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Can British Gas charge 125 to go on to direct debit?
Help.....Five years ago my husband had a debit balance with British Gas that he could not pay. BG installed a payment metre. We have had a nil balance on the bill (finally) for some time now. Yet the metre is still taking £5 a week to put to the bill. Result, £10 on the metre on a monday runs out by thurs, due to the extra…
London Energy Price Increases
Martins email this week shows London Energy increasing their prices for Gas & Electric. London Energy website shows that only new standard account customers will have the increases. Those people with online accounts will be unaffected. http://www.ukpower.co.uk/price%2Bupdates.asp
Savings comparison sites - did you actually save!?
Looking to switch supplier soon and one thing about these price comparison site Im wondering is, I could save £45 a year on leccy so approx £5.50 a month. While this is still a good saving, I was wondering if anyone has switched with the impression they would save but has either cost them more or just not saved anything! I…
Powergen billing
I have just changed over to Powergen for Gas and Electricity.They rang me to inform me that my monthly gas Direct Debit would be £15. As i have moved from British Gas,they send me a credit for £98,and on a recent letter from them,they said my monthly DD would now have been £11 instead of £17.50 that i was paying before the…
numbers on radiator thermostats
Hi First and foremost, thank god I have found this site i've only just registered but have saved myself a fortune in less than a month. I am very interested in knocking down my fuel bills and have so far installed new loft insulation, rediator reflectors and draught proofing. Anyway i have a near new combi boiler and a gas…
Gas Bills
would you say £120 per qtr for a 2 bed flat with a new condensing-combi boiler with heating on for about 5-6 hrs per day (& with a thermostat) is excessive for a gas bill? Its an actual meter reading but still.....
London Energy "Savings Calculator" broken?
For at least the last fortnight, putting my postcode into the London Energy Price Savings Calculator just gives an error message. I've reported this twice, currently to no effect. Can anyone get this calculator to work, please? Thanks! John PS I suspect that the two other EDF 'outlets' point to the same calculator...
British Gas Price Protection?
Hi I've just received an email from British Gas (I'm a dual fuel customer) offering me a chance to sign up for a "price protection" until April 2007. They state that if I do, then my energy prices will be protected from rising above the current rates, but this will cost me approx 41p per week. Is this worth taking out or…
Winter Fuel Allowance Deadline
Hi Do you know anyone over 60 who hasn't yet claimed their Winter Fuel Allowance for 2004/5? Many people over 60 are entitled to a Government pay out of between £100 and £300 depending on their circumstance. There is also an extra £100 one off payment available to the over 70's. If they received it last year, then all…
Power Supplies
I know this has been raised many times but as a pensioner I am being plagued by Powergen to sign up, at the moment I am with Swalec for both energies. Has anyone any experience with this supplier and is it worth my while to change. They are offering many carrots!
Quids in + £20 Cashback From EnergyHelpLine Right?
Put in the below figures £180 for Gas & £110 for Electricity per Quarter. Have never switched before. Utilita - get80 Monthly Direct Debit £1,630.82 £409.18 (20%) Utilita - get130 Monthly Direct Debit £1,635.44 £404.56 (20%) Utilita - get180 Monthly Direct Debit £1,640.89 £399.11 (20%) It says that you can claim up to..…
Green Electricity Supplier??????
Hi. I am currently in the process of opening a Solarium and am contemplating using "Green" electricity supplier, ie, wind turbines etc. Anyone give me any ideas about who to use and also are they more expensive or cheaper compared to the normal suppliers? Thank you in advance.
Southern Price increase... I did warn you!
Scottish and Southern Energy has begun informing its domestic electricity and gas customers that its prices for energy will rise, either from 1 March 2005 or, for around 550,000 new customers, from 1 July 2005. Across Great Britain, the average price rise for electricity customers will be 6.7% (3.7% in the north of…
Financial guru's: Do you think this will work?
I had an Idea, although I'm not very good and calculating interest! So perhaps the financial guru's out there can let me know if this will work or not. I currently pay most bills quarterly accept for my gas which is on direct debit (saves me 11% over the year) House bills are, Council tax £74.00 mth split 3 ways Gas £45.60…
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Kw hours - how to work out?
Hello, can anyone help - I am about to compare and switch from British Gas and SWEB. While BGas conveniently show kwh on their bills, the SWEB bills just have units used and no clue whether this is kwh or not (or am I missing something...) would really appreciate it if someone could enlighten me here, as I've heard it os…
Scottish Power online accounts
Am just wondering how you are all doing managing your accounts online. I am sorely tempted to set up my account into an online account, but the hastle i seem to be having with Scottish Power lately, i dont know whether its worth the extra stress.
1st Posting-Disabled-Can I get cheaper Gas & Elelctric?
Hello This is my 1st post..hello!! This website is great and so informative. ;) I was wondering if anyone can advise me please. I am disabled and basically housebound. Im paying £72.00 a month at the moment for gas and electric. This is to scottish power. My daughter whos 10 is also partially sighted. As Im at home 99% of…
Do the Switcher Services taken to account...
The new price increases that are announced for Gas + Elec... I don't know when I should switch... Thanks Perry.
two rate meter & night storage
We have just moved to a new flat, which uses electrical night storage heaters to heat the place. There is four in all. Although we seem to have figured out now how they work (input on at night, output off - output on in the day, evenings, input off), we are a little puzzled still as to how they are charged/metered. In the…

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