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Standing charge April 2026 electricity
Am I right in assuming that the standing charge for electricity is INCREASING but the charge for gas is decreasing?
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The British Gas Big Switch tariff doesn't show up if you select gas only
The MSE email said the British Gas Big Switch tariff was "For: Dual fuel/elec or gas only". I only want to switch gas, as I'm on Octopus Agile for electricity and that's working well for me. If I go to the Cheap Energy Club results page, it shows me the dual fuel British Gas Big Switch tariff at the top, but if I then…
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Heat Networks Back Billing
hi, I own a 1 bed flat that’s part of a heat network. Managing agents are Rendall and Rittner. Bills have been issued periodically over the last 10 years and are settled in full on time. Come 2025 and now 2026 and I am getting ‘back bills’ dating back to 2015 to the tune of several hundred £’s. The reason given for the…
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Tomato Energy (Electric Only Supplier) - Too Good To Be True ?
Looking at Tomato Energy for our electric only property. They are offering 12M FIXED Tariffs which are based on your chosen lifestyle - with Daily Standing Charge as low as 40.82p The tariff Im looking at gives me a Unit Rate of; 00:00 to 06:00 = 5.00p 06:00 to 09:30 = 23.16p 09:30 to 11:30 = 13.37p 11:30 to 22:00 = 23.16p…
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Warning - Money Expert Gas/Electricity Utility Switching Door to Door (again)
My elderly parents in their 80s were cold called by someone from Money Expert to have a free energy check. Apparently thought it was part of MSE so I'm not sure if that was part of the sales pitch or just the word association. They'd been told they could save £800 pa which seems ridiculous in the current climate.…
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World electricity price comparison
Take a look at Russia and Sudan https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cost-of-electricity-by-country
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SO energy
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…
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how to stop threatening letters - Scottish Power
My mother has recently moved house and the previous occupant were with Scottish power so she's done the meter readings and her new account is set up, all good. But there is an outstanding bill £65 ish from prior to her moving in, and Scottish Power are writing to "the occupier" threatening debt collectors. It's not her…
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Octopus Energy Fixed Ending 8th April
Hi All We are FTBers so new to all this and coming to the end of our first year with Octopus energy. The fixed rate tariff ends on the 8th April. Is it better to wait until 1st April to shop round for the best deal for the next year or look around now
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Beware of British Gas back-billing - know your rights
British Gas emailed me today (24th Feb 2026): Pay your outstanding balance of £106.14 or face a debt collection agency and debt collection fees. I ceased to be a British Gas customer in December 2023, I paid my final bill and received a refund of £61.07 bringing the account to a complete close with balance of zero, job…
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Energy searches
so might be a daft question, but I compare my energy on say cec, and it’s saving me £200, is that inclusive of the April drop or not? ( as if it already includes that, then there’s no point in moving as I’ll save nearly that anyway). Or am I saving £200 AND the April drop as well?
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High standing charge for communal electricity supply in block of flats
This discussion was created from comments split from: Standing Charges on Gas And Electricity supplies.
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Octopus Go Intelligent Tariff - recent changes
Can anyone understand the recent changes? I've watched several YouTube videos and they all have a different interpretation of the new and highly complicated rules. It's very hard to make heads or tails. To make matters worse, a friend who's already with Octopus (I'm still considering, having now bought an EV) told me about…
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British Gas problems with account
Hi, Been with BG for years never been a problem with them until Oct last year. In Oct could not log in their web site, had to phone them to this sorted out which took a while, got my account back but all my gas/elec reading were completely messed up, took them 2 weeks to sort it out and got a Statement from them. The new…
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Advice needed on Changing FIT providers
We know we can change FIT suppliers once in 12 months. We've never switched FIT supplier before so Scottish Power currently pay our FIT monies with the export based on Deemed 50%. Having considered advice given on a previous post re our solar panel system, we have gathered the info to apply to Octopus Outgoing tariff which…
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Nationwide Renewables - Solar Panels
Has anyone else had dealings with Nationwide Renewables? They installed Solar Panels at my Fathers last July but have yet to provide any certification at all. They are not MCS certified and not a part of the REAL registration scheme or even subscribing to the Ombudsman. I'm in discussion with a Complaints Manager who,…
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Smart Export Guarantee while on an OVO Fixed Tariff
I have invested in a 8kW of solar panels with a Tesla Powerwall 3 set up that will be installed next week. Long term it looks like the best tariff for this set up will be Octopus' Intelligent Flux tariff. However in the near term I am contracted to OVO on their Extended Fixed plan, with two £75 early exit penalties for…
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Looking for EV Electricity only tariff
I have looked in the Cheap Energy Club for an EV tariff, i.e. pay less over night. The results do not help very much as EV tariffs are not shown. When going to energy company sites they don't show their EV tariffs - easiest way found is to google the company with EV tariif. I currently am on Ovo with their Charge Anytime.…
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Smart Meter
Since I had my new smart meter installed, it has been a nightmare, I have to charge £10 weekly and it runs out even when I am not at home for months, and every electrical item fridge etc is turned off. I have complained several time to British gas, and they have not even sent someone to check it out
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Octopus dodgy meter changed and high bills refunded but need help with new charges.
Hello, Background I am helping a friend try to sort out their energy bill with Octopus. It's the electricity that has been the problem, so I will focus only on electric, even though he is dual fuel. At one stage in 2024 he had over £1,000 in credit (silly he now realises). It went from there to him being charged £2,171 for…
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