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Don't use Flow Energy
In June with my Sainsburys Energy Fixed Rate expiring on 30 June I signed up with Flow Energy for a fixed rate to September 2014 for Dual Gas and Electricity. To begin with things seemed fine - emails welcoming me etc and switching date of 11 July. Then it all started to fall apart. First I was told that through poor…
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Prepayment electric meter not taking money?
Hi!! Yesterday I gave in and had a prepayment electric Meter put into my house due to my debt with Eon. I had a gas meter put in a few months ago now and have found budgeting much easier knowing what I am using etc. so decided this would be best for me. Anyway, I have an energy monitor too which clips onto the meter lead…
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Economy 7 Talexus Meter and Economy 10
Hi, I have moved into a property with the Talexus Economy 7 prepayment key meter. My fuseboard has two circuits, one has the storage heaters etc on it the other has everything else. Obviously all the storage heaters and hot water tank come on when the economy 7 hours kick in cos they are on the separate fuseboard. This…
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NPower Any Positive Experiances?
Last night took the plunge via a comparison site and signed up for the Feb 2015 NPower dual fuel fix.I'm presently with Scottish Power. I've read back through the posts on here regarding NPowers new computer system etc and am now starting to have second thoughts. Just thought I'd ask if anyone has changed over to NPower…
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NPower: Unexpected massive increase in monthly paymnets
My family and I moved house in July 2012 and soon after we switched suppliers from British Gas to NPower. As part of the switch NPower asked how much I paid monthly to BG for gas and electricity. I told them £40 per month for each (so a total of £80 per month) which we had been paying in our previous property - a 3-bedroom…
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Help! Utilities broke into my buy-to-let...
Can anyone offer advice? I came back from my GP first thing this morning to see four men in my empty buy-to let house; a locksmith, a gas engineer, an electrical engineer and some sort of agent, and they were replacing the credit meters with card meters. My tenant had defaulted on her rent by about £2000 and it took me…
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Flawed Comparison sites
:( I am trying to help my son to switch from Npower after long standing problems.:( A standing charge (Gas approx 45p a day Elec approx10p a day) introduced in may ( that We had not got a letter about !) is penalising him as a low Gas user (Reasonable electric usage though) Most of the comparison sites don't seem to…
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bills gas and electric
Been in this house for 24yrs. The meter was also for economy 7..no heaters in rooms. Old boiler and ducted heating at that time. Changed to combi and radiators in 1991. Had trouble with high bills tor years. Had about 3/4 service providers since. Bills just dont seem to fall..I live in a 3/4 bedroom house there are 2…
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Moving the meter charge £680 plus VAT
Hi I wondered if anyone has any help to offer. We have been quoted £680 ex VAT for disconnecting and reconnecting the gas meter, and relocating it to the wall at the front of the house. This basically takes it from one side of the wall to the other, but involves excavation as SGN have a policy of replacing 2m of pipework…
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Away for a week, hot water on or off?
I'm going away for a week and can't decide if it will save me to turn the hot water off. It is heated via economy7 overnight. It seems to use ~3.5kWh/night to keep it ticking over, which would be 24.5kWh or £1.67 on our tarrif. What I don't know, is how much it will cost to heat from cold. I know it's never going to be a…
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nPower problem with safety inspection - advice required
Here's our nPower problem. They've done 2 safety inspections since December 2012 and are now applying for a Warrant to do a 3rd. The long story ... In December 2012 we got a letter out of the blue from a company called SECUS acting on behalf of nPower saying that they'd made several attempts to contact us and if we didn't…
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I can't work it out?
We only have gas for heating and hot water, we live in a 2 bed bungalow and the cost is going to be £85pcm from September. Our Electric is going to be £65 pcm, We pay monthly by direct debit. Should I ask the energy provider to check the meters as I cannot for the life of me work out why the gas is more than the electric…
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Back-dated electricity demand with no evidence - thoughts please
Hi all, don't know if this is the right board, but it relates to electricity payment demand from a commercial space landlord. Basically my friend has received a demand for electricity backdated to Nov11 quoting what appears to be a made-up monthly demand plus a 50% surcharge on top! Until a month ago, no reference was made…
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Would turning the water temp on boiler save money
I'm considering turning the water temp down on my boiler, I just wonder if this would save any money or not. Currently when running the hot tap (eg, for washing up) I find myself also running the cold tap to bring the temp down. Any one done this ?
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No Standing charges on Gas prepayment?
Hi there I moved into my flat in May last year - it has a gas prepayment meter, E-on being the supplier. My gas heats hot water and provides central heating (cooking is electric). In summer my weekly consumption has been around £5, outside summer £10 a week, moving to around £20 in winter (peaking at £25-£30 a week in very…
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Big Six bullying tactics
Hi all We recently switched to Good Energy from Southern Electric and about two weeks into the relationship with Good Energy they call me up and say that EON have written to them saying EON are taking over our electricity supply. They are doing no such thing. Apparently this is a tactic used frequently by the Big Six to…
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Just took over flat - previous tenant bills unpaid / unregistered
OK. So I just took over a new flat. The one above me. (yeah, so i rent 2 flats now, have own reasons for doing so it's one of those big victorian houses sometimes legally split into flats, so i'm going to be paying for 2 lots of gas + elec metres) One of the first things I see is a debt collection letters, and bills from…
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Meter reading resolution and nPower
I used nPower as an electricity supplier for several years. Following MSE advice. I used a different gas supplier. However, in January, with the gas contract about to terminate, I switch to nPower for gas also. nPower sent the initial letter for a new customer. I could not convince them that the person receiving gas from…
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Scottish Power Stick Or Twist
Presently on the SP Online fix November 2013 gas & electric monthly DD.(no penalty for leaving early) Did some searching via the comparison sites and quite like the look of NPower dual fuel switch fixed rate until Feb 2015. Presently pay £104 per month with SP,NPower will be £117 per month.(figures obtained using yearly…
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Contemplating switching to all electricity
I am trying to find a way to cut the gas costs next winter. I resent paying this money.:mad: I have done EVERYTHING as advised and even with a month out of the country our gas bill for the quarter to April 2013 was £394.00. the only thing running was the central heating at 18 degrees 24/7 and heating the hot water/ . bein…
