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Does anyone know what is going on with Scottish Power meters, lately?
Hi ! Newbie here! Hello to all, and thanks in advance for reading. I am with Scottish Power for both gas and electricity and I still have old Manual pay as you go meters for both supplies. A key meter for the electric and a card meter for gas. The reason I don't have smart meters is a whole other story! I am so fed up with…
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energy company change meter type on national data base and back bill me for 2 years
my energy supplier is telling me after two years that my meter was registered incorrectly ,and they have now back billed me for the two years ,even though I have been submitting day and night meter readings (r1 & r2). They tell me that my meter is a single point meter 5235A and they cannot or more to the point are not…
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Do I have to be out of contract.
Hi, do I have to be out of contract before I can switch energy providers? I have three days remaining on my Octopus contract.
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Is it better to fix my energy now...or after 1st July when the price cap goes down?
My current energy fix ends on 26th June. I'm with Octopus currently paying Unit Rate 23.84p/kWh Standing Charge 46.78p/day (£170.75/year). I've looked at Uswitch and spotted a great deal with Fuse. Fuse Energy May 2025 Fixed (18m) V2 Unit rate per kWh: 22.5698pStanding charge per day:Electricity - 44.34p I'm wondering if…
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Outfox The Market
My current supplied is Scottish Power and want out from them. Done a comparison and Out Fox came up as cheapest but been reading online horror stories about this energy supplier? Can anyone expand what they truly like or are the horror stories just typical with any supplier. Just worry now made stupid mistake to switch to…
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When to change fix
My dual fuel fix with OTM ends on 27 June. The current fix quoted with OTM is £6 per month more. Do I change my fix now or wait until the current one ends?
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Ecomony 7 with mechanical rate changer
HI there, Not sure whether or not this question has been asked in this forum. I have economy 7 with mechanical rate changer rather than RTS. Am I correct in my view that shutting down RTS will not affect me and therefore there is no reason to change to smart meter as the electricity supplier are constantly asking me to…
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Is my meter an RTS meter?
Could anyone tell me if my meter is one of the ones that will be affected by the RTS switch off in June? I originally had two Mpans for the property when I moved in. I got ovo to change the meter to an economy 7 meter last year and de-energize one of the mpans so I could have one mpan number and be able to switch energy…
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EV tariff for hot tub (no ev)
Anyone use an EV tariff to heat their hot tubs at night. I noticed on Octopus their wording was "Octopus Go is designed for those with ev" then goes on to day reserve right to move you to more suitable tariff etc. I am obviously clinging to "designed" as a get around but I wondered if they actually do any checks.....
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British gas fit team are useless
Why are they so useless. Decided to change my FiT to British Gas (BG) as I have a fixed energy deal with them Had been with EDF for years but when they changed their system it was chaos. The changeover to BG went smoothly at first until I decided to move from Deemed energy to SEG. Don't have a battery pack and the best…
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Outgoing Octopus is changing to a variable rate tariff
As per the email I've just received, Outgoing is changing from a fixed 15p, to a variable rate. Don't know how often it might change, or by how much. So I'm sure I'll either love it or hate it, at various points in the future. Has anyone been on the variable version for a while? Have the rates changed much / at all?
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Octopus - Home Mini Smart Meter Not Working
I wonder if anyone can give me some advice please. Since having a smart meter installed on 26th March 2025, I’ve been left completely in the dark. The engineer gave me the pink Octopus Home Mini, asked me to install the app, and made sure it was set up before leaving. I have followed every instruction — it has remained…
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Non RTS Meter - Letter from Scottish Gas
I've had a letter from Scottish Gas confirming my meter is not an RTS metter but suggesting as we still have storage heaters and have a dual rate meter "it may be affected once the radio signal is turned off". Is this possible? I don't want to get a smart meter as the 'phone signal is very poor.
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Scottish Power Dispute
Hello all, help needed. We had a Scottish Power top up meter. Meter beeps, we topped it up. Somehow we ran up a balance owed of £1,000, possibly due to the infrequency of the tops ups of gas over the summer. It was never explained very well. In any case, an off shore agent said we could pay by card to clear it or they…
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Economy 10 tariffs anyone???
Hello My house is fairly new, built in 2019 and it has an economy 10 meter. I used to be with SSE and now put over to OVO who have put me on a standard tariff as they don't offer any economy 10/ I've phoned the people who come up on google, british gas, e on and EDF and they all say they don't have economy 10 tariffs. Does…
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Smart Meter Not Sending Data to DCC (2+ weeks now)
My smart meter stopped sending both gas and electricity readings to the DCC early on 30/12/24. It had been working seamlessly for the whole year till that point. I'm with Octopus (Elec) and EDF (Gas). The HAN/WAN lights on smart meter are still flashing every 5-6 seconds. The smart meter is still recording usage, and my…
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EV tariff with price cap change
Hi, currently I'm on the Intelligent Octopus Go plan with a new EV car so I've not got into a swing of how much it's costing yet. I'm just seeing what people are thinking of doing with the new price cap? There is a lot of talk about fixing but not sure if this really counts for EV owners, however the OVO tariff with the EV…
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Smart meter issues - Octopus
Afternoon all, I have an EV, on Intelligent Octopus Go tariff and have lived in my property for just under 2 years, in that time I've had hell with my smart meter. I'm in the north so it's on the radio transmissions (YO7 postcode) When I first moved in I noticed that my meter wasn't communicating, Octopus came out several…
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Standing Charges: Gas & Electricity
I'm a pensioner living in a well-insulated flat and I try to minimise my impact on the environment by using as little water, electricity, and gas as I can. My actual usage for all these is low, but the bills I pay don't reflect this because the standing charges for G & E represent between 30% and 50% of the total. It seems…
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Solar panels
Why is it that no one appears to have come up with the idea of rotatable panels designed to make max use of the daylight hours? Not 360°, may be just a limited turn taking account of local conditions.
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