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Re: calor gas versus oil
I currently heat my 4 bedroomed home in scotland using LPG (bp supply), you can negotiate various deals with all of the different suppliers and I found that competing one against the other leads to a lower price. You generally have to sign a contract with the companies and the shortest I could push for was 3 years. I am…
Energy Debt Management, red letter. Help
I used to have lodgers in my house that pretty much abused the place and left me with many outstanding bills. They weren't official, so all the bills etc. are in my name. Stupid I know, but it was my first house and I was young etc. Anyway, I was left with an electricity bill of over £800 so I went on a meter to pay it…
Advice needed please
A friend has a problem could anyone please help me to solve it. she had her gas from BG by payment meter/card,she then change supplier to powergen...............they did not send a meter payment card and as this was the only way to get gas ,she carried on using the BG card in her meter. changed back to BG after several…
What about Northern Ireland???
Hi None of the utilities switch sites list Northern Irish providers (eg. Phoenix gas and Northern Ireland Electricity) Anyone know why?? Perhaps they are the only providers for NI, so there are no competitors to switch to?? Cheers in advance J
£1100 Electricity bill
Below is a copy of a letter I sent by recorded delivery to atlantic electric 2 weeks ago. I have not had a reply. So I rang them again today and a manager is looking into my bill and getting back to me tomorrow. Can anyone offer any advise. Further to my phone calls to you on the 22nd 23rd and 29th of April regarding my…
Npower opinions?
Hi, Just checked the various comparison sites and Npower comes up top for us, with a saving of £293 a year for dual fuel electricity and gas. I'd like to know how good (or bad) their service is. I don't want any hassle with switching or bill errors etc. Currently with British Gas and London Energy who I've had no problems…
OMG my electricity bill!!!!
:eek: My electricity bill is usually £220-£240 per quarter. We live in a 5 bedroom house and I do use washer and tumble dryer a lot. We have 5 kids and they nevere turn anything off. Imagine my shock when my elctricity bill came today £333.10!!!!! I nearly dropped, called the electricity board and they confirmed it was…
Please recommend alternative supplier
Hi everyone, Just found this BB and feel as if I’ve been walking around with my eyes shut.lo I have 3 koi ponds and have been paying £110 per month DD to Powergen for the last 3 years, everything has been ok until earlier this week when I received a letter saying my DD payments will have to increase to £248 to cover…
Online v Telephone Tarrif
On reading The Money Diet and deciding to switch power company, I logged on to https://www.buy.co.uk and discovered that London Energy (aka EDF) would save us around £130 per year on our fuel bills if we switched online and got our dual fuel from them. I checked getting gas & elec separately, but the dual fuel was the…
powergen - funny business with bills !
erm, just got two emails saying my bill is ready... so I login and see the following: Date Amount 12/05/2005 £ 400.66 11/05/2005 £ 94.81 Well, I thought I was pretty good with turning off lights and keeping the heating off this spring !>?!?!?!?!? but that is for one days use !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have I been over charged?
We have recently changed supplier as I wasn't happy about paying £200 more than I had over the previous year although we were with a different supllier then. But this company told us they were the cheaper hence why we went with them. When I was with this company I was paying £33 Gas and £30 Elec per month. Which in my…
Should I keep my bills
I have so many utilitiy bills for gas electricity phone water etc. Do I need to keep them or can I just put the figures on a spread sheet in case I need to refer back to them and then just bin them? I want to have a big clear out but afraid that i should be keeping hold of them!
Atlantic and Uswitch
Hello. I was with Atlantic, though I am not sure exactly which tarriff, but I heard that they were putting up their prices. I have tried uswitch etc but they still say that Atlantic is one of the best. Powergen age concern is top, but I am not sure whether that is for everyone or just the elderly? The difference only seems…
How to cancel?
Hey everyone, hoping for a bit of advice. I will be moving out of my rented property in 7weeks after a 1year period. I have been told my my estate agent that it is my responsibility to cancel all utilities. I have never rented before so am a bit new to this and was just hoping for a bit of advice on the best way to do it…
powergen won't send bill
Changed meters from pre pay to eco 7 at beginning of Dec 04. Hadn't received a bill in April, so called them and was told one would be sent. Two weeks later called again, was told the bill had been prepared but stopped for no apparent reason. Gave another reading, but still no bill. They take ages to answer the phone and…
Service charge
We pay £14.50 monthly to British Gas for a service charge on our boiler. They now want £ 16 monthly. Is it really worth it or should I just put the money away and hope nothing major goes wrong.
When can I switch?
I moved house at the end of last year, and with one thing and another I 'forgot' to notify the Electricity Supplier that I'd moved in. I recently got a bill from Powergen for over £1000 - whilst I could understand a large bill, I didn't expect it to be this big! Having read the bill more closely, it would appear the…
Gas Dd
We have just moved and at last home paid £24 a month dd to powergen, our new home is similar in size ((1 extra bedroom( used as office)) but has just had an extension so 1/2 of it comes up to new building regs ie; 11" insulation not 4" and all external walls have insulation in. we have just had gas bill for dec to march…
Electricity Cable-overhanging branches.
I live in a house that is supplied with electricity via overhead cables. In my garden a tree has cracked and id overhanging the cables- just touching but the supply is un interrupted. If I cut the tree down it will fall on the cables. Can I ask them to cut down the overhanging braches or should I wait for it to fall and…
Dual rate electricity query
Someone told me today at work that if you have dual rate electricity (cheap rate at night), although the night rate is cheaper, the day rate is actually MORE EXPENSIVE than the 'standard' single rate - is this actually true? The reason I ask is because we don't really use much electricity at night, and we can't put our…

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