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New to the Energy board? Start here
Hi all! If you’re new to this board, welcome! This board is a great place to ask questions about your energy tariff. To help other Forumites give you useful answers, please remember to include details of your annual energy consumption, and the unit rates/standing charge for any tariff or fix you're asking about. How much…
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Plans to change what households make from solar Feed-in Tariffs 'feels a breach of pro
If you're one of the 800,000+ households in England, Wales or Scotland being paid to generate your own electricity via renewable technology under the Feed-In Tariff scheme, you could earn less in the long run under new Government plans. Martin Lewis: Plans to change what households make from solar Feed-in Tariffs 'feels a…
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Can I be forced to have a smart meter?
Hi, I'm new here so please forgive any faux pas... but here goes. We have solar panels on the roof, which don't make us a huge amount of money; but they make us more than they would otherwise because we have an old analog meter which actually rolls backwards while the panels are generating juice. Obviously we'd like to…
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Issues Post Switching- Octopus
Hello We switched to Octopus in July this year after issues with Ovo (different post). We switched from E10 (Ovo) to E7 (Octopus). We have a smart meter and were assured that switching would be simple. It hasn't been. We have encountered several issues, the main one being that we are now on an E7 tariff but our meter is…
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HHR Storage Heaters instead of a heat pump
I want to retire my gas combi boiler, which is now only used for central heating in the winter months. I have no other use for gas, so I could remove my gas supply and save the daily standing charge. All the advice is 'fit a heat pump'. But I don't have much outdoor space and my wife wouldn't like the look of it. Also we…
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ex Tomato Energy moving to British Gas special tariff?
Hello all, has anybody experienced issues selecting their 'special' tariff to ex Tomato Energy customers? As in my experience unit rates and standing charges which meant to be exclusive till the 5th of December are completely different once you sign up for them? Thank you.
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EDF FreePhase Dynamic Tariff
Anyone on this tariff? It has 3 rates green 11:00 pm - 6:00am red. 4:00pm - 7:00pm amber the rest of the day Rates alter daily with wholesale prices. Today green is 13.35pkw red is. 27.51pkw amber. 16.17pkwh
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Autumn Budget 2025: Energy bills to fall £150 from April 2026
From 1 April 2026, households in England, Scotland and Wales will see their energy bills fall by £150 a year on average, the Chancellor has confirmed in the Autumn Budget. The reduction will take place due to various green levies paid by consumers being removed from bills. But MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis has…
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RTS shutdown and Restricted meters.
Hello I have a restricted RTS meter with 3 rates being recorded, These are for Day, Night and Heating. I have been getting letters regarding the shut down of the RTS and how this will affect my meter. I have been speaking to Scottish power my energy suppler checking if I could keep the same tariff if I move to a smart…
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ECO 4 heating system grant
Hello MSE friends I guess I’m looking for people with similar experiences and/or how and if it was resolved rather than blind advice but if you think you can add anything that would also be much appreciated. I hope you read on but I’ll do a short and long version Short version We applied for an eco grant based on health…
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EDF EV Tariffs - Smart Charging Bolt On available for Zappi & Hypervolt 3
Got an email yesterday about signing up to the EDF EV tariff smart charging bolt on as it is now available for zappi and Hypervolt home 3 pro EVSE in addition to the existing list of compatible cars. https://www.edfenergy.com/electric-cars/ev-tariffs/smart-charging-bolt-on/compatible-evs Integration to my zappi didn't work…
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Disconnect power or pay standingcharges
Our house is going to be empty for 3-4 months. We do not want the electricity/gas to keep running in this period as standing charges will rack up. I am inclined to get them cut off for time being. But if I get them cut off will the charge me for cutting and reconnecting after 3-4 months? Just trying to work best option.
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Uswitch 25 hours free electricity
I’ve seen a promotion advertised by Uswitch offering 25 hours free electricity if you connect your smart meter. Has anyone taken part in this before as I think they may have ran something similar at Christmas? I assume the catch is they collect and sell your usage data to target you with tailored tariffs?…
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EDF Smart Meter & NSH Issues
I’m having a problem with my mum’s new smart meter. EDF have replaced her old RTS complex meter with a SMETS2 smart meter, but are taking their time configuring it properly. It’s showing 2 readings, which I assume are peak and off-peak, but her NSH is coming on at odd times and looks like most of the usage is registering…
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Refund of credit after switching
Today is the tenth working day after receiving my final bill from EDF after switching away from them in October , what do I do if I fail to receive my credit today and is there any penalty I would be due ? As a side issue , I switched to them in October 24 paying them in front , my fixed tariff ended 6th October 25 and…
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Tomato Energy (Electric Only Supplier) - Too Good To Be True ?
Looking at Tomato Energy for our electric only property. They are offering 12M FIXED Tariffs which are based on your chosen lifestyle - with Daily Standing Charge as low as 40.82p The tariff Im looking at gives me a Unit Rate of; 00:00 to 06:00 = 5.00p 06:00 to 09:30 = 23.16p 09:30 to 11:30 = 13.37p 11:30 to 22:00 = 23.16p…
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octopus new tariff july v1
a new tariff has appeared on octopus, still higher than what i took out in may with edf also no exit fees fixed till sept 26 so its still a no for me
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Switch into Fixed Rate
Following Martin's programme last night I checked out the Eon Next 18 month fixed rate, decided I liked it and applied direct to Eon to switch. Rather surprised to be told by Eon that although my transfer decision wasto choose Eon on the basis of that fix, I would not be guaranteed that rate and that my trransfer would be…
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Ofgem faulty meter back billing rules
Earlier this year (late spring and summer) my gas smartmeter stopped working. It did not just turn into a "dumb meter" but completely stopped working. After it was replaced, I was issued with a bill for which my usage was estimated for a period of almost 2 and a half months, across three billing periods. Thinking the bill…
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Electric blanket pre set timer?
I have an electric blanket (double with dual controls) that I set to come on at 9pm every night and go off at 11. I want to replace it with a similar one that has that same function but I can't see it offered in any of the adverts. They all have Timers but as the say 1hr/3 hr/5 hrs etc I presume that after they are tuned…
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