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DD increased after change of bank account?
Hi, Just recently I changed my bank account and so had to give the new details to all my DD recipients. When I phoned Scottish Power to change my bank details they said it was no problem and done in seconds. Fine, until she informed me that my monthly payments would be going up by almost £30! I haven't missed any payments…
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Gas meter and asbestos
Hello everybody! I'm after some advice for something that has been driving me mad for ages. About three years ago, I received a letter stating that my gas meter was old and needed to be replaced. I arranged an appointment, someone came out, and I was told almost straight away that they couldn't replace the meter as it is…
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HELP! - Uswitch - Confused?
Hi there, I am trying to switch, as im currently with EDF and feel as though im paying out of my nose at the moment, and enough is enough! Checked USwitch site to switch gas and electric and decided to switch to the online price fixed as im currently on the standatd tariff. according to the fixed plan I save around £500...…
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Changed supplier in January just got a whopping final bill!
Feel absolutely sick - changed energy supplier in January from Npower to Ifix and all these months later have just had the final bill from Npower - £600. We had a direct debit for £100 a month but had such a bad winter this year. Nice man said best to do changes in the summer, hope no-one else gets caught like us.
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Home Generator Query
Can anyone Advise on whether this is possible? I have 14 Solar panels fitted to my Roof and basically understand how they work. What I would like advice on is? Whether it would be possible to also have a generator fitted in my house or garden that could work when day light ends and I go back to using energy from my…
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Npower price hike and debit statement
I have a dual fuel account with Npower, this time last year I was paying £35 per month on a direct debit,. A few months ago this was increased to £75pm and yesterday I received a letter stating that I have accrued a debit of £328 over the winter months They have offered me have two choices; pay off the debit within 10 days…
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I have paid over £1000 and was not supplied 1 kwh. Can I ask for compensation?
I moved into a house in April 2012 and immediately asked my current supplier to take over the supply of the electric. As far as I was aware the supply was taken over. I continued to receive bills from the old supplier- I wrote to them to say they did not supply the electric. I moved out in March 2013. I called the supplier…
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Just moved in, landlord to deal with electric
Hi, 2 days ago, on Sunday, I moved into a new 1-bedroom flat with my girlfriend in London. When doing the paperwork, the landlord said he has to deal with the electric and we have to pay him the money for it each month. We need to handle the other bills. First he said £50 a month, we got him down to £40 a month. We already…
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Switch to Gas and payback over time
Hi I saw Martin Lewis on TV a few months back talking about a scheme which enables landlords to switch to Gas central heating. The ethos was that you don't actually pay anything up-front and instead your tenant pays for this via their Gas / Electricity supplier. It works out for he tenant as they should see a reduction in…
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Who to go with??
We are just about to move house, the vendor says they pay £150 with npower per month for gas and electric. I think that is a little high. What makes it difficult is we have no idea what energy we will use, i currently live in a 1 bedroom house and my partner and i are moving in together and it is a 4 bedroom house. Any…
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Really confused by new house utility bills
We have been here for three weeks and have moved to Eon (previously with British Gas in last property and on average paid around £25 per month for electricity and the gas was £25-£45 depending on season) We have just put the meter readings in and the gas has only moved from 8727 to 8729...We have gas hobs and a boiler that…
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New Electricity account questions
The better half and i are moving into our new house on the 25th of June. Im in the process of setting up the utilities. The current owners use Scottishpower..presumably im not obliged to stay with them? The next question is if i was to choose a new supplier, are they able to set an account up in the space of a week..i know…
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Billing Address Collision With e.on
Hi, I recently moved into a home and attempted to setup my energy utility account with e.on as they were the existing providers of energy to the house. I did this using the online tool but didn't receive any confirmation by mail, email or telephone. After a few weeks, including a couple of "To the Occupier" letters…
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Warrant of entry
I live in a flat in a large Victorian house. We have a communal front door to the street then each flat has its own front door leading off the communal space. I strongly suspect that one of my neighbours has done a runner. Bailiffs were after him about a month ago and there are piles of uncollected post. Today someone from…
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Does Combi Boiler Still Use Gas When Set to OFF.
We have a 1 year old Vaillant Eco Tech combi boiler and have found that generally, it uses as much gas as our old boiler. When we were going to be away for 17 days recently, we decided to set the Honeywell wireless remote control to the OFF setting, in the belief that if the boiler was off it wouldn't use any gas. I took a…
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Evening and weekend electricity tariffs
I own a pub and have been informed (independently) that i should be on an evening and weekend tariff for my type of business. I am currently on eceonomy 7 with Eon. What charges should i typically expect per kwh, and what are the standing charges that may apply
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MSE News: Energy-saving measures can boost your home's value, study says
"Energy-saving improvements could increase your home's value by up to 38% in some parts of England, according to Government research..." Read the full story: Energy-saving measures can boost your home's value, study says Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how…
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Do I need to chase British Gas for overpayment on final bill or will they do it auto?
We've recived our final bill which_ is somthing like £40 in credit...wondering if we need to ring them and go through all the messing about of getting it credited back to us or do they just generally send a cheque (or however they do it) since they do know they owe us this money?
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Getting money owed from Scottish Power
Hi It is taking me months to get back money owed from scottish power after my final bill was estimated ( I have moved to Co op energy). Twice they say they have sent out a cheque and twice I have not received it. Then I almost forgot about it. It was not a small amount, £93. Why they have to send you out a cheque and not…
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Npower. Warning to anyone considering switching.
From my earlier posts re Npower https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4560731 Update 16 June 2013 Finally got a final reply letter from Npower informing me that they are working very hard to resolve my complaint and have now given me the green light to proceed to the Independent Ombudsman services. Months have…
