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Social tariffs

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  • Scottish_Power
    Scottish_Power Posts: 1,263 Organisation Representative
    Hi WordsWorth

    Have a look at our Customer Charter below for customer's with special needs. Hopefully this will be of help for you.

    http://www.scottishpower.co.uk/PDF/SPCustomercharters_Specialneeds.pdf

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  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    We qualify for this but for some reason I think we found it cheaper to stay on the basic tariff. We pay the bill cash when it comes in - maybe the social tariffs require a DD or something ? My last quarter's bill was only £36 so I dont think it will get any lower lol!
  • niamhtra66
    niamhtra66 Posts: 559 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    £36 a quarter! that's better than winning the lottery.. i pay over £4K per annum for both gas and electric, it's nearly tipping us over the edge.
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Ahhh but you dont want to know what we pay in coal & calor gas ! LOL !
  • idvi
    idvi Posts: 276 Forumite
    niamhtra66 wrote: »
    £36 a quarter! that's better than winning the lottery.. i pay over £4K per annum for both gas and electric, it's nearly tipping us over the edge.

    how come?? :eek::eek::eek::eek: do you have a huge house?

    my last quarterly electric bill (march, april, may) was £86 (£136-£50 disability deduction).

    my heating is electric, so that bill was for both normal electric and heating.

    1 bedroom house.

    southern electric gave me a disability winter discount of \£50 for disability/benefits and the have other social tariffs too.
    2 esa medicals passed successfully (support group - it can be done!!)!! :j
  • eve13_2
    eve13_2 Posts: 82 Forumite
    I went through EBICO 4 years ago. They're a sort of umbrella group that look for the best social tariffs in your area. Sorry, don't have linky but you could probably just type it into search engine for more info.
  • WordsWorth
    WordsWorth Posts: 18 Forumite
    It's thru Southern in England. Anyone else similar?
  • System
    System Posts: 178,377 Community Admin
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    Do mental health probelms qualify for soicial taffifs? I am in reciept of ESA and DLA.
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,097 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    xXMessedUpXx wrote: »
    Do mental health probelms qualify for soicial taffifs? I am in reciept of ESA and DLA.

    Some tariffs are aimed at people on low incomes with disability premiums; and others are aimed at people who need to use more water, electric or gas due to disability.
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  • wornoutmumoftwo
    wornoutmumoftwo Posts: 1,250 Forumite
    I'm with british gas for prepayment economy 7 social tarif. We are in receipt of DLA and low income.
    Payment a day challenge: £236.69
    Jan Shopping Challenge: £202.09/£250
    Frugal Living Challenge: £534.64/15000
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