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Changing to smart meter help.
I'm on British Gas dual fuel prepayment meters at moment, but I'm thinking of making an appointment for a Smart meter fitting to save money. Two things I'm unclear about: 1. When they fit the meter, is it initially still pay-as-you-go, or is it straight away direct debit? 2. If it is direct debit, will I be able to afford…
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Price of Gas & Electricity
Can someone point me to any previous posts asking what peoples bills are. I ask as I have learned of a number of people that pay £800-£1,000 for a 3 bed semi per year. Whereas I live in a 4 bed semi and pay double. I have never switched suppliers but would be interested by other peoples bills to ascertain if I'm being…
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Overvoltage
I work from home and in January had numerous power problems as a result of a storm. On restoring power some computer equipment failed to work. I have since been watching my mains voltage using tested professional equipment and at times my mains voltage has been 260volts, yes 2 6 0. I have spoken to the utility company who…
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Green star energy unlimited tariff
For the last year I have been on unlimited tariff paying £149 a month for unlimited use of Gas/Elect. for a 5 bedrooms house. The supplier worked out the figure based on projected use from my previous supplier. At that time we had a 30 years old very inefficient boiler and halogen lights every where. Since we started on…
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Swapping energy tariff
Hi there, just a quick question. I was looking to change my British Gas energy tariff to there new cheaper deal as advertised on the MSE website. But my existing tarif doesn’t end with British Gas until November. So my question was will I have to pay the early exit fee by swapping tariffs? Thanks Jack
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Gas meter broken... 4 months to fix
Gas works fine but when we moved into the property 1st Dec the gas meter display was blank and so we couldn't get a start reading, I contacted Eon straight away and they said my meter wasn't working at all and apparently hadn't been for some time(!) so someone needed to come out to replace it, the next available date for…
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Immersion heater now providing less hot water.
My hot water is supplied by a 1500 x 450 direct cylinder (210 litres capacity). It has two immersion heaters; the upper (boost, which is generally switched off) and the lower which runs for about 3-4 hours overnight. This has worked well for about 15 years (albeit the lower heating element needed replacing a year ago)…
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Boiler CH temp?
I have an Ideal Logic 30 combi boiler, which was new about 4 years ago. I've never had a problem with it and it's been great. I'm just wondering what temp I should set the CH temp on it? I live in a 2up/2down style Victorian mid terrace. It's a small house, with high ceilings and a cellar under the lounge. The back of the…
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Switch to Eon cancelled
Hi. I was in the process of switching suppliers from British Gas to Eon through the MSE energy saving club. I have just received an email from Eon cancelling my switch due to them not supporting my meter. As I have a British Gas Smart Meter does that mean that I am stuck with British Gas Cheers Russell
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Scottish Power Incorrect Bill
So, despite having a smart meter for a few months, for some strange reason to generate a bill I still have to submit meter readings? Anyway, I have been doing this regularly through winter to stay on top of the costs and bills. My last bill clearly showed I was still £120 in credit and a monthly DD payment of £73 minus my…
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help with energy bills
Hi im desperate has anyone got any advice on saving money on my gas and electric please,im currently with Utility on a prepayment metre and I've just got my usage for the last year and its that high some compare companies won't even quote me, my electric usage is 11461.256 KWper year (£160) per month and my gas is…
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Help! I have been conned into an electric contract
Hello everyone, Really hoping someone can help... I have been trying to start a business and I have just gained access to my shop premises to ready it for opening. whilst elbows deep in paint, my personal mobile rang, i answered to find it was 'electricity registration', i never give out my personal number, i have a spare…
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Help with Boiler issue
I have a promax he plus combi boiler which has recently developed a fault where the heating and hot water stays on and even though the thermostat and timer are programmed to be off. This happened last week and turning off the boiler for a few hours rectified the problem however its happened again today and turning the…
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Iresa refund
I'm currently about £400 in credit with iresa . My current tariff ends mid march, I've decided to stay with iresa for 2018 and signed up to a new fixed tariff online till march 2019 . Two questions 1 do you think I should call them to try to get a refund for the overpayments? 2 I've decided to ditch my economy 7 tariff for…
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1800 kWh/month in a 2 bedroom flat??
Hiya everyone, I desperately need your advice. I recently moved to a 2-bedroom, electricity-only flat. It's a very small flat, with no living room, a small kitchen and a small bathroom. Since 05.01, we used over 1850 kWh of energy!!!:( what is more, there was only 1 person in the flat for 2 weeks in January (there is 3 of…
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Choosing a supplier
Hi all Bought an house back in September and i’ll Admit i’m A bit naive and didn’t really have a clue what I was doing in regards to gas and electricity. The house was being supplied by Spark energy so we stayed with them on a move in tarriff paying £54 a month for dual fuel. Spark estimated it however it turns out we have…
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Switching options when you have THTC? (Scotland)
We've just bought a house in Scotland that has both a standard electricity meter and THTC (and no gas / oil). I'm not very familiar with this type of service as we're moving up from England, and wondered how to get the best deal. SSE currently supply the house, and I've gone onto their standard tariff whilst I see if…
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This Morning British Gas Duel Fuel Question
Hi, Please can I request some help. I watched Martin on ITV This Morning and he mentioned switching from British Gas Dual Fuel, and in particular going through the comparison website to get the deal (switching from Prepayment to Smart Meter as part of the deal). I'm with Energy Saving comparison site here, but that…
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My garden aint big enough!
As part of our renovations we are getting Calor gas central heating, and cooking installed, (no mains gas.) I've just had a mail from them which states; That sounds like a hell of a big space, just to have a Calor gas tank plonked in the middle of it? Has anyone here had experience with getting a gas tank fitted? Any…
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British Gas standard tariff
We have recently moved to a newbuild property and were told we had to go with British Gas for at least a month. We've just had our first bill from British Gas and they have just put us on their Standatd Tariff without giving us a choice. This isn't the cheapest tariff, can they do this?
