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National Grid to drain electric car batteries at times of peak demand
The National Grid will drain parked electric cars of their batteries in a trial designed to ensure energy supply at times of high demand or low supply. The scheme will see electric vehicles charging on driveways plugged into the system responsible for balancing the National Grid for the first time. The National Grid has…
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£200 "loan" and fixed tariff contracts
Does the £200 reduction in electricity bills apply to fixed tariff contracts? I'm concerned the £200 won't be applied and at a later date the energy companies will automatically try and claw back £200 which we would not have received.
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Massive increase in direct debit from OVO
I moved to OV energy to take advantage of a fixed deal through Uswitch, using their calculators based on actual usage for one year. OVO came out top and my DD was fixed at £91.00. But having moved to them in late September - allied to the increase in costs, they informed me they were raising my DD to £394.00 pcm which is…
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Advice on if I should fix..going round in circles
If anyone could take a few minutes to offer their opinion I'd appreciate it. I am doubting my thinking as Im not great with these things. Current fixed ends in 18 days. Price jump dramatically, Eon are offering me a variable, which I assume will then go up by 54% in April and possibly more in October. Then I am offered…
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Received New Fixed Rate from Octopus
Hi there, our current fixed tariff with Octopus ends, end of March 2022. We currently pay £122 p/mth for both gas & elec, they have quoted us new 12mth fixed loyalty deal of £246.07 p/mth or a variable rate of £144 p/mth based on today’s current prices (not taking into account the price hike from April). I have looked on…
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Should I fix?
Hi, I'm currently on a (relatively very) cheap fix with Eon which ends on 05/03/2022 with an annual bill of £1226. When my fix ends I believe I'll move to the current standard variable rates (which will have an annual bill of £1673) however I'm only going to be on that tariff for 26 days I think before the April rise.…
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Utility companies not talking. Help request - How to get them play fair?
Whilst I'm not interested in utility bills, it grabs my attention when I get hikes in bills and so natural for me wanting to talk with my provider. And I find they're not easy to talk to and failing to give answers; it feels like they're playing a system. Is this common and is there anything being done about it? Details...…
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peoples energy credit- how to get it back?
I have received email from British Gas to say the transfer from PE to British (Scottish)Gas is complete and they have received the credit balance from the PE account and applied it to the BG account. It is an eye-watering 4 figure amount. I have checked the BG account and it is saying this "We can't offer you a credit…
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Should I increase my payments to Bulb?
Hello! I am currently only paying £33 per month to Bulb for gas / electric. This is not because I'm super energy efficient unfortunately. It's because I had about £400 credit last year, so I thought I'd reduce my monthly payments. However, I'm now back in debit. But they are still only taking £33 per month. I'd like to…
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Current cheap fix ends 27th April - check my maths?
Hi all, My current cheap 1yr fix with So Energy finishes 27th April. Their cheapest fix currenty is So Guava with rates of: E: 35.20kwh, 25.08scG: 9.84kwh, 26.11sc Would somebody be as kind to cross reference my maths and confirm im better off moving on the price cap please? Calculated from May 2022 to May 2023, assuming…
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Government 'Energy Loan' and Landlords
As a Landlord owning a few properties, how could the energy loan effect me. What happens if a tenant is given the loan then gives notice and leaves the property, who pays back the loan , is it on the property or person. If the property is empty when it comes to paying back could I be held responsible for paying back their…
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Ofgem capped rates
Can anyone tell me what the 'official' KWhr Ofgem capped rates are up to April 2022? Ofgem appear not to publish these for the general public. We seem to be reliant on the fuel companies determining what they believe is the cap. I understand that the fuel cap depends on the area within UK but there is a complete blanket on…
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Moving home, switch or not to switch?
We're moving home at the end of the month, our gas and electricity supply was previously with Green energy, but got moved to Shell when it collapsed. It's only been the last few weeks that we've had our credit from Green moved to our shell account so fortunately after a long wait the billing is finally resolved. I noticed…
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Energy prices switch now or hold
Hi, I am on a fixed dual fuel until end of April. Is it worth staying as I am or switching now? Either with the same provider or another?
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Gas and electricity
Do you think we should renationalise the gas and electricity. Then big profits made can be put to better use. Regards Stewart Smith
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British Gas Electric meter readings gone back to nearly zero!?
Hi guys, was with Peoples Energy and now with British Gas (Was previously with BG before Peoples) I have an old smart meter that wasn't working great so had a tech come to upgrade the communication box. Looked to be working fine for a week or so, displaying correct figures but electricity readings suddenly stopped being…
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E-on next email
Hi, I run my mum's E-on next account for her and i just noticed an email from a couple of days ago saying 'we're sorry to see you go'. Thing is, this is news to me. It's an online account and to be honest my mum doesn't own a computer and having spoken to her she has had no contact with them. I've responded and asked them…
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Smart meter display
I have a display unit in my living room for my smart meter, I noticed a big disparity between what I thought I'd used and my bill last month. When I checked I can see that the smart meter matches in electricity, but my bill can be up to £10 more in gas charges than the display shows. I tried to email Bulb- but no response-…
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Electricity business vs domestic
So my contract with my business electricity is up for renewal. We have a small clothes shop. At the moment we are living in a separate house but we are planning to move in the property behind the shop. the electricity meter is the same. So would we be able to switch to a domestic? most of the electricity used would be…
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SO Energy advise.
Currently on SO Carrot Essential v2 which ends 18/03/22. Will then go onto SO flex variable tariff. They've not released what their variable tariff rates are going to be after the new price cap comes in. SO have offered me SO Gooseberry Two year loyalty fixed which I have accepted. I still have 4 days left of my cooling…
