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Moving to a Brand New House - Smart Meters
Hi Guys, Moving to a brand new house in Midlands and was wandering if there are any firms that will always put in Smart Meters now. According to Taylor Wimpey ours is the last estate to get old style meters and I'm about to survey the market to see what energy deal I can get... I know the rollout will depend on area and…
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NPower: Let me go!
Hi all, I'm having an issue with NPower that I'd really appreciate some advice on. Thank you in advance-! At the end of 2012 I moved into my current home. A new build property, the building firm had gone bust so it was being sold by the bank. I'd been with NPower at my previous residence for both gas and electricity on…
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First Utility & Back Billing
Needing some clarification. I had been with First Utility for approx 15 months. In this time they have failed to produce a single estimated or actual bill. I complained to ombudsman who produced a remedy detailing that first utility should :- I take this to mean that all usage prior to 12 months should be credited back to…
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Do npower read meters for other suppliers?
I've just had a call from my wife, who tells me that npower have been round to read our meters. Only thing is that we're not with npower (we're in mid-switch from EDF Energy to BG at the moment). Do npower read meters for other suppliers or is it the case that the meter reading is done on behalf of energy suppliers by a…
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Economy 7
Hello, I have watched Martin Lewis on TV saying we should change Energy supplier to get the best deal, and I myself am desperate to do so as we have been with British Gas for 15 years in the same flat, but being all electric and on Economy 7 ( with electric storage heaters that heat up during the night and are totally…
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Scottish Power - 2 Year Account set-up nightmare.
Hello Everybody, I'm just looking for some advice on how other folks would handle the situation I'm in. Back in March 2014 I moved into a shared house, living with 3 other tenants. We all moved in at the same time and I took on managing the bills for the house. After a bit of research I made the decision to go with…
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Anyone switched using Swuto?
Anybody used Swuto for switching energy suppliers? They look the same as the energy club...that new thing of automatic searching and switching. I have used neither yet, but have signed up for swuto. I have an exit fee so need to wait, but gives me time to see if they good or not...and see what other people say about them…
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Scottish Power took over my supply erroneously - should I accept compensation offer?
Scottish Power have finally, after months of wrangling, admitted taking over my electricity supply erroneously and are offering to pay back the money they took from me (using details stored on their system from a previous account I held with them) and have offered my money back plus £50 goodwill? Should I accept that or…
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Credit check companies
Which energy companies credit check you so I can discount them from my search thank you
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Is my meter faulty
Hi all, I live in a 3 bed semi with my partner & i think theres something strange going on. When we moved in march 2015 we didnt really have any idea how much electric/gas we would be using so we estimated and went with Npower. Theyve recently put my Direct debit up to £120 a month. I work 9-5 monday-friday and so does my…
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What a berk I am - misread meter
Just got my bill from British Gas with an £80.64 debit balance. It says 3/12/15 66223 estimated(the from EON switch date), 8/3/16 68251 estimated. I've just read it and it's 64551! I am guessing what I've done is read the first dial then assumed that the second one went around in the same direction not really paying…
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Tariff Calculation Puzzle
I am currently on the First:utility iSave Fixed v16 April 2016 Direct Debit eBill tariff which is coming to an end soon. I am planning to change to the First Fixed April 2017 v7 Direct Debit eBill tariff on Monday 14th when I am within the 49 day period. My Personal Projection for the new tariff is £537 per year based on…
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Incorrect switch details?
[FONT="]Pl[FONT="]ease disregard - I hadn[FONT="]'t scrolled far en[FONT="]ough[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="][FONT="] down the page[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT] in my energy club account. Have found correct details now...[/FONT][/FONT]…
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Price Comparison Sites to be investigated by the CMA
It would seem that the CMA's investigation in to the domestic energy market isn't complete. Comparison sites have been included in the CMA's 2016/7 work plan. http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2015/december/price-comparison-sites-to-be-scrutinised-by-cma/
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Are these only gas/elec price comps - MSE Cheap En Club, tariffteam & USwitch?
I've been told that the usual price comp sites - GoCompare, MoneySup, Confused - don't always have the lowest, short-lived tariffs, so I should use the others. I don't know what they are, though, except for MSE's Cheap Energy Club, Uswitch and TariffTeam. Any others? Cheers. I don't have any links to any of the companies.
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Advice needed. Trying to move off prepayment is proving to be impossible !
Currently with Utilitia after moving house last year. On Smart meter paying over the odds. I am wanting to move onto a credit meter and pay DD. I have spoken to the big six. I seems very complex. I have to have another prepayment meter in then pass a credit check then they will install a meter ? Some charge too. Is there a…
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british gas collective supply change
i am a british gas customer so i was glad to see the collective traiff swop recently. i applied and was accepted but be careful..my smart meter is now not registering the correct usage. at least 50p a day but the app and web account details are right. british gas are saying because the tariff is a 3rd part arrangement the…
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Cosy Homes Boilers and Roofing Worth it?
Hello, I am about to begin working as a door canvasser selling boiler upgrades for Cosy Homes. I've never done this kind of work before and I'm keen to find out as much about the company as I can before I start, because I don't want to represent an unscrupulous company. There is not much feedback about this company, and…
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Confused! Help
Hello I was with a nightmarish electric company who were making things a living hell. One of the big issues was with them constantly billing me incorrectly. I attempted to switch away from them 2 months ago. I thought everything was fine but then I got a letter from the new supplier claiming my original supplier had…
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Prepayment woes
An elderly, low income, immobile neighbour, on benefits with a pre-payment meter (electricity only with SSE) who has never switched, challenged me to save him money on his £2200 annual costs using a comparison site. Confident that I could help him, I discovered that the maximum he could save would be £50/annum. So much for…
