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Octopus - Help Me Understand Rates
I have Gas and Electric with Octopus and I'm ready for the Price Cap from April My understanding is that for the South West the Price Capped Rates are as follows; Electric - Standing Charge = 51.62pElectric - Unit Rate = 28.40p Gas - Standing Charge = 27.22pGas - Unit Rate = 7.48p Soooo why are Octopus quoting me; Electric…
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Octopus Renewal offer - Am I missing something?
Martin mentioned if you're offered anything 25% above the April 2022 fix then go for it. Below in bold are my calculations of the 25% increased prices. I've been offered the below by Octopus to renew fix for a year. Am I missing something? According to my calculations April 2022 fix = Gas Unit price = 7.37p Standing 27.22p…
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Council Tax Rebate & Discretionary Fund for non-eligible households
Hi all, I have 2 questions about the Council Tax Rebate - might have overread them somewhere else, so sorry if I'm spamming. 1. I'm eligible as my flat is in band D. But how will it work. Will it be deducted from your bill you get in April, or will there be a one-off payment going into your account (I assume only possible…
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British Gas Price Cap
I was on a fix until the 28th Feb, I then moved over to the standard variable as per Martins advice. Looking at my account today I can see they are charging me the April price cap and not the March price cap. I got in touch with BG on their live chat and was informed that this was correct and in April my rates will rise…
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MSE update: Why has the standing charge for electricity nearly doubled?
This is a question many Forumites are asking, so our Utilities team has added a new section to our guide to the energy price cap to try to explain. This link will take you straight to the answer: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/what-is-the-energy-price-cap/#accordion-content-0336620245-3
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Eon-next and Economy 7
Has anyone with night storage and immersion water heating had intractable problems with tariffs/charges since Eon-next took on NPower customers last year? Living in the same small bungalow for the last 25 years with the same heating system and same Economy7 meter arrangement, it didn’t become apparent until this winter,…
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Using Octapus Go for Immersion heating
I have a 180L unvented cyclinder which is currently supplied from my gas boiler. At current energy prices is it cheaper to fill this using my gas boiler, or use the immersion facility on it, using my 5p kwh overnight Octapus Go electricity?
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Late Payment Fees
A late payment fee was added by EON of £20 to an energy bill. The original bill was paid, albeit slightly late. EON have passed this to a debt recovery agent to chase for the late payment fee and admin charge of 11% (approx £27). The reason for the late bill is because it was never sent to the correct address and when it…
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THE NEW E.ON prepay Electric daily service change price hike.
Hi im quite shocked, i have just recieved a letter from e.on about the price rise in april i knew it was coming as we all do but what i was not expecting was how much they have risen the daily service charge that we pay on prepay metres. The current service charge/daily charge for electric prepay is 0.30p a day but i have…
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Please help, I'm lost!
I know everyone's in the same boat and I thought I understood the changes Martin's been talking about but I was wrong and I'm now stuck and so worried. I'm with Octopus Energy, my fixed tariff ended in January so I was put onto a variable tariff. I've been following what Martin's been saying but now I just don't…
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EDF - stick with variable rate?
Hi fellow MSERs, In the absence of competitors offering any sensible switches if at all, I'm with EDF & the latest on their website I'm being offered is the following: Your current tariff You're on our Welcome Variable tariff at the moment. Your monthly estimated energy cost is £127 on your current tariff. ? Standard…
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VAT and credit refunds
Shell took over my electricity account when my provider went bust. I had a credit of £172. Shell has applied this against my first bill, i.e. deducting it from the total of my usage, standing charge plus VAT - I think that my credit should be deducted from my usage and standing charge only and not from my usage, standing…
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British Gas jumping the gun on new tarriff?
My fixed rate ended in December - I shifted to the standard tarriff, (approx 20p/kwh) then in February this went up to 27.675p - which, according to Marrtin's video this morning , is the new capped rate from1st April - Have BG jumped the gun and started charging early?
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change prepayment
hi i have been on prepayment since they were available. tis was my choice for budgeting. would it be cheaper to now swap to a smart meter paying by direct debit ,i am with Eon and have been for years.
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Complaint against energy company
Hi, any advice would be appreciated. I spoke to my gas/elec company via chat last week to decide on my options regarding fixing. I was given a quote which is higher than the April price cap but overall pretty reasonable. I accepted the quote and then while it was processing was told they were having a technical problem and…
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Flex or fix? (EON)
I have to decide soon. I am currently on v4 fixed: Electricity Next Online v4 Fixed term ends 31/03/2022 17.81 p/kWh 19.46 p/day Gas Next Online v4 Fixed term ends 31/03/2022 3.17 p/kWh 21.67 p/day They emailed these two options, but would appreciate thoughts before ringing them or renewing online: And this fixed: Thank…
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prepay meters
im with british gas with the old prepay meter.if i load up my meter and key to the max,what would happen if i changed address and stayed with brittish gas.would they install me the new type meter which would charge me the higher tariff.
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Faulty electric smart meter
I have a first generation electric smart meter - a Landis + Gyr E470 - which began giving faulty readings last November. The reading in April was 0308.3, the reading in August was 0320.2 and then the reading in November was 0853.7. Obviously something has affected the meter reading between August and November to give such…
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E.ON Net flex
Hi I'm currently in E.ON Net flex which I believe s their variable rate rate.Is it worth me changing to next online v12?my annual usage us as follows electricity 1,680 kWh and gas 7,841 kWh.Are there any other E.ON plans worth changing to?I think that v11 version has all ready closed. Thanks in advance.
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Any suppliers who don’t use Russian energy
Hi Does anyone know if there are any energy suppliers who do not use any Russian energy? If there are I would very much like to switch to them.
