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Shell Energy standing charge price hike
I am baffled as to why I am facing 73% increase in standing charge on electricity (24.03 up to 41.65p per day) on top of a 36% increase on kwh usage. Gas service charge increase is minor in comparison at a little over 4%, though with a whopping 80% increase on kwh usage. Why does it feel like we are being ripped off, as…
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Help - need a Smart meter for new electric cars but supplier won't give me a date to get one!
I've recently purchased 2 electric cars and would like to take advantage of the cheap electric through the night to charge them. Unfortunately, my supplier (Scottish Power) will not help and just tell me we are not rolling out to your area right now. (Aberdeenshire) It's currently costing about £500 per month to charge…
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Should I choose fixed or variable for my energy tariff
Hi. I am moving into a new home at the end of the month. Would I be better signing up to a fixed or variable tariff. Variable is so much cheaper but I’m worried about price increases
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Outfox - replacing E7 meter with single rate smart meter?
We have an Economy 7 meter we inherited with this house. We don't have storage heaters and use very little electricity overnight. For the past year we've been on a single rate tarriff with OTM, but I've just realised that we've been moved to a dual rate since we came off the fix. They've offered a smart meter so we can go…
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E.on customers hit by billing blunder with direct debit payments delayed
A technical hitch at energy supplier E.on has meant potentially thousands of customers will have their direct debit payments taken two weeks later than usual, and so users should put aside enough cash in their accounts to cover the bill when it is due... Read the full story: E.on customers hit by billing blunder with…
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is SSE and scottish power the same company
I am asking because you state Scottish power have not agreed if you top up before 31 March to honour the value. but if i’m with SSE I wondered if they were different and worth doing
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Smart Gas Meter & Octopus Energy Woes
I've been with Octopus Energy on one of their dual-fuel 'smart meter' tariffs for just over a year now. Impressively, they installed smart gas and electricity meters within a month. Everything was pretty good (apart from the In-house Display continually losing connection with the gas meter) until December 2021 when no gas…
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Loyal Octopus 10M Fixed March 2022 v1
Hi i just received a mail from octopus where they encourage me to move to a fixed tariff for 10 months, Loyal Octopus 10M Fixed March 2022 v1, with an unmissable £48 reduction to the price cap They compare those prices against other fixed tariffs and yes, it’s cheaper, but they don’t compare it against variable tariff…
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Top up Gas Card
Just wanted to draw something to your attention I read with interest that you suggested we top up our prepaid gas card for gas meter now to save money. I thought it was a brilliant idea and thought I’d put a lump sum of £2000 on my card from my savings. However I was told by a shop that does top ups that they can only put…
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Top up old meter
How much can I put on my old key meter before April 1st, and will I be paying the current rate for my electricity until I have used the top up amount? We are with SSE.
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Radio 4 Money Box interview with Dale Vince of Ecotricity
Have to say that (pre-Ukraine) the supposed reasons given for gas price hikes seemed very vague - along the lines of 'well Asia is using more and it hasn't been very windy'. Hardly justified a +79% rise (as is happening in the North West for April). So I've been listening out for anyone who could shed light on the…
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Odd delay on British Gas billing after reading given
Gave BG reading on 26/02 yet today - 09/03 - still no quarterly bill showing as calculated online. This is much longer than usual - any ideas why they are delaying? (I can see my reading was accepted on 26/02)
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New house - Energy supplier
Hey So I'm buying a house. I've been renting where it's bills inclusive so I can't exactly take over any other form of energy price Given the current energy market, what are my options? The guy in the current house pays around £100 per month for both gas / electric. I do pay for my parent's bills but that's it
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House Move
Hi there - we get the keys for our new house on 25th March (1 week exactly before the price hikes). When should I be looking for gas and electricity prices? The current owners are with British Gas. It is a 3 bedroomed terraced house and we are in Scotland. We have been living with family for 6 months so haven't been a…
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Smart meters
Hi I’ve contacted my energy supplier about a smart meter- both gas and electricity are with them. They are saying they can’t supply me with a smart meter as I have dual energy with them. Yet their website is saying that they can. Any advice on why this is and what can be done please?
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Scottish power prices
Hi there, We are trying to find the latest standard variable rates from April 2022... Scottish power have sent us the hilarious Fixed rate prices, but the standard variable are not anywhere to be seen!! Could anyone shed any light??
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EON overcharging!!! 😤
Hi there, My girlfriend and I stay in a small flat which contains two storage heaters, a tumble dryer and a dishwasher so very little energy consumption. Our estimate for the year is around 400pound. However we are now in debt £1000 to EON. We have been paying 80 pound per to cover the bills and they now want us to pay…
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British gas - how much will gas cost you unit price/standing charge?
British gas users. How much are you paying for GAS per unit price and standing charge from April? Variable/fixed. I'm going to be paying 7.226p unit price 27.220p standing charge
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Price cap from April
Hello, I am confused with the price cap on ofgem. On their website it shows £0.28 kWh. My fixed term is coming to an end at end of this month. The best deal my provider has £0.50 kWh until May 2023. At the moment I am paying around 50£/month. With the new offer I will be paying £150/month. So my question is - Should I not…
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Only offered variable tariff? No fixed tariff? British gas
I have not been offered any tariff apart from variable by british gas. Surely they should be offering a fixed tariff option too?
