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Free Loft Insulation
Hi All Not sure if this is the correct forum, but had no idea which other to post it. We had someone come round our house the other day to offer us the free loft insulation via our energy supplier. Now, as far as I could see from this site it should be free, however, they say that the grant covers 80% and I should pay the…
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Thomas Cook
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HUGE electricity bill!
Hi everyone, I would really appreciate your advice on an electricity bill I have recently received. I moved into a top floor, two bed flat with my partner in august. The flat is about 7 years old and is all electric. Our heating system is similar to a gas system, with all the radiators, pipes etc... but the boiler tank is…
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Economy 7 vs Oil for heating water
We have an oil filled boiler (2 years old, Firebird) and are moving onto an economy7 tarriff. I am wondering if it would be beneficial to move the hot water onto the immersion heater and put it on a timer rather than use the oil via the boiler to heat it up. Does anyone know if this will be cheaper as my OH thinks the…
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British Gas - £1000 bill, anything I can do?
I've just moved out of my last rented accomodation and due to problems with British Gas, I've ended up with a £1000 bill! I had been paying about £60 a month, which I believed was for both gas and electricity. As I had seen British Gas employees go in and out of the building for meter readings (they told me that's what…
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Comparisons - I Dont get it.
My SP 13 is ending so using the Energy helpline comparison site, I thought Id put in the comparison site that I was now already on the SP Fixed saver June 2013 , to see if it brought up that SP 18 was cheaper for me. I was amazed to see down the list, that if I changed to SP Fixed saver June 2013, :eek: it would save me…
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Can't get through to EON
For a couple of weeks I have been trying to phone EON to discuss my DD payment which they have put up £20 a month:eek::eek::eek: Each time I try I get a recorded message saying they have a high number of calls so try again later or go to their website. I have resorted to writing to them asking them to ring me, but of…
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Electric meter says I owe nearly £10,000!!! Please help.
Hi everybody, I moved into my rented house on the 7 April last year, a couple of months after we moved in I paid an estimated bill that was addressed to the landlord then called them up to change the name on the bill over to mine and my partner's. Seemed fine, nothing to worry about etc. Called electric company to ask when…
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British Gas, Ridiculously large bill £1336!!!
Hi, I am very new to forums as a whole, I tend to read to get advice but cannot find any thread with something similar to my situation. I have a gas statement dated 26 Jan 12 for period 24 Sep 11 to 21 Dec 11 with an Actual reading showing that I am £108 in credit.:jJoy of joys! I thought, wow, I've got the hang of it now…
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Scottish Power
I only moved out into the world 6 months ago so still haven't managed to wrap my head around the utility word, so here I am, hoping someone can clear this up for me. We joined Scottish Power on a fixed term contract when we moved in 5 months ago. The bills come monthly and have always been £59 then suddenly our bill…
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Controller for office thermostat?
Hi Is there a cheap and easy way to put a maximum temp on an office thermostat. We seem to have acquired a couple of staff who keep putting it up to 30 degrees all the time despite being asked not to as it makes it stifling for other people and is no doubt costing us a fortune. Is there a way to prevent the thermostat…
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Switching fuel - tier 1 and 2 rates
Quick question, when switching gas, do any suppliers charge the Tier 1 rate on units previously charged at Tier 2 if you haven't gone over 4572kWh for that year yet?
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Massive unexpected EDF Electricity Bill
Hi, I have received a bill from EDF for dual fuel. The bill is based on actuals readings, and gas seems reasonable, however the electricity meter states that we have used 4878 units of electricity on a day rate over 13 weeks at a cost of £725.36 (night rate is 991 units at £53.81) In the time between the meter reader…
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Npower – a cautionary tale
In November (think it was Nov, but it could have been Dec) the weekly MSE email highlighted that it was a good time to switch energy suppliers as there were various deals/incentives available. I had a look and found a good deal with Npower that would give me cashback and vouchers for switching to a new tariff that'd save…
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Best dual fuel deals at the moment?
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new boiler - viessmann boiler reviews
Hi, my partner and I have just bought our 1st new house. We've been getting quotes in for a boiler and new gas central heating system. One of the heating engineers has recommended a viessmann boiler - it's not the cheapest we've been quoted but it comes with 5 years parts and labour guarentee. Just wandered if anyone on…
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Some advice over electricity switch when not living in property
I am not currently living in my flat. I hope to be moving out in about 3 months and will not be living there in the meantime. I pay £36 per month to npower for economy 7 electric on sign online 23. Under this tarriff I have to pay a daily standing charge. Of course I would be saving more on my electric if I didn't have the…
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huge bill ..installments?
I have just had a rather large electric bill in, winter quarter so expected a bit more but, its very much larger than normal due to electric floor heating - (faulty switch un noticed meant its been constantly on for 3 months...without switching off as it was supposed to) so obviously I have to pay it. However the letter…
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deciding on supplier - new property
Hi All, We're moving in to a new house next week (woop!) and we're trying to decide on an energy supplier. Every time we try a comparison site, we're prompted for usage estimates but the problem is we have no idea. We were in a 2 bed, (middle - surrounded on all sides) flat and were paying 40 quid a month for gas and leccy…
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colin
Help please,both my business accounts ,elc and gas have been rolled over,i swear i never had a letter telling my 2 year deal had come to an end,one was feb the other april,i only found out when i got a letter last week telling me i may be paying too much for my electric as the deal ended 4th april,when i rang british gas…
