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Sunak considers cutting VAT on household energy bills
Rishi Sunak could slash VAT on household energy bills in the budget to ease the cost of living crisis, it was claimed today. The Chancellor is believed to be considering reducing the 5 per cent rate even though he has very little room for manoeuvre in the financial package on October 27. Sunak considers cutting VAT on…
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Green Energy to EDF - First Bill is massive!!!! Help Please!
Hi guys, my brother-in-law was with Green Energy and when they went bust was moved over recently to EDF. He was paying £45 a month DD with Green Energy which was the payment stipulated by them and has a smart meter. The first bill with EDF showed massive arrears (£656) and a huge increase in his DD to £257 per month which…
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Oh deary deary me...............
So Pure Planet upped their rates for gas so i jumped to Igloo Im sure you can see what im about to say...lol So im now with (im told) EON but...........i have a £144 credit with Igloo should i cancel my Igloo DDM?
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Voltex home power saving plug in units
Do these plugs really stops unnecessary power from entering the electrical cables and overloading the home network do they save on power consumption?
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Octopus economy 7 hours ?
I am in the fortunate position of being on a fixed tariff until after the winter (Super Green Octopus) I downloaded the Bright app & it shows time of use hours for E7 as 00.00 -07:00 is this correct? seems very generous .
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Peoples Energy
Is it just me or are British Gas taking a long time to transfer us to them? We were notified in Mid / end September and still waiting details. Am I being in too much of a hurry?
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Moved home and between suppliers
I've just moved home and my current electricity company have said I cannot take my existing contract with me and have cancelled the contract. I also have gas in new home so again without a decent contact. So am I right in thinking I just find new suppliers at the new mad prices? :( Everywhere I look it tells you not to…
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Prepayment gas & electric - is it a good time to switch?
Hi all, I’ve recently moved into a new property and it has prepayment gas and electric meters. I was looking at moving to a standard credit meter for both but in the light of the recent energy crisis I wondered if I would be better off staying as I am? ive read that prepayment customers pay called energy prices. my energy…
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Credit with failed energy provider
I switched from Pure Planet a few days before they ceased trading. How/will I get my Pure Planet credit?
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Energy supplier when moving into new home
We have just completed on a house and need to register with the energy supplier. Sadly the supplier that the previous owners were using has just gone bust so they were automatically moved to British Gas. I need to talk to someone from there on Monday but when I just got an automatic quote online from them they’re quoting…
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Beginning to think Octopus is a mistake
Octopus seem to be dragging there feet with taking on Avro customers, no mention of payments, no mention when switch will be completed. Wish I had now opted to move to a much bigger supplier, have lost all faith in Octopus.
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Nuclear Britain
https://www.ft.com/content/e6426194-21e6-49c4-9520-97c337b350fd UK ministers will put nuclear power at the heart of Britain's strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in government documents .
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Ovo Energy not taking new customers on
Hi, I was in contact with customer
service at Ovo a couple of weeks back and was informed by them that they had
received an internal memo to say no referral payments would be paid after the
12th of September. My complaint being why were members not informed of this and
why did most members referral links still appear to be…
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New Prices - Which Heating is now Cheaper - Electric or Gas
Now that energy prices are so high, have we reached the stage where electric heating etc is now cheaper than using gas? AND, if we do get to that stage, what happens to all the EPC inspections which mark down a property with electric heating due to cost of use?
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deem versus octopus
i didnt see my renewal letter for 3 october rom edf, so spent many hours trying to find comparable deal. eventually found fixed deal with no early exit. but moving me from £47 to a new £94. now panicked by martin saying do nothing. his deem prices a little less than octopus but he is variable rate. my 14 day cool period…
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Scottish Power electricity tariffs
Hello everyone, does anyone know where I might be able to find the unit prices for electric tariffs for Scottish Power? Whenever I try this link it doesn't work: https://www2.scottishpower.co.uk/tariff-information.process?execution=e1s2 I can find the tariff names but the links are all broken. I'm hoping to not to have to…
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Octopus Smart Meters and Go Tariff
I got an SMET2 meter installed in May for Octopus Go Faster. Meter was zero'd at install and since then I have left it submit half hourly readings, with a new EV I expected an increase in electric use, just checking the meter readings on the IHD from time to time and they tally with the bills from octopus that do not seem…
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The Energy Cap
Got my Octopus tariff today and it shows an increase of about 50% on what I paid Avro. i guess that is why Avro went bust. But I'm a bit confused on the subject of the Energy Cap. How can I find out what my Cap should be and if I'm paying over or under it?
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Wrong Opening Meter Reading with Failed Supplier
Hi first time posting here - I have searched and found nothing which matches my specific query. Earlier this year I switched from Octopus to the now failed Pure Planet. No bills have yet been created so I have credit from 2 DD payments which I am assuming will moved to new supplier, not yet announced. My issue is that it…
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CNG ceases trading
I'm surprised not to see any comment on this on the board. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-10095625/Multiple-gas-suppliers-bust-week-CNG-Group-cuts-UK.html If I'm reading it right CNG is one of the companies that energy companies hedge with, and they now can't honour the pre agreed prices. Who ever is…
