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Impact of wholesale gas prices on solar panel receipts
Morning everyone. I was just wondering if anyone knew whether the increase in wholesale gas prices, and therefore increase in electricity / gas prices, will lead to a change in how much I receive on export from my solar panels back to the grid. I know Ofgem review the rates annually, which generally leads to a small…
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Just Moved House
We have just bought our first home and moved in at the weekend. Should we just wait to hear from the existing supplier and let them put us on a standard tariff? Thanks
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Just moved - what to do with energy supplier
Just moved to a new house that I have bought, it’s fully electric and has economy 7 so I’ll need an electricity only econ 7 tariff. Incumbent supplier is Bulb however I have not yet signed up with them yet. So my question is, should I sign up with Bulb and go on their standard variable tariff or try sign up to Octopus…
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Boiler, gas or electric
As prices are increasing and government wants to phase out gas boilers should I be swapping my faulty old gas boiler for gas or electric one?
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Is this a good deal for Scottish Power Customers??
I switched to ScottishPower December 2020. Fixed price tariff is due to end this December. I pay £98/month for gas/elec. I was emailed by Scottish Power offering another 12 months fixed price at £117/ month on an exclusive deal for existing customers. Switching doesn’t look like an option at the moment and I’m not keen to…
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OVO Energy variable or fixed tariff?
My fixed rate tariff ends in November. OVO have written to me to decide whether to choose another fixed tariff for one or two years, or stay on their variable SVT. I can't decide what to do, because if I fix the rate I may be paying more because of the uncertainty at the moment. What are other people doing? Are you staying…
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Outfox the Market are trying to move me to 'Green Standard Variable Tariff' to circumvent Price Cap
The price cap does not have to apply to Green Standard variable Tariff. Outfox the Market are trying to force me onto that because I ceased paying them by Direct Debit, given the account was heavily in credit and I alerted them that I would like to start paying on a per bill basis. They have cited as I am on the 'Spring 21…
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Future Cap Prediction - Ouch.
Cornwall Insights is recognised for the quality of its analytics. If true, this isn’t good news: https://www.cornwall-insight.com/the-gravity-of-the-default-tariff-cap-and-the-impact-of-the-solr-process/
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E.on pushing their fixed tariffs
My good deal came to an end a few days ago and like many others I’ve opted for their standard variable rates as it’s already an increase of almost £500 a year on my previous deal. Opened email today with them still pushing their fixed tariff but you have to laugh at “You've rolled onto our higher, variable price, but it's…
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Advice - fixed tariff coming to an end
Hello, I'm looking for some advice on what to do as my fixed tariff is coming to an end this month. I'm currently with Eon and pay about £40 a month They've offered me another 12month fixed tariff, but the standing charge has gone from 10p to about 35p and the unit rate for electric has gone from 14p to 21p and gas 2p to…
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Smart meter BG to Sainsburys energy
We had a smart meter fitted by British gas, then I changed to Avro and it was the same, now I have changed to Sainsburys energy and the plug in display is going crazy, it's showing twice as high usage than it was before, just with the kettle and the grill it shots round to 3/4 in the red zone, hardly ever saw the red zone…
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SEE Standard tariff confusion over 30 minute readings and monthly payment
We just moved into a new build apartment complex with SSE as the electric provider. We did the comparisons and decided on the Standard tariff based on these new remote electric meters. We were told by SSE that they read the meters eery 30 minutes so our usage is accurate which is great, but they have decided we need to pay…
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Outfox the Market
On the 6Th August I noted on your site that Ouutfox the market was offering ECO7 Fix'd August21 v1. I was with Bulb at that time. So I signed up for that deal. However this has proved to be a vey bad move . It took nearly a month to get set up on online link, and I now find they have only moved my electricity account over…
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Are OVO allowed to increase Direct Debit.
I have just renewed a 1 year fix with OVO for dual fuel at a higher price than the recently expired plan. They are now sending text messages to say they want to increase my DD from £78 per month to £111 as they estimate that should cover my usage / cost for the new 1 year plan. At present I am £200 in credit and have told…
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Moving house can I take my fixed good deal with me?
My parent is in the process of moving out and will come and live with me for a while. He fixed with Octopus a few months back on a 2 year deal at ~9p Kwh. I'm with Symbio who has now transferred me over to EON Next. Can he bring his energy deal with him? I assume it will be ok but ideally I'd like to take over the direct…
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Shell Energy Owned Money but Why?
Hi all, Sorry in advance for the long read. We moved into our newly purchased property 30th October 2020. The previous owner had passed away and had no family so all his estate went to his accountants to divide as per his will, this went through probate which took 2 years to sort out, to which the house was empty. We…
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Avro to octopus.... When does the price increase?
Hi, Does anyone know when I'll be paying the new higher octopus rate for my electricity/gas? The reason I ask is I have a hot tub that's not due to be drained and refilled/heated for another month but if I'm still not transferred over to Octopus I may aswell do it now to avoid paying the higher Octopus electricity rate…
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Shell Energy - can they switch my tariff without notice during a fixed tariff?
Joined Shell Energy in Nov 2020 on their ‘Energy January 2022 v4 Economy 7’ tariff, fixed to end of Jan 2022. Had smart meter installed end of Feb 2021. Since my last bill they have moved me, without consent, to the ‘Energy January 2022 v4 Single rate’ tariff, still fixed until January 2022 but not E7. Can they do that?…
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How does this workout????
Current tariff Unit rates Electricity: 15.95p per kWh Gas: 2.72p per kWh Standing charges Electricity: 23.42p per day Gas: 17.85p per day Current annual amount: £661.37 New tariff ⚡ Electricity Daily standing charge 26.45p /day Unit rate 25.01p /kWh Exit fee £0 🔥 Gas Daily standing charge 26.10p /day Unit rate 6.43p /kWh…
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Advice please stay on flexible octopus or change to Sainsbury's
I've been on flexible octopus since august 2020. Didn't react quickly enough when fixed prices started going up but managed to get on Sainsbury 2year - following details Electricity 2 Year Fix and Reward v19 Direct Debit version Starting on 10/10/2021 Fixed term ends 10/10/2023 22.04p/kWh37.47p/day(All rates inc. VAT) Gas…
