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AFP application open receipts required from 1 JUNE not September.
Our electricity supplier (Eon) did not give us the afp. After contacting they advised we apply through the government website. We use oil as we live on a farm lane with no gas. On filling out the application today they require receipts from September to show you use an alternative fuel - If you can't supply them then no…
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Alternative Fuel Payment / Eon
Hi, has anyone with Eon received their alternative fuel payment yet? And is the Eon app working for you. Mine hasn't shown daily usage for weeks and just keeps saying they're updating the app 😢
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No payment from OVO
Hi, like my neighbours I haven't received the alternative fuel payment from OVO. I was directed to the government web site but there is no form to complete to apply for the £200. Has anyone found the form yet?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Houseboat Offgrid Grants
My sister in law lives on a house boat she is off grid the goverment are saying they have a grant for people to claim to help with heating of £200, but when you go on the portal it asks for your address,my sister in law uses her mums address as a care of for her letters, you put that in and it says you cant get the…
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Heating oil- buy now or wait?
Using boiler juice for quotes, I’ve notice that heating oil has come down in price recently.. I’ve got approx 1 months oil left in my tank.. as this is a money saving site I’m asking on here what you think oil prices will do in the next couple of weeks? 🛢️
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So Energy (AFP)
My £200 Alternative Fuel Payment has gone into my So Energy account, (I’m now £886.22 in credit) I’ve emailed them and asked them to transfer the £200 AFP into my bank account so that I can use it to buy heating oil.. has anyone with So Energy done the same? and if so what was the outcome?
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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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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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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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LPG conversation
Does anyone know what the conversion is for LPG, litres to cubic meter,I'm getting conflicting calculations from 3.6 to 3.85 lts to a cubic m3
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Calor gas propane
Does anyone know what the conversion is for LPG, litres to cubic meter,I'm getting conflicting calculations from 3.6 to 3.85 let's to a cubic m3
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Alternative Fuel Payment - with Eon Next you can request they transfer it to your bank account :)
I'm with Eon Next for electricity and we pay by direct debit. The £200 payment was credited to our Eon account. I just got the usual email telling me my DD payment for next month, and it wasn't reduced at all (I was expecting zero for a few months or something while that £200 got used up). Logged in and they seemed to be…
