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Prepayment meter beeping with credit on, then credit went.
My electric meter usually beeps when it gets to less than 50p, ive been good lately keeping an eye on it, as I can be quite forgetful when it comes to checking meters. So I checked it this morning and it said I had £1.50ish on it, I figured I would get some more when I went to collect my son from Nursery. Then just now it…
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Spark
Hi Guys, anyone heard of Spark company come up cheapest on simply switch (£264 saving!) can not find out anything about them. Anyone with them, experienced them, rate them???? please help:)
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N power not listening
I rang NPOWER about 6 weeks ago to change my DD to another bank. About 2 weeks later I noticed that the DD had not appeared on my list of DDs on my on line account. I rang them again to explain and they said the details would not appear until the DD was taken around 1 April. I explained that I thought this was strange as…
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Smart electric meters
Hi all, I'm a first time buyer and am really hoping to exchange contracts very soon! Vendors solicitors dragging their heels a bit, so instead of contemplating on that, I've turned my mind to something productive. Electric companies! We're buying a ground floor flat with electric night storage heaters... I can imagine the…
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Have i done right thing?
Hi, I've just put in to swop supplier from N power to EDF. My anniversary date for my £100 is in July. Do you think I should have waited or not? I would miss out on the fixed Blue deal. I will or hopefully will get £50 cash back.
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electric central heating
i have seen all the ads for free boiler replacements but are they just for gas or can you get electric systems aswell,i currently have storage heaters and was thinking of a combination electric boiler with radiators,i do meet the criteria if you can If electric not available are there any grants for putting in such a…
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Are sse ripping me off
Can i claim back from sse if i have been a customer before 2009?
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Boiler Inspections / New Boiler
Hi, I'm in the position of having purchased my house 6 years ago, and at that time money was REALLY tight so "luxuries" like boiler inspections just didn't happen. I know about the dangers etc but.......anyway, it just didn't happen. As my income has increased, I'm ready to put this in place but wondered who was the best…
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Spark Energy - HELP!!
OK, so my partner & I used to be be Spark Energy customers in our previous rented property. When we moved out we gave the final reading, and waited for a bill. And waited. And called. And waited. And called. And waited. Three months later, we get a letter to say our final bill is over £1,000(!). I was off work with a bad…
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EDF- Where is my payment going?
I pay EDF on the first of the month by DD yet It doesn't show on my EDF statement until 27th-29th of the month. Where does it go between leaving my bank account and showing on EDF nearly four weeks later? I have just had a bill which shows a deficit and they want to increase my DD. However, my latest payment, two weeks…
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Option 14 tariff/Wales
I've just purchased a property in Wales and the seller used an Option 14 tariff on a credit meter. He then let the property to tenants who required a pre-payment meter. I would like to go back to the Option 14. Does anyone know if this is still available and if so, who with?
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Recommend a gas inset stove
Hi all, We currently have an open gas fire: We're trying to find a high efficiency gas inset stove replacement (basically we need something to fit into the same space ideally). We thought that this one might be a good one: Crystal Fires Montana Royale High Efficiency Gas Fire (3 Sided)…
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Can I refuse access to meter reader?
I'm having issues with my gas meter reader at the moment (see below). Until the matter is resolved to my satisfaction, would I be within my rights to deny them access to the property unless they obtain of my express written permission first? I cannot physically prevent them from reading the meter but i'm thinking of…
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At my wits end over my gas consumption
Very long, very sorry. Another bill has come in from EDF and my direct debit has been increased again to £233 a month. I have a bill for the last 12 months and it shows Electric: 6313 kwh split Gas: 33702 kwh split I'm currently on EDF blue price promise 2014. Electric: 12.33p per unit and standing charge of 18p per day…
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Switching to gas
Currently our house has an electric cooker in the kitchen which we would liek to change to gas but the village doesnt have mains gas. Could we get a gas cylinder and plumb it in that way? Is this sort of thing expensive? Cheers
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Npower, I'm so confused!
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone can help make sense of this? I can't call npower until Tuesday apparently.... We pay quarterly and have been with npower for about 10 years. Today we received 3 'bills' in the post, one for June-sept last year saying we are £1450 in credit, the another for sept to December saying the…
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Any experience running a home on just electricity? Are costs much higher than GCH?
Hi All, I'm considering a property where everything runs on electricity, including heating. I don't know anything about these things but have read that electricity is much more expensive than gas so if all energy runs on electricity I'm worried I'll end up paying crazy sums on utility bills. Does anyone here have an…
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Spark Energy a company that is a fraud.. beware
First try to change to BG, soon they know the prices of everything simple raise up, 30 min on phone waiting , letters to not change .. be careful with them. I made final adjustment to change to BG and paid 300 pounds on 1 February 2013 and begun with BG on 12 March, now for 1 moth and 12 days they ask 140 £ ?!?!?!?! What…
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a tricky one for you all
we are due to move in to ahose next month and will only use gas for our cooker hob. at the moment there is no gas to the property and will cost around £639 + VAT to install. we do at present live in turkey and use a gas bottle for our cooking needs so the question is this . Are we better sticking to a gas bottle 47kg for…
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Where do I stand?
My Gas and Electricity supplier, EDF, recently contacted me because they have had my account on an expired tariff for the last two years. They have also discovered that they have the incorrect electricity meter registered for my address (the national system has the correct one). The meters have been read regularly…
