Energy

Just ran a quote with UW to check the new prices from April. I was expecting a decrease in line with the price cap, but I received a shock! Currently on the value tariff my rates are: Day: 40.42p per kwh Night: 5.697p per kwy S/C: 53.535p per day I use 921kwh per year during the day and 5550kwh per year during the night,…

Hello everyone. I've had a hunt but cant find an answer so hopefully someone can help me. Please see a screenshot of my Tariff below. I was certain that my peak rate was around 28p per kwh and my off peak rate was 6.5p per kwh, I understand that rates were lowered recently due to government changes but this seems far too…

I am aware that Octopus now charge "early leaving fines" on fixed rate deals What concerns me - is what happens to tariffs - come August (I am on fixed August 2025 v3) ? Will we be offered a fixed rate deal then or is it worth investigating now ?

Hi, recently martin lewis advised everyone to fix and said: "•Plus, fix now, and unprecedentedly the rate you lock in at will be reduced on 1 April. This is because qovt is changing the underlying way energy bills work and moving some policy costs to general taxation. That reduces the elec & gas unit rates even for those…

Surprise there isn’t more awareness about this whole farce ongoing considering most flats in this area have no gas what so ever and are all hooked up with electric water heaters. Electric water heater supplies hot taps shower bath etc. It’s recommended to time the water boil between suppliers off peak cheap rates, and off…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg73vm8yzv2o/ three different takes on projected input of current policy - one biased more by Iran perhaps. "Another forecast, by energy supplier Octopus, suggests electricity bills could increase by at least 15% by 2030, with grid investments and other costs adding about £260-£300." And…

My smart meter measures both my electricity usage (import) and the export from my solar panels. When I look on the Bright app it will show me half-hourly data of both import and export. The same company responsible for the Bright app (Hildebrand) also lets me download my usage data from the Glowmarkt website. But the…

Hello, could anyone, please, tell me if prepay gas meter has to ran out of credit before it can be changed? I have an ancient meter, button of which became unresponsive, so I'm having trouble topping it up. I contacted Scottish Power to sort it out, but they refuse until I ran out of gas, which obviously, I don't want to.…

Has anyone had conversations with SO energy with regards to fixed tariff and the budget reductions from April 2026? I called them to clarify their position as I am considering tranfering to them to an EV tariff. I asked if I signed up to their fixed tariff would they reduce the tariff in April when the discounts apply. I…

Hello all. Was 9 days without gas provision (no heating, hot water using immersion heater, no hob) due to a gas leak. Smell was coming from behind skirting in hallway (near gas meter which is just outside basement door). I tried to get my insurance (Privilege) or their associated Home Emergency service to at least do…

Just got an email stating that they are going to charge for the web portal and API. Can't comment until read on a better screen, but obviously that affects IOF . Bearing in mind their reputation is going hill fast I might have to look to jump ship .

we have checked 🐙 bill breakdown for the last year and found we’ve been charged svt rate for time slots when our EV was charging and have proof of this from the OHME app. aware it’s a beta programme so not sure whether to pursue it and wondered if anyone on here has the same experience? It adds up to around £30 over the…

Home Energy appear to have the best rates for a Variable gas and electricity account. Has anyone here joined them> Are they reputable and safe to join?

I have the fixed rate deal as below; Fixed Tariff Feb27 v8 Running from 4th of March 2026 until 3rd March 2027. I chatted with a British Gas advisor today and they said this was not included in the 1st of April reductions. Is this correct? Was it just variable tariffs? Maybe I should not have fixed when I did. But with the…

Hi all, We've written a new guide on Solar Panels to help if you're thinking of installing a solar panel system, and it'd be great to get MoneySavers' feedback. Please do share your experiences, any extra tips to help others and useful resources you've found along the way, as well as any points you'd add to the guide. Just…

Hello,ive just been told by octopus that they have withdrawn the flux rate for charging batteries off peak due to the energy costs at the moment.This beggars the question, why should i invest in batteries if at the first sign of trouble the supplier withdraws the things they encourage to save money and reduce pressure on…

Hello, I had a smart meter installed on Thursday, my time slot was between 8am and 12pm. The engineer phoned to say he would be later than 12 so i had to book the rest of the afternoon off work. He turned up at 12:05pm and spent 45 mins fitting the meter. Secondly towards the end of the installation he stated they would…

Just received a big email from Octopus about how electricity Energy prices will be dropping in April following Octopus championing against some govt levies etc and how much I'm going to be saving on my electricity bill, overall £98.89 a year on an electricity bill of £1777 - so -5.5%…but at the same time they are…

We inherited a PV array, Solis Inverter and storage battery set up when we moved in. Got onto the Solis app a couple of weeks ago and trying to understand the readouts. Typical day below: Any help with interpreting welcome. Esp as to why my batteries only charging up to 17/18% before discharging and what settings would…

we recently bought our first EV and expect to do about 7500 miles per year mainly charging at home. We both wfh so the car spends most of its time in the drive or doing local runs apart from the odd trip to visit parents or collect kids at uni or go on holiday. It will cost a minimum of £1k to install a charging point. So…