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British gas direct debit
My mother has just received an annual review of her gas and electricity account from British gas. They have decided that her new direct debit for electricity should go up from £40 a month to £90 a month. Her gas direct debit is £58 a month. They have estimated that her electricity consumption for the next 8 months will be…
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C/H to be turned off or left on at low temp when hall is empty?
Been having a discussion here about the c/h in our local community hall in the winter. Should it be turned off or left on at low temperature when hall is not in use? I say it should be left on and hall will then heat up quicker when it is turned on full when hall is in use but there is a very vociferous group who say the…
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Utility warehouse
A friend of mine was talking the other day about Utility warehouse and I was wondering if anyone has had experience. They were saying something like you get business rates and other business pay towards your bills. Sounds to good to be true.
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Moving House-advice please
Hi, I am in the process of moving house and I have advised Scottish Power, who I am with, of my meter readings on the date of moving in (10 September). However, I have just received a bill from EDF Energy to the "owner / occupier" for charges between 7/8-17/9 of £87.26 (these are based on estimated readings). Should I…
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Think I have been overcharged by Eon
Hello. I have recently swapped from Eon to BG and have noticed a considerable drop in my monthly charges. I have reviewed my old eon bills and have notced that for the first 900kwh in elec is X amount and above that its Y per year. This is the same for Gas but the threshold for hitting the lower tarrif is higher. Now it…
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How to cancel gas account.
Does anyone know if it is possible to have a gas account cancelled? I have recently refurbished my house, and have no use for gas, as I have installed an air source heat pump. The gas is now completely redundant. I am however paying my utility provider (Spark) a standing cost for gas, which I would like to do away with. Is…
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Conflicting Gas Engineer Reports
I have a 100 year old property with a Baxi Bermuda 552 and fire in the living room. I was wondering if someone could help me with conflicting engineers advise. One engineer turned off the heating say that there was not the required ventilation there is a 65cm2 ventilation to outside and they say we need 100cm2 ventilation.…
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Help me with my utilities!
Hi, I need help trying to sort out my utilities. I have dual fuel with edf engery and the deal comes to an end this month. I pay £85 electricity and £78 gas a month on direct debit for our house. Please can you tell me what is the best deal to go for at end of month. I am confused over staying with edf on either of their…
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MSE News: Faster energy switching demanded by new campaign
"First Utility has today launched a campaign challenging energy suppliers to move to one-day switching..." Read the full story: Faster energy switching demanded by new campaign 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 to Forum? Intro…
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Question about relocation of gas meter
Hello, I am joint freeholder for a small block of flats. The Flat D was only completed last year (the rest of the building is 50+ years old). All the flats have a gas meter inside them except the new flat which has a gas meter outside round the side of the property through the garden. Now, here's the problem: Flats A, B &…
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Intermittent gas meter fault?
I know that meter faults are rare. Has anyone ever heard of an intermittent fault? I guess mechanically / electronically it is perfectly feasible. We have a second home. We are currently there now and the meter is moving up daily as we would expect. Central heating costing roughly £1.50 per day. However, for the last two…
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Economy 7
Two things to add about Economy 7. One is that our provider (EDF) gives 2 hours cheap rate, then two hours full rate, then 5 hours cheap rate, starting at 10.30pm GMT. I have this in writing. Secondly, although we don't have storage heaters, Economy 7 is the better tariff with our current usage. One factor not mentioned is…
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If your thinking of switching.. M&S doing a great offer!
Just switched from Scottish power and as I was capped till November 2013, I just switched with M&S. £48.75 via Topcashback and £20 m&s vouchers.. which knocks the socks of money supermarkets £30.. I guess they need to get there £85 million back.
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Green Deal & Bankruptcy
Hi, Can anyone tell me if it possible to get the Green Deal whilst bankrupt. Declared Dec 2012 but boiler is on last legs and obviously cannot afford to pay upfront for a new one.... Thanks
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"actual"
When a bill has meter readings that says "customer" that obviously means the customer has proided the reading. When it says "actual" does that always mean that e reading has been provided by a meter reader? Thanks.
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unable to bill me
my gas and electricity supplier has written to me to say they are unable to generate me a bill! They say they are working on it as hard as they can, but they haven't billed me since March, have they broken their side of the contract? Do I have to pay them?!!
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Paying for Economy 7 on a Standard Tariff?
We have lived at the same address for 8 years. On moving in there were only 2 storage heaters in the house and removed these too so have never been used. I checked when we moved in with British Gas and told them we dont require E7 but over the years the bills have been immense! An updated meter was placed in a couple years…
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last years consumption
I am on a fixed rate duel fuel with eon that finishes on 15th October, I asked for a quote on a new tariff but they will only use last years figures. My usage was high because I had 2 extra adults in the house now there is only me, I explained this to them they also did a calculation which would halve my direct debits,but…
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Eon Extortionate kWh figures/Faulty Meter issues
Hi Our problems with Eon seems to start in October 2012: 1 October 2012: Advised that Direct Debit of £50 did not need to change, and in £51.07 credit 21 October 2012: Advised Direct Debit would need to be increased to £298 a month, as of 1 December, and a balance of £1190.30 Single fuel household, couple, working full…
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How much is your Gas & Electric per quarter?
Hi, We have just had our latest Gas and Electric bills for the last quarter (mid July - mid September). The Gas came in at £30 and Electricity at £78. We are two people living in a 1 bedroom property. We have never really looked at our supplier or usage, I'm sure we could save some money if we switched, looked at our usage…
