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Energy deal is ending in March
I am currently on a fixed Octopus 12m 2021 v1 for electric and gas which ends on 22 March. I currently pay £124 DD monthly. They have offered me Loyal Octopus 12 months fixed £226.04, flexible £141.85 or Octopus 12mth fixed £254.40. What would be your advice as if i accept flexible that will rise in April whereas the other…
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Price rises including standing charges
I understand that energy prices are going to rise, I do not understand why Shell has decided to also increase my standing charges so much. Electric standing charge rising from 25.66p a day to 51.62p an annual increase of £94.75 just in standing charge (+ £4.05 increase for gas standing charge) A big supply cashing in I feel
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British Gas - Double Charging VAT on Credit from People's Energy
I was in £334.13 credit with People's Energy when they went bust in November. I had the credit applied to my British Gas account on 7th February but the figure has suddenly become £318.22. When I queried this with British Gas they said it was because they had applied the 5% VAT to the credit. Surely they cannot apply VAT…
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£180 a month for a 1 bed flat!?!?
First and foremost, I'm fully aware of the energy price increase. I was with Green, and they were charging me £30 a month. In October, I was moved over to Shell, and straight away my bills went up to £115 a month. I live on my own in a very small one bed flat. I work full time, and I'm away two weekends a month. I turn…
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EDF Total Service Feb24v5
Hey, Anyone know if this is worth fixing considering whats going on with Russia? Any feedback would be appreciated! I can see its dearer a bit than the april rise but I'm guessing its going to rise more due to russia and other ongoing world issues? Thanks
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Is this a good Fixed energy deal please?
My present dual fuel energy contract ends on 31.3.22. My supplier's monthly quote is roughly double the existing at £276 variable, or £326 for a 2 year fix. I am thinking that the fixed price might not be that bad as logically given what is happening in the world the extra £50 might be less than what the variable rate…
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Incorrect meter reading between 2 non-trading energy providers - how to fix?
Hello fellow forumites - I am new here and hoping you can help me with how to deal with the below issue: * I was a customer of Green Energy until the end of July 2021 (before they went into administration) * In the transfer of my account to Symbio Energy (who are now in administration as well, admin communication was sent…
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Standing charge for electricity doubled
Hello,I wonder if anyone knows why the standing charge for electicity should have nearly doubled - in my case from 24.11p to 43.39p a day. I can understand why the price of electricity has increased - the fuel used to generate electricity has increased vastly. But why should getting the electricity to me have increased so…
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Green homes grant is farcical
I recently discovered my council was participating in the LAD scheme where you can get up to £10k of improvements to your insulation. I duely applied via the EON website and had a call back from a lady at EON. My house is a 1996 property with full fibre blown insulation which appears to have little to no effect, in fact,…
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Direct debit: electricity from British Gas
British Gas have told me that they are increasing my DD to an amount that I consider unreasonable in view of my current consumption. Can I challenge this?
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Converting from regular to system boiler
I would like to change from a regular boiler to a system boiler. I don’t want a combi, as we have a high demand for water and have two bathrooms. We only moved in July and I have no idea when the heating was originally installed but I would not be surprised if it were 70s or 80s. Some of the pipe work runs through a cement…
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Definition of Back Billing
Hello everyone, I was wondering if I could ask for advice regarding my electricity supplier. They regularly send me estimated bills and havent had a meter reading since 2016. We've had a dispute for about 2 years because they keep asking me to have a prepayment meter but there is nowhere suitable for it to be fitted (this…
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smart meter faulty?
Evening all, SSE are our current service provider for both gas and electricity, and a number of years ago we had smart meters fitted to both utilities. Prior to that a bloke would come out and take physical readings, or we'd send one in via the web or over the phone, but we figured that having smart meters would be less of…
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Smart Meter is not so smart, Supplier Estimated ZERO usage for 2 years
So straight off the bat, yes maybe i should have paid more attention to the bills, but i was "sold" the smart meter on the basis that i could "sit back and relax" so that's exactly what i did 3 Years ago we had smart meters installed, some time after the install it appears that the gas meter stopped communicating and…
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How do i check how much Oil i have left in home tank? Northern Ireland!
just moved to Ni from england and i have oil to heat my home and i can never tell how much i have left, is there any way to find out how much i have left etc pleasE?
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92% increase in Standing Charge!
I've just received an email from E.ON Next advising me of my new tariff effective 1st April. What is the justification for increasing the standing charge by 92%? For my electricity, it goes from 20.093p/day to 48.127p/day. Surely the standard charge could remain unchanged, as I thought it covered fixed costs, including…
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Gas and Electric costs - Price rise / help.
Hi Guys - So this morning I received my email from SSE informing specifically how our gas/electric costs will be going up after the 1st April. We currently pay £153 a month for both gas and electric and they have said our new direct debit payments will rise to £229 a month. This is all based on the following - They…
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Scottish Power ignore Ombudsman
Hoping for a quick answer: Short version, erroneous transfer to Scottish Power in March 2019. Lots of messing about, resulting in Ombudsman decision Oct 2020. They were told to send an accurate bill, bill at the lowest rate available, back bill from that date. Bills have not changed and still show credits from another…
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Standing charges
Hi. Have just been offered a fixed tariff by my energy supplier, but the standing charge has more than doubled. I only have electricity not gas. Can anyone explain why this charge has increased so much? I understand why the price has increased for the electric but not the standing charge. Thank you
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What may happen if your on an EV tariff but no longer own an EV
or even never had one to begin with? What process do companies use to check you have an EV?
