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Scottish power meter with key
Hi, I'm on a meter where I use the key for my electric. My gas is not on a meter and is also from Scottish power. I'm mainly home at weekend and evenings as at work. I don't have any gadgets apart from mobile and tooth brush and shaver, iron , TV that uses electric. Is it cheaper if I don't have my electric via a key…
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British Gas - can't get what they owe me.
I hope I am posting in the right area? British gas have owed me nearly £400 since I changed supplier nearly 2 years ago. I am having real probs getting my money. Any ideas. :)
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energy costs in a new build home
Hi, please advise, we are moving into a new build 2 bed house in August as part of the governments help to buy scheme, the advice i would like is: should we join a fixed rate til 2018 duel fuel direct debit for our gas and elec or should we wait and see what our fuel bills will be first as it could be reasonable because of…
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Utility Warehouse. HELP!!!!!!
Hi peeps, I really hope you can help. I recently moved into a property in January that is being supplied by Utility warehouse. The first issue I had with them was, I notified them as soon as I moved in of my starting reads and gave details to change account into my name. However up until the end of Feb this has still not…
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Contractors left the lights and the heating on for weeks
Hi, I have been privately renting a ground floor flat in a recently renovated listed building. Repairs works (dry rot) commenced on the 8th of February (still ongoing) to the lobby and other ground floor flats (work in mine is just a recent discovery and we will commence soon). Since the starting of the works, I have been…
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Eon/NPower.....what's the point in changing supplier
This time last year I paid £218 a month dual fuel and had used 7,166kwh of electricity and 50,989 kwh of gas for the previous 12 months.Eon wanted to increase my payment to £248. I went onto several comparison sites and they all said for my usage that NPower had the best deal. I switched to them paying £225 a month.I have…
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SSE Reconnection costs business premises
Hi, I have taken on a small workshop for furniture restoration. I called SSE before I signed the lease to ask about the electricity reconnection as they had previously cut it off. I was told they wouldn't be able to do anything until they had a copy of the signed lease. I would then have to pay £82 reconnection charge. I…
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Communal supply - residential or business?
I live in a victorian house, converted to five flats. We own our own freehold, and set up a company to purchase it years back. The communal supply for the hallway is billed to the company. We've just had a notification from EDF that the price is being put up, with the fixed charge rising from 24p per day to 35, a 45%…
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Combi boiler & using water......
A year ago I had a loft conversion done and had to get rid of my hot water tank to make way for the stairs and, in doing so, had to have a combi boiler installed. Water pressure is great through the house but I have a query on the best way to use hot water now. When we run water in the upstairs and loft bathrooms, it…
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EDF muddle, can you help please?
I wonder if anyone could advise me on what I should do please? I have mild learning disabilities and I am calclexic which means it’s the number opposite of Dyslexia. I am not very good with figures of numbers as I get confused and in a muddle. :( I pay my energy bills gas and electric through EDF by direct debit, and…
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help to read a key meter
I need help to know what the sections on a Scottish power meter refer to. the website was no help. I find the letter G with 2 numbers H with 1 number L with one number What do these mean?
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Very strange bill from npower
Just received a bill covering 11 July 2013 to 29 November 2013 They appear to have cancelled a previously issued bill covering up to 3 December 2013. I think that's to cover a change of tariff that the previous bill didn't pick up before it was produced? Anyway, it looks strange because they are counting three payments by…
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Economy 7 readings switched
Hi, I hope someone can help.. I have had my latest bill from BG stating I owe £550 for 3 months usage (12 Nov - 24 Jan) on top of the £135 per month I already pay. I provide regular readings, but once again the meter reader has been out and switched the day and night rates. I use more leccy at night for the cheap rate but…
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Has anyone else has problems with Spark Energy?
Myself and my partner have been having some serious issues with Spark Energy. They have over-charged us and are refusing to refund us, and have even asked for even more money! Apparently they are like this with all of their customers. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had a problem! :mad:
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Economy 7 help!
I have just noticed (fixed deal coming to an end so taking notice of such things) that my electricty bills are a bit odd. We have day and night time readings on our meter and are on an economy 7 tarriff. I've just noticed that my night time usage is about 90% of my total bill with the daytime accounting for around 10%…
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Simply Switch Cashback
Looking at the site the best cashback amount for switching seems to be Simply Switch with £40 for dual fuel switch. Previous switches I've always used the cashback sites rather than the comparission/switching sites. Does anyone have any info on how well these payout etc? Or is there a better rate anywhere else?
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My energy bill has doubled in 2013
Hi, I have been with npower for 5 years. I live in a 1 bed flat and only use electricity after 5pm when I am home from work. My bills have never exceeded £900 per year (£75 pm). In Jan 2013 someone in my block of flats switched energy provider but my electricity supply was changed. I had not received a bill from npower,…
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British gas rip off
I was with British gas for my gas in my previous property which was a 1 bed flat in a house of 4 flats.. I was paying £58 a month direct debit, this was a estimate.. I had my heating on for around 6 hours a day and the cooker on for about a hour a day.. When I moved last month I gave bg my final meter reading, I recently…
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Challenging Increase in Direct Debit - EDF
We have just been told by EDF that our monthly DD for dual gas/electricity is to increase from £217 to £271. I am a kidney transplant patient so I need to keep warm; we have a 4 bedroom house so we accept that we do have high fuel charges. However, the new charge is based solely on this last Winter's readings (which we…
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Scottish Power Advice
I bought a new house in October last year and immediately changed my supplier from E-On to Scottish Power through the Cheap Energy Club on here. I chose a dual electric and gas deal with Scottish power, who emailed me saying to sit back and do nothing as it was all being taken care of for me. being new to this whole house…
