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Prepay or not???
Bear with me, first ever post! Can anyone give me some advice, got cold called by Edf Energy and signed up a bit hastely as i mentioned i wanted to change to a bill and he said its free to change after 28 days with them on prepay. Im on a prepayment key meter with British Gas and wanted to change to a bill because i…
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Scottish Power Online Standard (No Standing Charge) tariff
Hello All, Is anyone on this tariff? Is it any good? Apologies for such a basic question but the price comparisons sites are total dutch to me. I ask as I live in a small 1 bed studio flat (electricity only). Scottish Power recently e-mailed to revise my direct debit to £90 per month, which I think is quite alot given my…
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EON have taken 3 months to rectify their mistake
:( On the 21st June i contacted EON as my gas/electric bill was £1000. In November 09 i had a new meter fitted and they did not input the new readings correctly. I have contacted them weekly and given new readings on numerous occasions. I called them again today, 3 months on and they have still got no further and said it…
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MSE News: The easy way to navigate the energy market maze
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "There's much talk today about the 'confusing' energy market but those languishing on hugely expensive tariffs can take much of the pain out of switching by using a comparison site ..." Read the full story: The easy way to navigate the energy market maze
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Is this legal?
I have lived in a H.A. two bedroomed shared ownership flat since it was built in 2006/7. It is heated by four Dimplex panel heaters, an electric fire in the lounge and a wall fan thing in the bathroom. It is, and always has been, on an Economy 7 tariff, which I assume was agreed between the builders and Powergen (the…
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Cheapest Gas and Electricity for Students?
Hey guys I've just moved into a terrace house with 5 other students, I need some help choosing and energy company for our gas and electricity. We will probably use a large amount of electricity of the year due to the fact that we all have laptops, desktops and sound systems. However I think our gas usage might be quite low…
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No heating at home
Hi All, Hope someone can help on the 7th of August i had smelt gas and called the engineers out to take a look, when they come out they have disconnected the gas and have condemed the boiler as of now i have no heating and hot water. I have asked my landlord to get something done but was told he didnt have the money to get…
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Urgent help needed gas disconnection threatened
Hi Just looking for some advice. I have received a notice of warrant for an unpaid gas bill going back to march of this year. the reason i wasnt paying the bill is because southern electric who i have been paying for over 3 years supply me with both gas and electric. Everything was fine until in jan of this year i received…
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Immersion Heater, leave on or turn off advice please?
Hi I only have a immersion heater to heat my water and want to know if i should be leaving it on all the time or turn it off and on when i need water, i have always switched it on and off but wonder if its just as cheap to leave it on all the time, can anyone offer me advice please? Thanks
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Anyone heard of this British Gas Tariff?
I received a call today from British Gas with an offer to tempt me to switch back to them. (I left them about 2 months ago). They are offering a tariff they call Market Monitor 2011 (or something close to that). They are saying that they monitor all the standard prices of the other 6 companies and guarantee that their…
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Eco Heaters
Boiler system has bit the Schnitzel and its time to upgrade. Not overly keen on the radiator/ boiler system that it seems i am doomed to receive. I have looked into the Eco Heater panel system thing and it seems ok...now i have to convince the wife that its viable, eco and cheap on the electric use front. Has anyone got…
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Old utility bills
I have recently been contacted regarding an eon / powergen gas and electric bill from over 3 years ago. I have never been contacted regarding this before and am struggling to find evidence of receiving the bill or any meter readings from this property (rented property). What should i do?
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Buying new fire - need advise please
We have an electric fire set into a fire surround, we want to replace the electric fire and keep the surround but we are confused about the sizes. The fire pulls out of the surround easily so we took the measurements of the space and then looked on the b&q website at "electric inset fires" but they all have different…
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Eaga ShowerSmart
Out of the blue I have received one of the above "courtesy my energy supplier and a government initiative" 1. Do they work - it claims £20 saving on gas and £20 saving on water per annum. 2. Is sending them out like the energy saving lamp fiascoe, just anexcercise to satisfy energy saving targets for companies? 3, As far…
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Is now a good time to switch ?
I am with Southern Electric. Not the cheapest supplier. I pay £81 a month for duel fuel. I have done a search on the comparison sites and I could save around £175 a year if I switch to N Power or E-On. Trouble is: 1) There are complaints here about both companies. 2) Will prices rise or not this winter. last time we were…
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Where Can I get one of those Gadget things
.... that tells you how much electricity is being used and by what??? Just been looking at the kWh used over the last 12 months and its 5266 ..... when I tried to put this into moneysupermarket.com to see if I could get a better deal on G&E it wouldn't accept that reading as it was 'too high' for electricity! I'm now…
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Swapping Gas & Elec Suppliers personally.
Morning all, My situation at the moment is that my current supplier EDF are, and have been for 2 years, billing me incorrectly. There has obviously been a mix up, and the meter serial numbers do not correspond to the house numbers, hence my incorrect bills. I have previously informed them of this, but still no change. The…
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Trying to switch from Eon Problems Storage heaters Used
Hi All We are trying to move from Eon but when tryed to move to Scottish Power but we was told that they could not give us tariffs rates for some of the units rates, the reason is that we use storage heaters and have 5 different reading from our meter , has anyone managed to switch from Eon who are in the same position as…
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Eon
I hate our prepayment meter with eon and last time I posted about it (we were paying a fortune on it daily) eon looked into it and found out they had overcharged us by £500. So thanks to posting on here I recieved a cheque from Eon. My last statment then showed a credit balance of 52p. Last week we recieved a statment and…
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Which tariff for a landlord?
New LL just wondering what to do about the utilities. Do tenants choose their own supplier, should I just get the best online deal or install a prepayment meter? Thanking you all in anticipation.