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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…
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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!
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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..…
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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.
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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…
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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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Links to Gas/Electric, N.Ireland Board
Phoenix Gas
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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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Stop Doorstepping Me!
Is anyone else totally SICK of the relentless stream of agents coming to your door looking for you to change your gas & Electricity supplier? And for that matter, your home phone supplier? I dont mind them in the high street and airports, etc, I can happily avaid them there, but they should be barred from cold calling. You…
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Powergen r soooo useless but can I switch?
Hi Had loads of trouble with PGen in last house - didn't set up billing correctly and so then I had to pay them £180 per month until I paid off the debt and the same thing is about to happen again in my new house. When we moved here it was PGen for the electric and a commercial type subsiduary of theirs for the Gas - well…
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Want to Switch
It's currently costing me £160 per month for gas and electric with nPower, we only have a three bedroom house but unfortunately it's 200 years old with very little insulation, drafty doors and 3 children who never remember to turn anything off. We pay this by monthly direct debit and with it being the end of the winter we…
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Any experience of Good Energy (formerly Unite)?
We have just bought a house (hopefully!) and are keen to use renewable energy sources. I was recommended to use Unite by a friend and having compared costs on USwitch using my current bills (current house is very similar to new house) it looks like I'd save over £100. Obviously I will wait to see what the bills are like in…
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On prepayment meters and want to save
When we moved into our current house we discovered that the electricity and gas were on prepayment meters. Not a problem we thought at first, but when I'm paying out over £60 a month then it becomes a problem. At our old house we paid by monthly DD fixed and were with Powergen which meant I also got Tesco clubcard points…
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Finding good gas deal with Independent Gas Transporter
Hello everyone. Being good moneysavers, we frequently switch our utilities to get the best deal. The problem is, that our gas is supplied by an Independent Gas Transporter. This is not mentioned on any of the comparison sites, so you can go through and find the cheapest and apply, but then a few weeks later we usually get…
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Uswitch.com
Not sure if this has previously been mentioned on here but I just saw the advert on TV for https://www.uswitch.com which compares suppliers of phones, internet, utilities, tv, credit cards and loans etc to find the best deal for your circumstances :)
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At what point should I choose a supplier?
Ok, just sent off the forms to transco to have a gas pipe laid, so that should happen in the next month they say. No hurry cos I havent even contacted a plumber yet to see about getting my gas central heating installed. My question is though, at what point do I contact a supplier? I mean, the gas will be led to the house…
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