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Archives for February 2013

Utility Switching websites - BEWARE
You have to be careful with nearly all these websites. If you do use them make sure you fully check your existing and proposed tariffs I have found out today that many are not up to date, Which? and Simply Switch, and worst was Energyhelpline.... The very website cited as excellent by this website! Energyhelpline didn't…
An awful warning about first utility
Our electricity failed last night. We are customers of First utility for electric and gas. We live in Scotland, its February, we have now been in the dark for 24 hours and counting... no end in sight!!! I ALWAYS paid FU on time.We depend on elec to light our boiler... so no central heating or hot water either...and 3 young…
cheap energy club
help , i have been trying to register to MSE energy club but as i have 2 energy suppliers the form will not allow me to continue ,keeps saying errors ,the form states if you have 2 suppliers to create 2 accounts ,but when i try that it will not allow you to leave the 2nd supply details blank . me being a bit stupid could…
How soon should I apply to switch
Current deal with EDF ends 31st March this year. Going to switch suppliers but I don't want to incur early exit penalties. Question then is, how soon before my current deal ends should I sign up with another supplier. Any help much appreciated.
Student Utility Bills
Hi, I'm looking to get a two bedroom student house/flat next year and was wondering if anyone could help me with the cost of utilities. How much would it roughly cost for everything (gas, electricity, water) then i can try and work out my budget. Any other tips would be helpful too. If it makes a difference we will be…
Silly Season with nPower
This is a mixed post - part rant, and part head-scratching mystery. I have both gas and electric with one supplier. However, it seems the supplier is actually two unconnected organisations pretending to be a coherent entity. Here's the story. Last year, late summer, I started getting collection agency notices for my…
EDFWarmwise electricity costs rises
Our electricity is supplied by EDF and we are currently on Warmwise tariff which is similar to Economy 10. This provides us with cheaper electricity to run storage heaters overnight with an additional 'charge-up' during the afternoon. EDF have sent us an annual projection today which shows instead of the increase in cost…
FTB no idea who to go with or what tariff
Hi! I'm in the process of purchasing my first home where I will be living on my own to start off with, probably getting a lodger in a few months. It's a 3 bed semi built in 2009. The old owners were/are with british gas. I have no idea what sort of tariff to go for (although I want dual fuel) having not owned a house…
Gas contract
I had a combi boiler installed about 5 years ago. A Saunia. (not my choice, the plumbers )It has been fine till now, but i had to have it repaired 4 weeks ago, same plumber as installed it. 2 weeks after the repair it went again, different problem the plumber said although it was never right after the first repair that…
Calculators give opposite results
Why is it that the Cheaper Energy Club calculator shows that switching to Npower will save me £53 per month, whilst going to the Npower web site calculates that it will cost me £59.44 per YEAR MORE. They both end up with the same Energy Online tariff but such a big difference. There's a big discrepancy there somewhere.…
Meter changes
HI all please help my mother in law currently lives in house with pre payment meter fitted for both gas & electric. the meter was already in the house before she moved in as previous owner obviously had issues with payment. for ease of use the mil left meter in and has carried on paying however as prices going up its…
Does anyone else have to rely on oil heating?
We hear a great deal (not a "great deal") about problems with the pricing of electricity and gas. Consider the poor households that have to rely on oil (usually kerosene), they are much much more dependant on the volatile wholesale price of oil than the other energy sources. Let's get together to make our policy makers…
Faulty Gas Meter - Advice Needed
Hi, Looking for some advice, hope someone can help?? Recently just had gas meter fixed as it was leaking gas, it was leaking gas on our side so I guess we have been paying way too much for our gas. My OH did think our bills had been high! It has been like this since 2011 apparently. Would I be able to claim back any money…
Npower charges
I have today received a notice saying I have not paid my gas/leccy bill despite numerous letters. This is the first letter I have received and paying it is not an issue. What annoys me though is the letter states I have seven days before being passed over to debt collection etc. but the letter was dated seven days go. Do…
Magnetic Generator- Is it a Fraud Or is it For Real?
There seems to be a few so called perpetual motion Magnetic generators around for DIY completion. A green alternative to electricity and saving or just on big con? And if not a con why isn't it being used in industry and Power suppliers? Anyone know any more . there are quite a few Youtube links explaining the principles…
British Gas is installing key meters after taking over tenancy - bad credit rating?
Hi I read lil bit through here and got my first problem/question solved - apparently pay as you go meters are not more expensive than DD payments (small % discount excluded). That's fine. But I'd like to know what prompt them to install the key meters after my simple call that I'm a new tenant. I found out that the…
4 year old Boiler no paperwork
Hello All, I had a boiler replaced about 4 years ago by what was a non corgi\gas safe engineer. The Boiler which is a Baxi has served me well but has recently started making a noise and I would like to get this serviced and fixed. While doing some research I noticed that in Scotland you do not require to notify the local…
Ideal icos m3080 boiler
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£65 Gas bill in less than 3 weeks in a cottage!
I have recently moved into my first house. It's a small, quaint, 2 bedroom cottage. It has 6 radiators in total and a gas fire and the hob on the cooker is gas. It is a 200 year old cottage with old style small windows (single glaze). Admittedly, it's been freezing since we moved in and so the heating has been on each…
HELP! I want to pay my bill!
Ok so I'm with EDF energy and in November last year I had my meter swapped from a prepayment to a credit meter. Even since then, they have failed to update my account with the new meter details, hence I have been unable to setup a direct debit to pay or set up any sort of payment plan. I know at the end of this I will be…

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