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Martin Lewis: DO NOTHING
Martin Lewis has reiterated his warning that most households should continue to do nothing with their energy and should stick with the price cap. It comes in response to news that it will shoot up by 54% in April. Watch the latest episode of The Martin Lewis Money Show Live for the MoneySavingExpert.com founder's view, as…
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Supplier insisting on huge direct debit hike - what can I do?
My energy supplier is Bulb. When I heard that they might go bust (they since have) I thought I should check my credit balance with them; turned out it was £700! I got a repayment of £500 and they reduced my monthly payments from £200 (dual fuel) to £170. They have now got in touch saying they are going to increase my DD to…
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£200 joke
Tell sunak to keep his £200 I for one don’t want this debt hanging on my bills for 5 yrs, will he charge 5% vat on it, what a joke to enforce people to take it, worse than a loan shark
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£200 energy rebate
Why should I have to accept the energy rebate being given by Rishi Sunak, I look on this as a debt that I don’t want hanging over me for 5 yrs, having my bill increased to cover the repayment, what happens when the energy prices keep rising - I should have an option to opt out
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Government help
On listening to the Chancellor last night he said he was going to help consumers with a £200 loan to all households to be repaid over 4 years, but hang on is he really helping. At the moment we pay 5% vat on all energy bills, so if the bill goes up he takes more tax (for doing nothing). So if my energy bill goes up by say…
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Has anyone taken the 12M Loyalty Fixed Octopus Deal?
I was avrò but not flexible Avro and now deciding to fix to this one, it seems reasonable compare to the new price cap. I presume it would been paying 6/7 months when I hardly use energy at a higher rate, but then paying a good rate from October when the cap increases again?
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Energy Firms
Hello, Energy costs are going through the roof. Currently I am on the variable tariff (that I suspect is at the Government price cap). Due to the Government price cap, energy firms are selling at a loss (assuming customers are on deals at the Government price cap). How long will these energy firms last. Will be see them…
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Ex-Igloo Customer - Nightmare getting credit refund from Eon & Administrators
I changed energy suppliers, from Igloo to Octopus, a matter of days before Igloo went bust. I took a screenshot on the day of my switch, that showed I had a credit of £117.44 I have been is discussion with Eon, via their Twitter support account, trying to get this refunded. so far I have been told: "you will have your…
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Moving house - should I take opportunity to move supplier or stay with Bulb?
Hi all I'd be grateful for your thoughts please. As the title says I am moving home in a couple of weeks time. My current supplier is Bulb and the property I am moving to is Scottish Power. Having had past experience with SP I won't want to stay with them in the long term. I know I will have to end my account with bulb and…
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moving into a flat with an electricity key
HI everyone - hope you can all give me some advice. I'm just about to move into my own flat for the first time (worst timing ever, I know) so I am a bit clueless about some of these changes to bills and tarrifs etc. Currently the flat does not have gas and instead has an electricity key which is 'topped up' at a nearby…
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£150 Council Tax discount not in Scotland
If you live in Scotland, don't factor the £150 discount from your Council Tax into your financial planning. It sounds as if we're not going to get it as such. Scotland is being given £290 million as its share to distribute as it wants. The Scottish Government announced last week that it was going to distribute £120 million…
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Refund owed from failed Pure Planet
Following Martin's advice I managed to get a 2 year energy fix with Sainsburys prior to the collapse of Pure Planet. I was in credit and I have a final bill to 1st October 2021 but no refund. Tried Resolver who can't help as PP gone to the wall. Not a customer of the company that took over PP. HELP
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Do these work
Power Save Smart Energy Saver. They are sold on Amazon and I wondered if they work. They are said to reduce your electricity usage on your appliances.
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Exclusive Fixed Deal
Hi, I'm with Scottish Power and my current fixed deal is due to come to an end. SP have offered an 'Exclusive Offer' which is considerably less than their non-exclusive fixed deals but I'm wondering whether this Exclusive Offer is still worth it considering yesterday's news on the new energy cap. Exclusive Fixed June 2023…
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Company gone bankrupt and refusing to provide me with a VAT invoice
In a nutshell if a company goes into liquidation and the
customer owes them money, does the company (or the administrator) have to
provide a VAT invoice for the monies owed if the product is a) liable for VAT,
b) the company is VAT registered c) the customer is VAT registered? In detail, Green Network Energy (GNE) supplied…
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Gas prepayment
If I put £500 on my gas prepayment meter today, will I pay today’s prices or will the cost still rise in April?
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British Gas removes guarantee dates from SoLR tariffs...
Just noticed that BG has removed the original guarantee dates that were on the SoLR tariffs... As it was... As it is now... I imagine there are going to be a few complaints about this ...
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price gap
I really not sure what to do. I am on standard variable price cap for my duel energy gas/elec pay £96.27 monthly with British Gas. Increase of 54% come April likely to rise to £1779.07 per year. So 148.25 per month . No other deals i can see current. New quote from British Gas fixed tariff till Dec 23 quoted 188.12 per…
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Some Green Taxes No Longer Needed
As I seem to recall, solar pv and wind installations were promised fixed kwh that seemed quite high ten years ago but with the new elec rates surely they are more than covered now and no need to get them back from green taxes so there should be a partial reduction in Green Taxes?
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Can I move my fixed rate energy tariff?
I’m moving to a new build property hopefully in early July and in my current property, I currently have a fixed rate energy tariff that’s in place until August 2023. I’ve been advised by the builder of who the initial supplier will be, and this is different to my current supplier. My question is, will I have to give up my…
