal against its mis-selling conviction has today been rejected in court ..." Read the full story: SSE mis-selling conviction upheld
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Prepayment charges
A very quick question: I have both gas and electic prepayment meters with British Gas. If I use the "emergency credit", is it charged at a higher rate than the usual? Thanks :-)
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Npower - money for nothing!
This from Which's website: 'Npower has announced it is cutting gas prices by 5%. The cut applies to customers on Npower's standard and capped tariffs and will come into effect on 1 February 2012.' Oh really?... I paid my quarterly (big) Npower gas bill (Standard Tariff), period to 23/1/2012 with an estimated reading 7628,…
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Advice needed please
Please see this post to see if you can help https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3853479
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Still paying for gas + electricity after moving out (forgotten direct debit)
Person A moves out of a house, but forgets in all the hassle of moving house & job & relationship issues to cancel the direct debit to the utility company. Person B moves into the house, does not know which company supplies house, waits for new customer letter which never comes due to person A paying. How does person A get…
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High usage - help!
My electricity bills seem staggeringly high! On top of Scottish power taking forever to sort out my problem (threatened them with going to the ombudsman) before they got their act together. My direct debit is now up to £125 per month:eek: Now to put this into perspective i tried to switch to another company and the highest…
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British Gas Debt for Limited Company
Hello, I wonder if anyone can offer me any advice on the following. Back in 2004 my ex-husband and I set up a limited company, he was MD and I was Company Secretary. Due to marriage breakdown I resigned as Company Secretary in December 2010 whilst I was on maternity leave. The company had a monthly direct debit mandate set…
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Dual fuel switch, how do I get a good deal.
Iv'e been a bit stupid about my energy tariffs and have been paying standard tariff for seperate gas and electric. My Bills have been quite high, but recently I set about upgrading light bulbs(7W), getting a class A TV(LED), New heating System and improving insulation. But because there have been estimated bills and price…
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MSE News: Will the energy big guns follow Ovo's price rise?
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Ovo has bucked the trend of falling gas and electric prices by announcing up to 90,000 of its customers face rises..." Read the full story: Will the energy big guns follow Ovo's price rise?
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wiring ceiling light HELP!!!
got a new ceiling light and it only has 1 live and 1 neutral connection point plus earth connection point. from the ceiling I have two cables coming through one will be power and one switch, however there is no indication as to which is the switch cable. Both cables contain three wires red, black and yellow/green, How do I…
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Calculation
Any maths experts out there who could tell me how to convert 341 Scottish Power gas units to Kwh please. I've looked at their instructions but unfortunately not having a maths degree it is all gobbledegook to me. Why they give you electricity in Kwh but gas in units is beyond my comprehension unless it is designed to…
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Has Helena Been Reset?
Where is our favourite Eon Rep ? She hasn't signed on since 9/2/12. Has she been 'reset' by Eon for being too customer friendly? :A
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Should I go gas or oil or stay with electric?
At the moment I have 4 economy7 heaters and a bottled gas fire in the living room. I dont like the fact that they are on all day or off all day I leave the boiler switched off as we have elecrtic shower and just boil the kettle once to wash up. Would it be cost effective to switch to either oil or gas? There is no mains…
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a new combi cost 400 pound a year to run it no gas
hello everyone im shocked you will be read this... Conned—maybe electric is cheaper? You will be shocked at these results This is the cost of running a combi boiler without using any gas, just on stand by 1) Combi Boiler electric cost, stand by ...36 pence per day.. £131.40 per year 2) Insurance for boiler £10 a month 1…
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MSE News: Energy blow as Ovo raises prices
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The hike bucks the trend of recent drops and fuels fears more hard-pressed households may be hit in the pocket again..." Read the full story: Energy blow as Ovo raises prices
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Edf
Im so annoyed, went to check my online banking this morning and found EDF has taken £91 from my account instead of the agreed £31 direct debit as they stated in my online bill. Im so :mad::mad: they had been messing my fixed direct debits around since November last year and when my winter bill came in :eek::eek: it was…
