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Overnight Power Reduction
Morning all, I have Solar and battery (5.8kWh), and currently utilising Octopus Go's reduced off-peak tariff to charge my battery to 90% each morning, (an amount that reduces my peak consumption to practically zero) however, for the past 2 mornings my battery has only managed to reach 50% and 37% (the second likely due to…
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NO Gas meter point number BUT NO Alternative Fuel Payment
Our village is on the gas grid but households not connected are still using oil fired radiator central heating as we are and we supplement this with a kiln dried log burning stove also feeding the radiator central heating. EoN Next didn't credit the £200 AFP and refused to accept any enquiries until after the end of…
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More delay from Government on paying the £200 Heating Oil allowance
Now you have to go to a new portal (I’m new so I cannot provide a link here) to provide evidence of being a heating oil user and other details. Then a central body - BEIS - analyses your claim. They then pass on your claim to your local council. The council then takes up to 6 weeks to pay the allowance into your nominated…
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Gas or Oil
My property is heated by a 20 year old oil boiler. It runs ok but engineers say its about 30% inefficient. The property is a 1970s bungalow with a well insulated loft, cavity wall insulation, and double glazing. Quotes suggest costs to upgrade the heating system are £8k for oil and ££6.5k for gas, including connection. My…
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Unable to provide receipts for AFP
We're not connected to gas and our main heating is a combination of oil, solid fuel and wood. Octopus said we aren't on the list for AFP and we will have to make an individual claim. I went through this today and we are eligible according to the system. It then asks for receipts post-September 2022 which we don't have. Our…
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Alternative Fuel Payment
I have just received our AFP into our British Gas Account (£200.00) however the amount our bank account has been credited with is only £ 157.00 ... why ? As the title suggests, this is payment towards our oil bill and has nothing to do with our electricity consumption (our account is in credit) so where is the missing…
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Help with heating & hot-water options
Hello, I'm about to buy a 4 bed house (roughly 100 sq m) that has a gas boiler with a hot water tank & a cold water tank. This is quite dated & needs updating. I'm so confused with all the various options & would really appreciate some advice. I love underfloor heating but don't want to do the wet UFH installation (It's…
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Alternative Fuel Payment
Hello I just wanted to see what I could do about the alternative fuel payment of £200 as my heating is done through oil. I am with EDF for electricity and I have contacted them on chat last week and they said they weren't part of the scheme yet? Which I don't think is right? I rung them today and the advisor I spoke to…
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Alternative Fuel Payment
I live in a village with no mains gas and the majority here use heating oil and have received £200 AFPTwo people I know only use electric for their heating…one has received their £200 but the other hasn’t and when they contacted their electricity supplier they said they wouldn’t get it because they use electric.. one gets…
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Alternative Fuel Payment & Solar panels
Hi Everyone in my postcode has received the £200 AFP via their electricity supplier except us. We are with Octopus as are several of our neighbours. We are the only house with solar panels but we don’t use them for heating which is oil fired. Could the government be disqualifying us because of our panels? We’ve been with…
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Oil Combi Boilers
Hi, We currently have a Grant condensing oil boiler. There are a few inconveniences about the boiler. Firstly, it is in the cellar and would prefer it outside. Secondly, we have large cold water storage tanks and a hot water cylinder in a cupboard in the main bathroom taking up a lot of space. I was wondering about…
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Problems cashing alternative fuel voucher.
Has anyone been able to cash the vouchers if they have been sent them by post. If your bank isn't listed then you are supposed to use a Paypoint but what if there isn't one close that's viable? Any advice would be appreciated/
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Free govt boiler scheme
Hi. I'm on universal credit and unfit for work. I have an old gas back boiler fitted about 40 years ago. I was wondering if anyone had any info on the govt free boiler scheme any any good reliable companies?
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alternative fuel
hello I am with British gas and use oil fuel they have received my 200 pounds alt fuel payment. I am in credit already by 153 pounds and pay by DD 100 pounds a month which is adequate obviously for me as a single person I have asked when they are goung to put it in my bank but they say they don't have to? is this correct
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British gas AFP
Hi all, I've just received my £200 AFP today. I use LPG but British gas supply my electricity and the money has gone in my account as credit so it won't be paid to me. As far as I was aware the £200 is supposed to help me pay my horrendous gas bills, not to sit in British gas's bank account earning them interest. I can't…
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Alternative Fuel Payment
Hi I have not received my payment and according to the latest data my energy provider have completed all payments, I found a link to a website that holds postcodes for properties off the gas grid but my postcode is missing. I have raised this with ONS but they can't help. How do I apply for my AFP? I can't attached links…
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Alternative Fuel Payment
Anyone else having to chase this payment from an Energy Supplier? If GOV UK authorised these payments at the beginning of February, is it possible that these Companies are hoarding the money just like they are doing with the grossly over estimated Direct Debits?
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Gas disconnection rip off
I am all electric now and want to avoid the monthly standing order. Has anyone in the South East had any success in getting gas removed at a reasonable cost ? Octopus told me to get my network operator SGN to cap off the gas before they will take the meter away. SGN ( owned by the Toronto Teachers Pension Board ) want…
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Manual application date put back for Alternative Fuels Payment.
I noticed today that the information has changed on the .Govt webpage covering the £200 AFP https://www.gov.uk/get-help-energy-bills/alternative-fuels Not sure when it changed, but it previously said that f you weren't getting the automatic payment then manual applications would open towards the end of February. For those…
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Air pump, electric boiler or both!
We live in a 2 bed 1850 end terrace house with a current EPC rating of E. We have just had solar panels fitted and are looking to update our current oil heating system. Gas is not an option and we have been quoted £7500 to change our oil boiler to a combi, remove the water tank and move our oil tank outside (it is…
