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Help with modernizing the house/future proofing energy spikes
Hello, Wondering if anyone can help me. There's too much information floating around and I'm not particularly good when it comes to understanding terminology, parts and commissioning Builders/Engineers et al to fix things around the house. Given Gas is about to go crazy expensive, i am looking to see what i can do to…
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Octopus Fixed Tariffs 2026
Octopus 12M Fixed January 2026 v1 Is now current offering. Mostly increased I think.
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VAT savings will be negligible - get real Andy !!
I was curious as to how long the removal of VAT will be for - as well as if it applied to the standing charge as well. It is a 6 month (1 Oct 26 to 31 March 27) VAT reduction and yes, it includes the standing charge. Using as an example someone who uses 250 kwH of electricity per month (so 1500kwH for the 6 month period)…
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Eon next power up
Eon next have invited me to sign up for their PowerUp event tomorrow from 10:00am to 12:00pm. “Your target is to use 1% more electricity than you usually would during this time” “If you hit your target, we’ll give you £0.20 credit for every extra kWh of electricity you use.” Anybody else participating?
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Saving £100 on burnams energy vat deal.
The prime minister said that he was removing VAT from energy bills. I know find out it is only going to be on the electricity part. I am a computer database geek and spreadsheet geek. I like to keep tabs on things. He claims that we could save £100 a year on our fuel bills. Checking my spread sheets, I used 3,545…
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MSE News: Use plain language and signpost social tariffs, new household bills report urges
Households should have access to clear information about social tariffs and to a 'tell us once' system across utility providers, MPs have said. MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) founder Martin Lewis – who as part of the report in June – has called the measures "a great start" but warned that "more could be done"…Read the full…
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EDF billing
Hi, my father-in-law passed away in the middle of February and I took over paying the electricity direct debit at £50 per month. On March 2nd the meter was changed. Looking back through his bills I would say he hasn't had a "proper" bill since October 2024. he/we have been paying the direct debit each month and his balance…
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Unsure what to do, octopus nov 26
our fixed tariff comes to an end November, do I fix now .. octopus have a 18 month fix, but looking at all of the energy prices, they all though the roof prices.
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Tomatopia Discussion 2026
Happy New Year! I thought we need a new Thread to discuss this - because not everyone uses Facebook. Has anyone else heard anything?
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Johnson & Starley Aquair Heat Interface + Combi boiler - replacement for current Warm Air system
Hi everyone Having recently moved to a new house, we're looking to replace a ~20 year old J&S economaire warm air unit with a gas fired combi & J&S Aquair unit. This will allow us to make use of the ducting in the house and provide us with on demand hot water. Does anyone else have this set up? All installers have…
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Switching energy supplier
Switching your energy supplier isn't always seamless. I recently switched from EDF to Fuse. As I was nearly £400 in credit with EDF I was looking forward to my refund. EDF say it can take up 6 weeks to provide a final bill. I waited 20 days and heard nothing from EDF, not even a sorry you are leaving email. When I rang…
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Octopus Energy 'Power Up' Reimbursement Failures
Octopus Energy offer some attractive tariffs for consumers with solar panels and battery systems (like us). They also offer attractive opportunities to get cheaper/free electricity while helping balance the grid. One such opportunity is Power Up sessions. In Power Up sessions in our region (East of England) all the…
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Energy refund heartache
Octopus are withholding my refund, following my switch to another energy supplier, claiming they have not received a final electricity meter reading from my new supplier. My new supplier say they have sent it. After sending numerous daily emails to both companies without satisfaction, should I now expedite my issues to the…
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Fuse energy- Horrendous
I signed up with fuse with a tempting saving, monthly amount quoted and reviews seemed reasonable. Ive had a horrible experience from start 6 months ago and will be leaving, penalty or not. NO customer service, no human response and no phone number for us that struggle with apos. bills change constantly, more taken from…
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British Gas direct debit alert
A few days ago I checked the direct debits on my bank account. There were two active DDs for British Gas. One last drawn back in October 2025 (matching my previous BG tariff exited in October 25) and the second, debited only this month and inline with my current Collective Nov26 BG tariff. So, I deleted the first, thinking…
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New Boiler Needed or Replace Part
Hi all , My combi boiler, Alpha CB24 doesn't give me any hot water it was working fine, then all of a sudden it made some weird noises and then stopped working. I had a British gas engineer come out. As I have the highest HomeCare service plan, they did a service and said the reason for the hot water not working is because…
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Air-to-air heat pump
Hello, I am awaiting installation of air-to-air (A2A) heat pump. So just being curious to know if anyone has been using Octopus Cosy tariff for A2A heat pump and if yes, what is the process to switch from Octopus Agile to cosy tariff? Many thanks for any guidance 🙏 Regards…
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Thermaflow Boiler - Wet Electric Heating Tariff
Hi, all the other posts about Thermaflow boilers are old so seeing if I can get any up to date info. Moved into a property with an old broken RTS meter - it's not sending any data, but was a 'complex' multi-rate one with 3 rates. Smart meter replacement booked for March. Account with Scottish Power - currently on standard…
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Hive - opinions please?
We are having a new boiler fitted next week. Our fitter has said we could have a Hive thermostat fitted if we wished so I have just been researching as I don’t know much about it. Obviously it’s at the expensive end of thermostats as far as prices go as you need to buy the hub also. The app has quite a lot of recent…
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I'm OVO Standard
They are asking me to consider a fixed tariff. My current monthly has just gone from £63 to £75 (I've added an extra freezer in the garage and that could account for some of that, plus the hotter weather for 3 freezers and a fridge!). Should I go over to an OVO fixed or what. I'm a bit of a stuck in the mud really.
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