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Npower boiler grants
Applied via the website for a grant a few weeks ago which said i qualified. Got email saying they would be in touch within 5 working days..waited 5 working days.. no contact from Npower. Reapplied, got same email, waited again. 4 working days later i got a call, problem was i was on a railway station going for a train, so…
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Cheaper Natural Gas
I can recall sometime in the past that when wholesale Oil prices dropped so did wholesale gas prices. With the big fall in oil, I wonder( and I guess this is wishful thinking) whether gas may drop as well.
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help!! gas readings :(
hi first ever post and looking for any helpful advice, i contacted my gas supplier as my meter is reading over 3000 more than the estimate, they have been most unhelpful as i have asked if someone come out check its ok and told no. anyone else been in this position im terrified :( thanks:eek:
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Smart meters - reading
G4s need to swap my electricity meter as it is 'at the end of its useful life' and needs to be replaced according to EDF. I don;t know if its standard but if they put a 'smart' meter in, will that be the end of me submitting meter readings online? Or do energy co's still ask for this information as a cross check? Also,…
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MSE News: Ofgem fines power firms over missed energy efficiency targets
"SSE, Scottish Power and energy generator GDF SUEZ/IPM are to pay penalties totalling £4.6 million to charity ..." Read the full story: Ofgem fines power firms over missed energy efficiency targets 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…
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Using the Tariff Comparison Rate (TCR) to check bill accuracy
The Tariff Comparison Rate is or should be appearing on energy bills and is a really easy way to check the accuracy of your bill as well as providing a level playing field when switching energy supplier. Each energy company provides a TCR price per kilowatt hour for gas and/or electricity with the same calculation used for…
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EDF Night rate problem
Can someone please advise me, I have a long running dispute with EDF. In Sept we had our electric bill, we are on economy 7. The day rate is fine not a problem but the night rate jumped up to over 8000kwh extra over the summer months when most things was switched off apart from a small freezer, fridge, electric clock,…
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MSE News: Solid wall insulation portion of Green Deal funding runs out in just...
"The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund for solid wall insulation has closed today after the £24 million put aside ran out..." Read the full story: Solid wall insulation portion of Green Deal funding runs out in just over a day Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you aren’t sure…
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Gas and electricity charge?
What is the charge I see on my gas and electric pre payment meters when I go into emergency credit? It's not debt as that's taken midweek ....I top up and it says charge of £4 then next day £5 then when I top up I don't get my full amount of credit why .....I'm with British gas
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Help! credit left on PAYG meter in new flat
Hi, First of all I'd like to say thanks for taking the time to read my post. I have just moved into a new property and there is a fairly large amount of money left on the gas card meter. I am given to understand that that money should have been refunded to the previous tenant but it hasn't. The gas company want to come and…
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Looking to fix but for how long?
HI all, Just moved in to my new flat which only has electric. I have removed the old storage heaters that were here and have been on the old supplier (SSE) standard tariff for the last few months. I am looking to now fix for a period of time but wanted to know if there is a cut off before you end up paying too much at the…
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Renovating Leaky Windows & Doors
I have loft insulation a mile thick and I am in a mid terrace house but none of this counts for anything because I can see daylight through the frames of my large victorian sash windows and the front and back doors. I live in a conservation area but there are NO local authority grants available. That has all been cut. None…
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What more can I do?
I switched to First Utility 2 years ago and had smart meters installed a year later All was going well until I started receiving estimated bills for my gas I queried this and was told one of the meters needed to be restarted and this would only happen if I changed accounts which they did Since then despite a call every…
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N power closed my account
Matter resolved very quickly.
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scottish Power money grabbers!!!!!!!
Can anyone please help? I have been finishing off the sale of my grandfathers house and in sept contacted scottish power with final readings and expected a final bill but now have recieved another bill of which (after 4hrs of waiting for a call back!!!) the account hadn't been closed and now this bill was the final…
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Being threaten by nPower.
Hi. I got home today from work to find a letter from Npower requesting me a payment for my bills. The problem is my bills are incorrect. I raised a claim about my bills being wrong back in June. I'm still waiting for them to be fixed. I get automated emails saying they're still having a look at it but I wonder how…
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Magneglaze Secondary Glazing....any good?
Hi, is magnetic secondary glazing any good? Can you help? We have recently moved into a 1980's with wooden frame single glaze leaded windows which very much suits the character of the house. The house is not well insulated due to the single glazed windows. Replacing the current wooden windows with double glazing feels like…
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Help with Storage Heaters
Hi everyone, I recently moved into a flat which has storage heaters, which I have never used before! I thought I was using them correctly but received a large energy bill and was informed that I wasn't, I have tried looking online for help and looked on the Manufacturers website (Atlantic) but couldn't find much help so…
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EDF - greedy robbing thieves right until the bitter end!!
Finished with EDF at the end of October due to them making up their own DD amounts and thinking they can help themselves to whatever they want from our bank account despite us not having used that amount of Gas & Electric. Do you think they want a final reading?? No, they do not need that as they have made their own one…
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Online switching services - First Utility Headache
I've gone through three different switching cashback websites in order to switch my duel fuel to first utility and every time I've received an email from FU confirming I've opted for electricity only and had to phone them up, cancel and start again. The first application was through MSI's cheap energy club, second through…
