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Final energy bill
I’ve received my final bill from my old duel energy supplier. The bill is charging for energy not paid for due to estimated bills, but, it’s also charging standing charges. I’ve paid my bills for the dates shown on this final bill, and I’ve paid the standing charges, which is per day, for the dates on the bill. But this…
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MSE Poll: When did you last switch your energy provider or tariff?
Poll started 5 May 2020With many feeling the financial squeeze caused by coronavirus and looking to cut their monthly bills, switching to a new energy provider (or at least to a new deal with your existing provider) is an easy way to save £££s. But when did you last do it – and if it's been a while, why? Click here to vote…
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Switch sse to eon
Hi everyone I switched to eon from sse in January and have 2 problems the meter was changed to a smart meter by sse a few weeks before the switch and when I joined eon the start reading was entered using the reading from the old meter which means the app will not let me enter the current reading as it is too low And this…
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How to switch suppliers at the moment?
just wondering how i can switch suppliers at the moment with them not taking calls. I can’t do an online switch as i need a single rate tarriff but currently have E7. any advice would be appreciated. thanks.
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Solar panels
Hi all, who owns solar panels if both the supplier and maintenance companies have been dissolved and what should I do next? Thank you, Anthony.
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Pensioners' gas bill just went from £160 to £2,584 a quarter
I'm trying to help my elderly inlaws (I'm their nominated third party). Their gas bill is usually about £160 a quarter. But the last one was £2,584. I can't convince Green Star Energy this is clearly wrong/bonkers and they are demanding the money. I think it went wrong on Jan 22nd 2020 when a smart meter was installed and…
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Advice on what to do next
I have lived in my house for 7 years. When we first moved in we took over the meters which were pay as you go so we had to top up using a key and then put it into our meter. We switched to british gas as my mother in law was with them. We were spending a lot of money on energy. I was topping up over £40 a week in both…
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Price of electricity bill
Sorry if this has been discussed but I’m currently with Bulb and just had a hefty £155 monthly bill off them! They say i use 33kw per day and average 8045 kw per year - I’ve read watched this and it’s triple normal consumption! I live in a 3 bed detached house - combi boiler with average electronics with 2 teenagers I’m…
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Bulb
Hi I have been trying to set up an account with bulb the energy supplier that the previous owner used. I couldn’t use the online form to move in as there was an error. I went on the chat but the guy was chatting to several people at once. He said they would have to manually set up an account. He sent me an email to be a…
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WHD 20/21
has anyone seen and documentation relating to the 2020/21 warm home discount the item of interest to me is the qualifying date for the core group I qualify for state pension on the 06/july 2020 which is a monday , but reading thru previous years documentation it seems that the qualifying date is always on the sunday before…
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Help! Utilita Energy
Hi there, I really don’t know what to do. We have been with EverSmart for 2 years, and then a month ago we received 6 months worth of statements from Utilita saying that EverSmart had gone bust and they had been providing our energy for the prior 6 months. I didn’t even notice EverSmart had stopped taking money from my…
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URGENT LEGAL CHANGE: legislation to TURN OFF Solar PV and Battery to grid generation!
PLEASE READ AND RESPOND (to National Grid) BY 5th May 2020: https://www.nationalgrideso.com/industry-information/codes/grid-code-old/modifications/gc0143-last-resort-disconnection-embedded The attached is a proposal to 'switch off' your Solar PV or Battery to Grid (or V2G) generation..This could come in to effect with NO…
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Working out the price of a gas "unit"
I'm confused with my recent monthly bill on my gas my fixed tariff tarrif is 2.3835 per kwh and standing charge of 11.32p per day I've used 21 has units and waa charged £3.23 for standing charges (I get that) But how have I been charged £6.06 for gas usage? Is it 21 units times by 2.3835 p? Which is 50p? If it's not 50p…
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Changing Electric company
Hi. I’ve just moved in to a rented property that has a prepayment meter. It’s with SSE and is expensive. Once lockdown is over they will change it for a regular meter for free. I suppose my question is can I move companies after only a 4 weeks registered with SSE or should I just stay with them for now and change the meter…
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Cannot change supplier.
Hi, on Sept 23rd 2019 we changed our supplier from Ovo to Eon, although Ovo owed us £500 they would not allow eon to change our Electric so since then we have had no electricity charges, we have smart meters that were fitted by Ovo 20/9/19, but Eon are charging our Gas and we now have £900 credit with Eon, as we dont know…
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Household energy bills to rise
Just read this: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/may/04/uk-household-energy-bills-to-soar-by-32-per-month Is there any merit in this article? If this prediction comes true I would've thought it would be a good time to switch to a fixed term deal (I'm currently on Bulb vari tarriff). Welcome your thoughts on this,…
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Building up bebut
Hi. I moved into my new property just over a year ago and as i still had a contract with my supplier i kept using them. I should have change last July but had a new baby and thing went out the window. They have sent me my yearly statement (dont recall ever getting one before) and they qant to up my monthly gee from 86 to…
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Boiler Grant
Hi, I recently applied for a government boiler Grant and received confirmation I qualified. How do I know the company is legit and it's not going to cost me money long term. Regards
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Energy query
I am new to this site, and also I have a new energy supplier, 4 weeks. What interested me in their services was the cost of the tariff they showed on the mse website, so I signed up. 3 weeks later they email me and say they want to change it to a much higher rate. They say this is because of the previous Tennant's use as a…
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Are energy auto-switching companies worth it?
I was watching an old episode of Dragon's Den - the episode about Look After My Bills and how they won the pitch was great. I was sort of looking into it, and came across this article on 'Can Look After My Bills Save You Money?' - which looked at people giving some pretty negative reviews. Have you guys used these guys?…
