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Electricity only deals for elderly in McCarthy and Stone development
Hi all, I'm new to this so apologies if this is in the wrong place etc. My 72 year old mother is about to move into her own flat in a McCarthy and Stone development. Her flat contains only electric storage heaters, which store heat overnight and dispense it during the day. Does anyone know of a supplier who caters for…
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Eon Dispute Advice
Hi, We recently bought a barn conversion from a developer (June 2013).We didn't live in the property properly until August so couldn't have used much energy in the interim. As the property hadn't been lived in previously, there was no information on which utility company was providing the service (just electricity) until a…
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Pre Payment - wanting to swap
I am moving into a home that has pre-payment meters and I would like to switch to normal meters for various reasons. I have been in touch with npower who want £120 up front non refundable, M&S Do not deal with meters so are out of the question and finally I have contacted First:Utility who are willing to swap for free…
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EDF - Incorrect tariff for the last year!
Last Oct I changed over to EDF's Blue + Price Promise tariff. I was with them before on one of their other tariffs. Just checked my last bill from May to get an idea of usage for comparison as I'm checking out whether I need to change my supplier. Anyway, I happened to notice that while my gas said I was on the new tariff,…
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Gas meter age before replaced?
Hi, anyone know how old indoor gas and electricity meters need to be before they are past it. Also do they have to be changed free of charge from supplier? Thanks
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bottled gas
martin are their any plans for bottled gas prices going down at the height of winter we are paying over £250 per month for 4 bottles and thats at £58 a bottle it seems to me that the companies can put up or down the price per bottle whenever they feel like it we was paying £68 per bottle before summer then they put it down…
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Eon sent the heavies for no reason!
Ok - so I have had trouble with Eon since I moved into my property. The main point being them grossly under estimated my bill and sent me a nice £500 bill in jan - which I couldn't pay. Set up a repayment plan on DD along with paying for the gas I am using. No in between all this I have had countless letters with wrong…
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Cheapest way to utilise a gas boiler
Last winters gas bill was not far off £1000 and most of that was spent heating up bedrooms that are only used at night. Thus we've opened up our big old fireplace and are only using the central heating for an hour and a half in the evening to take the chill off the rooms. Is it cheaper to put the water on to heat at the…
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MSE News: We'll freeze energy prices, Ed Miliband tells Labour conference
"Gas and electricity prices will be frozen for 20 months after the 2015 general election if Labour wins power, Ed Miliband has told his party's annual conference..." Read the full story: We'll freeze energy prices, Ed Miliband tells Labour conference Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to…
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ECO boiler refusal
In June of this year, after seeing the advertisement for free central heating boilers available through the government ECO scheme, I contacted B&Q. This was because my 10 year old back boiler was becoming increasingly unreliable and inefficient. Their advert stated that if you were a low income household and receiving…
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Any point fixing to 2017? Labour to fix for 20 months.
I doubt tory scum will be in 2015 election.. so is there any point is fixing now.. I checked it and for me it will make me pay £340 extra per year.. maybe worth fixing for 12 months now?
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HELP!! Another bewildered NPower customer! Unusual Query
Hi guys, Im hoping somebody can help me and i apologise in advance for the long winded post. Essentially i live in a 2 bed flat, electric only. We have an EDF meter and our supplier is NPOWER. They are absolutely useless and i still have an on-going issue since May that nobody seems to be able resolve. My meter gives me…
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electric meter is running fast and the seals are broken
Hello, I bought a house last year however was only there occasionally so didn't pay much attention to the electric bills. However two months ago I moved into this place full time and on checking meter readings they are almost double in my new place as I take a monthly reading and using all the same equipment as my last…
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Simplified tariffs UK v France
Ofgem in their wisdom have decided that the concept of Tier pricing is far too complex for the British public to understand. In France there are essentially just 3 electricity options - so simpler to understand?? M Mmm! this is the Tempo option:
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Home emergency cover
Hi everyone New to the forum. With winter on the horizon im thinking about getting home emergency cover for my boiler, central heating and maybe the plumbing. Has anyone on here got this type of cover? Anything I should look out for - should I just get the cheapest, they all look pretty similar to me in terms of what they…
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Beware of Economy 7 With Scottish Power.
I have a dual fuel electric meter which I had when I waswith E ON, but did not use it as Economy 7 as I have gas central heating and nomore than ONE KILOWATT of electricity over night. However, when I moved to Scottish Power toget a better rate for my gas and electricity, Scottish Power put me on theirdual fuel electricity…
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British Gas - wrong electricity meter/reading
Just in short. I have problem with British Gas as they want me to pay for electricity meter which is not mine. I´ve been told that they send G4S engineer to confirm the correct MSN (serial number) for my meter 3 times. I don´t know about previous visits but last when engineer told me that my correct electricity meter is…
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EDF miracle
First time ever I have had my direct debit reduced. I gave up putting in my meter readings which used to work well with Scottish Power but with EDF resulted in them putting up my direct debit. But this year EDF have just read the meter and despite saying my yearly review was due in March have put it down to £89 from £106.…
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Landlord/agent won't let me change energy tariff
I just need to know where I stand. I'm still paying off my winter bill from Eon....I'm on the heatwise meter and have storage heating...I ended up wearing two layers of clothing and 3 blankets at night because the heat provided by the heaters was so useless I turned them off and still my bill was around £300 for the…
