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Scout Group - Switching electricity supplier
Apologies, but I am currently feeling extremely naive with energy switching! From a personal point of view, I am more than happy with the process, and have been through it a number of times. However, as Chairman of a Scout Group owning its own premises, I am looking to reduce its energy bills. We are electricity only and…
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Big Community Switch Bonkers!
I have participated in several (maybe four or five?) community switch auctions organised by the local council. Here is the result of the latest, together with my reply. First, the eagerly awaited result: "Big Community Switch together with your council & iChoosr Ovo Energy offer Fixed rate for 12 months - Monthly Direct…
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URGENT- answer needed by twelve today please.
I've got a friend coming at twelve today to use my computer to help her change energy suppliers. My question is she is on a prepayment meter for electric and wants to change to a normal meter. Is this possible using the comparison sites or does she need to change to a normal meter within her own company first and then…
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two elec meters,two standing charges?
Im hoping someone on here knows for sure as my supplier fobbed me off and said the standing charge covers upkeep of meter therefore as we had two electric meters at our old rented property we were charged two standing charges. Is this correct as £70 odd quid a year per meter for upkeep seems a tad excessive to me! It only…
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Gas & Electric Bill seems extremely high!!
Hi, We have been living in our first house for 6 months now and we have just had our first full gas and electric bill through and to say i'm shocked is an understatement!! We have a 3 bedroom semi detached house and although it probably isn't the best insulated property around we deal with it being a little cold at times.…
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PV Generator - changing electricity supplier
Hi I am currently with EDF for my electricity supply (Blue Price Promise April 2014) and also I sell them my generated electricity, receiving my Feed In Tariffs from them. I stayed with EDF the last time my fixed price deal ended as it seemed the cheapest and easiest thing to do. This is not the case now, EDF are looking…
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Vented hot-water Cylinder
Hi. We need a new central heating system for our old house and our village isn't connected to gas, so we're on oil. I've spoken to our heating chappie about a combo boiler and he pulled a face. Instead he's suggested a vented cylinder, which will be placed in a cellar, and a new condensing boiler in the boiler house. I've…
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Being Charged for a Gas meter but dont have Gas?
I have received a letter from my Housing association with a bill enclosed from British Gas. The letter says I must call British Gas and register my details with them and pay the enclosed bill which is for 1 year standing charge for a gas meter, the letter from British Gas is addressed to the Housing association - housing…
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New Collective Switching website
What is collective switching? It's a bit of a mouthful, but the concept is simple. If consumers form a big group, they can get a better deal. The more people join, the more bargaining power they have. You don't even have to do any work, because we do the bargaining for you! Collective switching has already delivered…
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EDF Energy - Revert from Prepayment
Hi Last August we were switched to a prepayment meter due to me being out of work and getting really behind paying bills we ended up with just over £1,000 debt for our electric. I am now in full time permanent employment and called EDF to see if it was possible to switch back to direct debit and make arrangements to pay…
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Who are my gas and electricity companies?
Hello :) So I've finally got keys to my new home which was a repossession and therefore all utilities were turned off. I have since turned the gas and the electricity back on and have sorted the water company- but how do I know who my gas and electricity suppliers are? I've had the keys for about three weeks and nothing…
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Moving Home Boiler Check then Cover
Hi, Prior to moving house I need to have the Boiler at house were moving to checked before we finalize conveyancing etc. Do any of the Boiler Cover "Monthly Contract" people offer this?.. I suppose if I am pleased with their initial costed checks I would likely seek Boiler Cover etc from them after but want to make sure…
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at my wits end with Eon
Hiya I moved into this one-bedroom bungalow last July. Ancient meters and storage heaters. The meters are such that every meter reader has a problem getting the right 4 numbers, often only obtaining two. I started off paying quarterly, as I had no idea about storage heaters etc, in order to see how much I actually used. I…
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Scottish Power Fixed Deal Ending - Exit Penalties?
My Scottish Power Fixed Deal finished at the end of January and I'm currently in the process of switching to Co-op as the current best supplier. However when the deal was due to end, I e-mailed Scottish Power and asked if I could start the switch process (which takes 6-8 weeks) before the end of January. They replied:…
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Cheap energy club
Hi, We have just changed from e-on to co-op using the cheap energy club. Just paid my final bill from e-on, it was only £80. I then have received an email from the cheap energy club to say the £30 cash back has failed. I have no idea why and unsure how to fix this. Can't email the cheap energy club back as no reply email…
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N Power Debt - IMPORTANT
Hi Looking for some advice. Basically, someone I know just under a year ago was given a council tenancy and when they signed it, they were given a prepayment key, and the council stated that it was all ready to use and there wasn't any need to register it. I have been topping the key up for them for a few weeks, and to my…
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Understand gas bill
I moved our supplier last year to EDF and moved to dual fuel blue price promise. My Gas bill checking it this morning though for the last month was £69.62 including standing charges etc. I am sure before my bills were not this high for gas. I used 153 units of gas in that month and they worked it out as 1699kwh at 3.509p.…
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Scottish Power - Primary Charges
I am with Scottish Power, duel fuel - online fixed price energy march 2014, which has ended. On my last quarterly bill I see that I have electricity charges based upon 2 parts, one part covers the estimated read covering 29/10/13 to 27/01/14 and the other for the actual part of the bill 28/01/14 to 16/02/14, based upon my…
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Replacing GU 5.3 with MR16 LED Alternatives
Hi everyone, I have been doing some research about replacing all my 50w Halogen downlights (around 30 of them) with LED alternatives in my flat. The current ones seem to be standard MR16/GU 5.3 50w lights. The model of them is a Decostar Titan 46870 WFL 12v 50w 30 Osram Bulb.…
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Npower are now wanting weekly meter readings!
I have received an email today asking for meter readings, the meter reader came 7 days ago and apparently only read the electricity meter. They are next to each other! I sent in readings on the 6th February, Why???????????????????????????????????? No wonder they have poor ratings. Fortyfoot
