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What do you do if you are on a prepaid meter
Hi this is my first post, i have been in the same house for ten years and we moved in there were prepayment meters in so I’ve used them since. I have Changed to smart meters but stayed with sse, I know I should of changed my tariff and committed a sin lol. But you can’t change the past, what do I do now as I’m really…
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54% increase - Was No to fix before hand the wrong advice ?
So 54% increase on the standard variable rate just announced, I fixed a while ago so was Martin’s advice not to fix wrong ?
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Currently on variable tariff, unsure what to do.
Hi there I am currently on a variable tariff: Eon Fix Again 1 Year v8 I honestly haven't idea what to do, presuming this variable tariff will be more expensive than a fixed in the coming months? And the longer i wait the more expensive fixed tariffs will become? Any support appreciated. Thanks
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Existing price hikes and the new ones to come
The energy issue is obviously all over the news today but there doesn't seem to be much acknowledgement in the press that for many prices have already shot up. This week my fix came to an end and my new payments on the standard variable tariff (based correctly on my usage) have gone up 54% Re the ~50% increase coming in…
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Avro Final Bills
Hi There Are many of you, like me, still waiting their final Avro Bill? I signed up with them on 17 August 2021 and they went into administation as we are all aware on 27 September (Yep, Lucky is my middle name). I paid Two DDs as they required the first month in advance...(I I think someones ski holidayfund mau have been…
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Most efficient electric heaters?
Hi I am looking to replace our current electric radiators as they are really expensive to run and dont seem to put out much heat. The model we have is. heatstore HSDR1000T (1000W). Would an oil based electric heater be more efficient? We have an electric towl rail rated at only 400W which seems to heat the bathroom just as…
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Worth switching to Electric Appliances?
Probably a silly question, but with Gas prices going parabolic is it worth switching to electricity when possible? For example use electric fan heaters or halogen heaters instead of radiators and gas fires? Thanks.
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Solar and getting a smart meter
Hi Everyone I have just installed, at great cost, solar panels. I am producing enough power, even in this weather, that some is going back to the grid. I would like to sign up to the SEG scheme but it is proving impossible. I have a Smet1 installed by NPower. When EON took over, the meter became redundant. I moved to…
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Energy renewal
I wonder if ant members can offer me advice.I am 73 year old male who lives in small studio flat in LS$ Leeds.I have 1 nighttime storage heater and usual daytime use ie washer ,oven etc.I am with OVO.last year i was on beetter energy tariff 1 year fixed at rates of 24.09 daytime use and 11.11 nightime use with a fixed…
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Commercial property energy nightmare
Hi all. I’m newly self employed and I’ve just bought a small workshop to work in. A couple of days after completion I was called by a lady from Select Energy who said she would find me a good electricity deal- it wasn’t that great compared to my home tariff, but when I put this to her she told me that business energy was…
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Ecotricity
Hi, we got our 1st proper bill from Ecotricity in our new property that we have lived in for a year now. The old energy supplier to the house went bust and its taken a long time for Ecotricity (our old supplier in our prior house) to get hold of the account and bring us up to date - we have already paid the catchup. Our…
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How do I calculate percentage over the price cap?
I keep reading only to fix if the deal is less than 40% above the cap, but I'm not sure how I calculate this! Sorry, it's probably a really stupid question but I don't want to make a terrible decision. We're currently on the svr for EON Next: Elec- 20.14 p/kwh, 24.38 standing charge/dayGas- 4.04 p/kWh, 26.12 standing…
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Monthly electric bill 1 bed flat
Hi, I’ve just received my paper electricity bill from Scottish Power. I live on my own in a 1 bed flat and work full time for the NHS so am out of the flat from 8am until 7pm daily. The flat is electric only, no gas supply. My most recent bill is for £157 a month! I have been paying around £100 per month prior to this. I…
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Meter running when electric turned off.
Since moving into my studio apartment I have been mainly recieving estimated bills, my fault since I often forgot to send readings. However the last few months I have been sending in readings yet I have still been recieving large bills so I thought something may be wrong. My flat has only electric (no gas) so I know if I…
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Variable or Fixed
my tariff with my current supplier runs out on he 23rd March and they have sent me a renewal of £171pm fixed for 2 years but I only pay £88pm on my current fixed rate with them. I am not sure if I should fix at 98% increase and see what happens after the 1st april or go with a variable that is with another company for…
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Standing charges for a defunct electricity meter - HELP
Hi Hopefully someone can help me with this one. We moved back in July to a renovated older home and changed utility company to utility warehouse from Scottish Power. I've checked the bills and we are being charged for a defunct electricity meter at the property. United utilities have been estimating the bills for this abut…
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Octopus Go cheaper then fixing. Is there a catch?
Hi. Just looking at fixing ahead of the energy price cap announcement in the hope that fixing might be better using Martin's 40% advice. I'm with octopus and a loyalty fix is 60% higher so that's a no brainer avoid, but weirdly my areas quoted Octopus Go tariff (we have a smart meter) is only 30% higher. Am I missing…
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To fix or not
I'm paying 25.11p day rate and 12.78p night rate .... should be the so called cap rate. I can fix for 12 months at 29.93p day and 17.00p night. Does this seem a good move?
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Erroneous transfer advice required
bit of a tricky one Our supplier was EON. The people who were purchasing our property jumped the gun and switched our provider to scottish power without us knowing. All SP correspondence was addressed to the buyers so we didn't open it nor did they come and collect it so had no idea the switch had happened. In feb we found…
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Energy club
Is anyone else still waiting to be contacted regarding changing energy tariff, ours runs out this month .HELP PLEASE
