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?new government initiative
Has anyone heard about a Government Scheme for people with Solar Panels being able to take part in an initiative to produce savings on gas usage?
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Help me understand our central heating!
We had a brand new central heating system installed at the start of the week, and it's the first time we've had CH (old house + lack of funds =ed costly electric :( ). Anyway, the plumber explained the basics of how the system works and how you control the temperature. But we're still not entirely sure how to get the…
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Eon
I'm currently switching from eon's collective switch from last year to BG collective switch this year, i'm due to switch on the 12th oct. I'm sure i saw in one of the threads that Eon would keep you on the old tariff for up to 20 days after it ended if you were switching. However i have been moved over to Eon's basic…
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A Warning on Switching for Warm Home Discount Recipients
Hi there, Not been on forums here in a long time...health took a massive nosedive and just, bleh whatever. I wanted to share some information, it may already be well known to some/all of you, but I didn't know and so others might also not be aware of this. I feel it is important to flag this so that as many people as…
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First Utility pressurised my OAP mother to change tariffs early
anybody else have this happen to their OAP parents? they started emailing her about 3 months before the end of the tariff 31/10/16 I told her to just ignore the emails, then on 27th aug they phoned her up, despite her opting out of contacting her etc. and convinced her to change to a new 2 yr deal this is almost a copy of…
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first utility warm front
anyone got any info when you can register for first utility warm front scheme ? says you register a interest and will be opening by end of sept thanks for any replies
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New home - Economy 7
Hi all, Just after a but of advice really as to how to play this. The house that I have moved into used to have storage heaters - they seem to be long gone. There remains an economy 7 meter which does not suit our lifestyle. I want to change to a smart meter. Should I ask the current providers to fit this, then switch to…
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Energy Switch only part completed - What recourse do I have?
Hi everyone. I used a comparison site (compare the market) to compare energy suppliers at the end of July, when both my gas and electric tarriffs were due to expire. I found the best deal, submitted the request under the Energy Switch Guarantee, and waited. I was keeping my electricity with the same supplier - First…
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Smart Meters - Ask me anything!
Hi all, Just thought i would help here with any burning questions you guys might have about the UK Smart Meter rollout. I've seen a lot of spurious information and speculation out there on the interweb along with (thankfully!) a lot of informed savvy people! I've worked at the cutting edge of the industry for 5 years, for…
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British Gas Collective Fix 2017 Tariff error
Please ignore - posted by mistake
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Best Energy Deals for "Affordable Housing" Tenants
I am a trustee for a village hall which is a registered charity. Attached the hall and owned by the charity are two cottages which we rent out at "affordable" rents which take into consideration noise nuisance from the hall and also a desire as a charity to support local residents who could not afford normal "market"…
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gas pipe
hi years ago gas was led to out village for a fee you could have it led to your house which we did as we had solid fuel central heating we didn't get the gas in the house we are now an thinking of getting gas in the house rang national grid they say we need to get new pipe going to cost 700 cannot understand whywe need new…
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Direct debit amount, is it right?
I moved into my property a 2 bed newish (2004) terrace house a few months ago, my dual fuel direct debit was £48 per month with no previous readings, we've been pretty consistent and used around £27 the first 3 summer months, I actually expect elec to go down slightly as we were both off work for most of that time and are…
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British Gas Collective Switch WARNING!
Just a word of warning with British Gas. I was previously with Ovo paying around £75 a month for both Gas and Electricity (2 bed end link). I checked out the MSE Energy Saving Club which recommended the collective switch in February 2016. Based on this Tariff, British Gas recommended a payment of £66 based on the expiring…
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First utility fixed dual tariff
Hi all,hope someone can help? I am on first fixed April 2017v3 with first utility duel fuel my payments were £55 per month and I have just received an e-mail from them saying they are increasing my monthly payments to £61 My electricity usage may have increased slightly due to getting darker earlier but we haven't even put…
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Help. Moving home gas supplier
Hi. I moved into my new build home 5 years ago which was built in the middle of a field on a new build estate. When we moved in I contacted the various suppliers to try and track down who our suppliers would be. Water and electricity eventually came forward but gas kept on insisting that my house didn't exist. I then left…
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British Gas - Smart meter upgrade?
I'm weary of these 'upgrades' - they're not always for the best. I got a message left on my answering machine from someone with poor English. I couldn't make out what they were saying other than i was to call them & it was British Gas. I heard the word upgrade in there. So i log on to my account to enter a meter reading &…
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Collectives
There seems to be many organisations doing collectives these days which will often beat the best deal on the open market I presume. Is there anywhere you can find what collectives are upcoming to register with?
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Broken Electric Meter
Dear all, First time on here and wondered if you could help. I moved into a Rental Property in Dec 2015 and have just moved out as i have finally found somewhere to buy. Holding my hands up - it appears that i never set up a direct debit or contacted the Electric Company when i moved in. This is my fault and and was an…
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Want the cheapest energy deals? You could be out of luck - suppliers can now...
'A few weeks ago, an interesting energy tariff came through from First Utility...' Read MSE Andrew's full blog: 'Want the cheapest energy deals? You could be out of luck - suppliers can now exclude you from getting their best tariffs' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. If you…
