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Oven preheating
What could you do with this wasted heat?
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Faulty Gas Meter?
I've been wondering if my gas meter has been faulty for a couple years now. My partner are extremely frugal when it comes to heating, preferring a house coat or blanket over cranking the thermostat if possible. The flat has 2 bedrooms, an office, and we only use 4 radiators in the house. Kitchen, spare bedroom, and main…
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Octopus may not be reimbursed for some SOLR payments
An Octopus spokesperson says that they will refund all payments to former Avro customers even though it looks like they might not be able to claim all the payments under the SOLR scheme. Article:…
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standing order not cancelled when energy supplier switched
Hi, it`s just come to light my mum has still been paying a standing order to her old supplier every month for her electric we swictched in 2019. Unfortuanatly I was unaware until now as she has control of her account and I don`t I have the account details for the account it`s being payed into from her bank and will speak…
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EON Next Debt Recovery Threat. Is this normal behaviour?
I was transferred on the EON-Next tariff like many others. I have been paying my direct debit as specified by them and providing accurate meter readings. Today I received an email from them saying I had to pay the outstanding debit or they may take debt recovery action. Is this their normal customer approach? They set the…
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Save electricity and money by using gas heated hot water
Typically,
the capped cost of 1kWh of electrical energy is £0.27 and set to rise further. Similarly,
the cost of 1kWh of gas energy is £0.08 and also set to rise. Gas combi boilers
heat hot water at about 84% efficiency whereas more up market boilers with an
in-flue heat recovery system produce hot water at about 94%…
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EDF DD
Electricity Contract Gas Contract I pay by Whole month DD and entered my readings as usual on
30 April. However these were ignored and the default amounts were taken from my
DD today. The DD is usually taken around the 17-20 of month so why has
this month’s been taken 2 weeks early and the wrong amounts? So that’s 2 DD in…
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Should I fix
hi I have received this from British Gas should I fix? Thanks for any help 😊 If you do nothingGas£1041.55*Electricity£1223.68*The Peoples TariffYour prices are currently variable andcan change in line with the energy pricecap, which could mean you'll pay morefor your energy later in the year.~AAFixing your prices…
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Octopus
In Early March I decided to fix my energy....here is the product I was offered. There is no penalty if I decide to switch. My monthly direct is £202.81.....however I have been very careful for the month of April and only used £102, so I plan to build up a 'pot' so that next winter I won't be afraid to put the heating on/up…
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price cap offer british gas
British Gas are offering 20% of current price cap (Fixed June 23 v1). Im better off staying on current standard variable till Sept as paying £40 less than this offer at the moment
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New Tariff rates offered
EON are offering me Next Online v14 Elec 39.59kWh @ St ch 37.92 Gas 9.85kWh @ st/ch 27.22 it will take my monthly payments from £44 to £114 🙄
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EON Next
EON have now changed to Eon Next, I pay by DD from when i first moved in April 2021 they calculated I required to pay £49.00 per month, by 4.1.22 I was in debt by £111.81, so they recalculated my DD to £156.00 per month !!!, I give monthly meter readings my latest bill as of 3.5.22 I am now £512.19 in credit! I contacted…
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Utility Point: Late final bill (5 months later)
Just to briefly ask that if the final bill comes in from our bankrupted former supplier (Utility Point) some 5 months later after we were swapped to EDF ( we got it last week), is that legal/conformant to OFGEM rules? Martin has supplied advice ( I cannot post link here just yet, it is on this site) and that seems clear,…
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Energy Prices
I recently had an email from Switchroo stating that Northumbria Energy had a 12 month fixed deal cheaper than the current price cap. I had a look at the rates and this seemed to be the case however the reviews were very poor on customer service issues. I wondered if anyone else had come across this company?
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I want smart meters (EON Next)
Hello all, If i can wind back, we were moved over from npower to EON Next. We have been in contact with both over the years to try to get away from prepayment meters, the electricity is now a classic credit meter and has been for the best part of a year. With this account i have flawlessly maintained a balance of £230 in…
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Switching Electricity Supplier with a Smart Meter (SMETS2)
I was with British Gas, had
been with them since last year when got moved to them via the SOLR
process. Earlier this year I decided
that with me having an EV I’d be better off on Octopus GO’s smart tariff, I made
some inquiries with Octopus, bit complicated but because you have to switch via
one of their standard tariffs…
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British Gas - I can't seem to track down SVR being offered to the published rates on the website?
Hi all, My father is currently with BG, and his current fixed price plan comes to an end on 30th June. I've been advising him that any fix price will be higher than the SVR, so he shouldn't rush into anything, but the 1 year fixed price he's been offered is cheaper than the "variable price plan" he's also been quoted. To…
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To not understand this whole Energy palaver
I am useless with maths and figures and I'm hearing so much lately about should you fix or not, I,m looking for any advice on what I should do, I'm currently on standard tariff Gas 7.22 KW, standing charge 27.22 per day Electric 27.09 KW standing charge 48.65 per day, there is a fix available from my current supplier Gas…
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Shell Energy Using Different Meter Reading Method?
We were moved over to Shell Energy after Green went bust and like most people we are having problems. The main one seems to be the accepted way of reading our meter. We were told that Shell could not read our smart meter. Our meter is a Liberty 110 smart meter. When Green went out of business someone came round to read the…
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Increases in Standing charge
This may have been answered but I haven't found it. I understand why they are increasing the actual cost of the fuel but why does the standing charge have to also increase? Their method of delivery, ordering, etc. isn't changing, just the actual cost of the fuel.
