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N Power NIghtmare
We moved into this property nearly two years ago. The electric has been paid by direct debit all this time at nearly £80 a month Husband and I were advised we were paying out far too much money and that the bill should be in the forties. We both work full time, so we only have tv on evenings and weekends, and the rest is…
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Switching Deals and Special offers
Having been inspired to change my energy supplier from British Gas I was wondering if anyone knew of any site that listed all special offers such as cash back etc. Simply Switch offers cash back off car insurance but I dont drive, not yet anyway. Has anyone switched and got good cashback or something else?
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Complaint after switch
Could anyone offer advice? After coming to the end of my dual fuel deal with British gas, I dropped into the online energy tariff. Despite this, over the last 6 months my bill has increased by 50%. So I looked for a switch. All good, knew when I started the process that I was £100 in arrears (I pay monthly and have my bill…
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How much do you pay?
Hi all, just wondering how much everyone else pays for their gas and elect, I know its hard to compare, but just wondering. 3 bed semi - £180 per month
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Affordable warmth scheme??
Is this a genuine scheme for people on benefitsplease?? I have requested a visit from http://www.ourwarmhome.com/ but now im a bit sceptical Thank you xx
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Legal Help Please National Grid Right of Access to Land
National grid via a contractor have been replacing old gas mains and gas suppies to houses on an estate. I live in a semi detached house and have no issues with the new gas supply that has been laid underground to my property. The problem is that i have issue with, is that the contractor has without my knowledege and…
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Massive nighttime kWH? [RESOLVED]
Edit: ISSUE RESOLVED THANK YOU :) - edit for privacy, it was a simple misunderstanding -
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npower standiing charges
I don,t know if I have missed a thread, but npower customers may be interested that their tarifs have changed as of 1st May, due to government interference/ intervention on multiple incomrehensible tarifs. ALL tarifs carry a daily charge now, the gas standing charge is 44p per day!!!!.... that is 12kwh per day you pay,…
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First utility!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really need some help please. We moved into a new house in August 2010 and we were signed up with First Utility for gas and electricity, by september 2010 we realised that they were to expensive and we moved to eon in November 2010. To this day we are still receiving letters from First Utility saying we owe money for…
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EDF Blue + Price Promise February 2015
Is there a major conflict in the Terms and Conditions of this offer? The offer leaflet makes the following statements 1) ' A great price with no rises guaranteed until at least 28th February 2015' 2) Under full tariff rule No.5 ' While you are supplied on the Blue + Price promise February 2015 tariff you will not receive…
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High bills from E-on
Hi , We have moved into a new property the bill for April was £70 for the month and that was us not in the house for two weeks and now the new bill is £250 ! these are very high. I have never had more than £100 even in the winter months. Is there anything I can do about this ...the readings are correct but I just don't…
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First Utility
Has anyone else moved over to first utility and had problems? I made the mistake of switching over at the wrong time of the year and ended up with hefty bills of over £400 from my previous supplier. I also was told by First Utility that based on the readings i gave my DD would be going up by £60 a month from that of my…
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Trust fund???????
I live in a 2 bed flat with my 11 yr old daughter, it is all electic. My monthly payment has gone up to £120 per month. The only thing constantly on is my fridge/freezer, i only use the washer twice a week, thermostat for heating is on lowest and always switch plugs off when going out. I am going to struggle to pay this…
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EDF Energy Blue, first bill after seven months, DD increased by £147
Hi all, So I switched from E.on last year, (sept-oct time) and moved to EDF energy Blue, fixed tariff. I live in a 2 bed terrace house, and it started our DD at £80. I expected this to go up a little as we had been paying just over £100 with e.on. So its been running for a while, and the DD of £80 has gone out each month…
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Storage heaters - Help!
Hopefully someone will be able to give us some information on this. We're looking at renting a flat but it has storage heaters (creda ones, one in each bedroom(2), living room and hallway), we have never had to deal with before and are being given conflicting information about how much they cost to run, with parents…
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ECO Deal NOT Green Deal??
Hi all I wonder if you can help me with a bit of advice. I had a sales person come to the door today trying to sell us cavity wall insulation; i was busy and couldn’t talk to him so he is coming back tomorrow night (Thursday). One thing i did say to him was i am not interested in the Green Deal (i don’t have a good feeling…
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Gas charges
I have a prepayment gas meter, supplied by British gas, there,s no money owing on it, but I,ve just had the message saying about paying £4.00 debt. I,ve phoned British gas, and they say this is because of government legislation, the big6 energy companies are now being charged by the government. Are the energy companies to…
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Thank you MSE G&E forum
I just wanted to say a big thank you to people of this forum that have offered me help/advice about cutting my bills. Last year (Sept 2011-Oct 2012) my annual useage was = over 25000kwh for gas and approx 3800kwh for electric. (large 5 bed semi, 15 rads). It was mainly the gas I was concerned about. After making a few…
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Eon & UDS out of the blue after 4+ years
I've started receiving calls from UDS about an apparent outstanding bill from Eon from a previous rented property. I understand that UDS are are internal Eon debt collection unit. Looking back through my records I last used Eon in 2009 before switching to another provider and the bill would have been settled in full. The…
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Electricity 22 units av/day for large family - normal?
We are a family of 5 adults, 2 babies and 1 child. I've lately been monitoring our elec usage and it averages around 20-22 units per day. For the last year we used around 8000kwh. Would this be considered normal for a large family? The threads I've been reading and looking at energy websites tend to suggest a high user…
