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MSE News: British Gas standing charges cut from eight to one
"British Gas is going to replace numerous standing charges with just one per fuel, to make it easier to compare prices..." Read the full story: British Gas standing charges cut from eight to one Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure how it all works, read our New…
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Moving house - which supplier to use in new house with no idea of consumption
Good morning I'm new to the Forum and would love a bit of help - I'm moving in a couple of weeks to a new house where I have no idea of likely consumption . The house will use both electricity and gas, and although I am currently using (and pretty happy with) Ovo Energy for elec. , I have not used gas for 25 years.…
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Comparing Business Electricity Rates
Filled in the details on what I thought was a comparison site but turns out they call you back. Has anyone dealt with http://www.businesselectricityprices.com/ or can someone give me a site where you can compare business electricity rates
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Replacement LPG Boiler & TRVs
Our Vaillant boiler is now 15 years old and giving lots of problems, so we decided to get some quotes for a replacement. The first local heating engineer ( well respected in the area) came to look, and told us that he was not allowed to fit a replacement boiler unless we had TRVs fitted to all the rads. Do any of you agree…
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3 Year Old Bill I'm Suddenly Being Chased For
Hi Everyone, I'm new to this forum but I hope you can help. I had a text message and a call today from Frederickson debt collection agency for a debt with Utility Warehouse over 3 year ago. They say I owe £800 for gas and electric for 3 months while I was living in a house for 6 months. I've gone through everything, but I…
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New to the utilities scene
Evening all, Myself and my girlfriend are due to move into a small 2 bedroom Terrace in about a week's time, in Burnley, Lancs. I'm new to the utilities scene and want to try get an idea of what the average electricity bill would be on average, it being a 2 bedroom property, 2 adults (soon to be a third person in November…
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ScottishPower charging to switch to a credit meter: worth jumping ship?
Hey Me and my girlfriend have just moved into a new flat which we'd been promised had a credit meter: once we moved in, we discovered that it was, in fact, a pre-paid meter with one of those stupid key things. Now, I'm not opposed to the idea of pre-paid electricity - having to keep an eye on my meter and seeing the cash…
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Discuss the free solar panels company: Freetricity
This thread is specifically to discuss feedback forFreetricity (Link) If you've had your [FONT="]solar panels installed by this company, we'd love to know how it went, so we can improve the guide. Things we'd like to know:[/FONT]* [FONT="]Whereabouts are you?[/FONT] * [FONT="]How smooth was the panel-fitting…
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My interest free loan to Npower :/
I recently noticed that NPower had (without my consent) gradually increased my direct debit monthly payments without consulting me. It looks like this; Jun - 80 Jul - 80 Aug - 80 Sept - 80 Oct - 103 Nov - 103 Dec - 103 Jan - 103 Feb - 293 Mar - 293 Apr - 293 May - 293 Jun - 293 I realised and thought Id phone them. I also…
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British Gas gas credit meter headache :(
Hi all, I wonder if any of you can provide any help with the situation I'm in at present, here it goes: I switched from pre-payment meters for gas and electricity, to both being credit in March 2013. I received an email asking to supply my meter readings online at the middle of June, I did both electricity and gas…
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EDF Get it wrong again
My elderly mother-in-law switched her Gas and Electric to EDF, recently. They managed to screw up the switchover and caused no end of problems with the previous supplier. Now, after the first meter reading (their reader), which include the last recent cold snap, they issued a bill showing she is just £65 in debit. She paid…
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Utility Warehouse, No bills & Bailiff Letters
Hello there, If anyone can offer any advice on the following then I would be eternally grateful. I'm not the most savvy when it comes to utilities or bailiffs etc. So.. I returned home this weekend to find two separate letters from Grosvenor Legal Services, with 'Bailiffs' plastered across the top, stating that they were…
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Gas/electricty pre-payment
If I fail the credit check British Gas will do in order to have credit meters installed. How much will I need to pay as deposit and would it be for both meters? Will British Gas supply the credit reference people monthly on my activity, as I read they only report not paying etc? Thinking of a means to improve my scoring.…
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EDF energy charging business rates on a residential property
I have just recently found out my Father has been ignoring and putting to one side his electricity bills, The amount for just over the last 12 months is roughly £3,346. every single bill starts: Dear customer, Your business electricity bill Now the place he is living is not a business, It is stupidly obvious it is not a…
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Warm Home Discount
I'm currently with npower & receive the warm home discount. However, I'm going to switch to another supplier & was wondering whether ALL suppliers offer this discount & if so do you just contact the new supplier & gave them your entitlement details?
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Is My Gas / Electricity Usage Average?
Can anyone tell me what the average gas and electricity usage is per year in kWh? I have differing values all over the place so sorting out my actual kWh usage from my bills.
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End contract without penalties????
I am on a contract with Scottish Power until 31st July 2013 and wish to switch to a new supplier after that date, so as not to incur any penalties. I can't get a clear answer as to when to apply to the new supplier - Scottish Power told me to wait until a week before the end of July so I don't incur charges as they take it…
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Cashback via this site.
I have recently changed to EDF with no tie ins and according to this sites energy club it states the cash back of £30 will be paid after 3 months. However I have seen another good offer and was thinking about moving on. My question is I have been with EDF for 1 month if I move on now would I lose the present cashback. I am…
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Massive electricity bill that I can not explain!
Hi folks, I really hope you can help with an extremely stressful situation that I am having with my electricity supplier EDF energy. The level of customer service that I have received so far has been appalling. This is the story: I discovered that there was a massive discrepancy between the reading that I had in February…
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You think your energy bill is high.....
Take a look at this - just choked on my tea... Wanted to post picture but can't.. Online British Gas Account - Based on Smart meters installed on 20th June Predicted Next Bill Energy you have used 9 May to 4 July £13,289.99:eek: Predicted Next Bill Billing period 9 May to 22 July £62,505.01:eek: Just popping over to the…
