Zog has gone 😢

[Deleted User]

Tbh, I did not even know that there was another, beta, better, web site. I have just been using the original, very basic version to submit my meter readings. Probably not worth registering for the beta one now, and having to dream up yet another password. 

brewerdave

Deleted_User said:

Tbh, I did not even know that there was another, beta, better, web site. I have just been using the original, very basic version to submit my meter readings. Probably not worth registering for the beta one now, and having to dream up yet another password. 

The advantage of the beta website in this situation ,is that you can download all your statements - very useful if you weren't in the habit of saving the emailed statements.

chris1973

FreeBear said:

Deleted_User said: Meanwhile, can someone answer an 'idiots' question? Why is electricity generation so dependent on gas, especially if gas is supposedly being phased out?

As dirty, polluting coal fired generating stations were phased out, they had to be replaced by something cleaner. So several large power stations were built to run off gas. The UK is currently using gas to generate 40-50% of the total amount of electricity.

But Germany get to use their dirty polluting coal fired generating stations until at least 2038 and seemingly not answerable to anybody including Gobby Greta. Are many people gluing themselves to the Autobahn?. In fact in the first half of 2021 Coal was Germany's primary source of Electricity, and wind generation was at its lowest level since 2018.

Unfortunately we are the only Country swallowing this guff. We have made ourselves a sole Martyr to a global problem DECADES ahead of many other Countries, leaving ourselves energy bereft in the process after wasting £billions on Wind Turbines which work about as efficiently as our Politicians, which is why the energy companies pitched a big fit when one - just ONE inter-connector with France burned out a few months ago. That is how finely pitched our grid is - that the loss of one relatively small method of importing power throws the network into a panic.

If we had built Nuclear Power Stations and kept our Coal Fired Power Stations online for another 10 - 15 years instead of wasting it on pointless, inefficient Wind Turbines, then our reliance on Coal would be less and the impact of these price increases would be reduced.

We are being sold indulgences - just like in the middle ages, and if they continue down this folly we'll all end up Bankrupt and living back in them.

[Deleted User]

@brewerdave I was. 😉 

molerat

afewdollarsmore said:

Damn.  This is going to hurt being forced into the cap price.

Same gas and pipes...  Someone somewhere is making a fortune out of this mess...  and the UK population.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/29/russia-gazprom-reports-record-earnings-amid-global-gas-crisis-energy

Patr100

PennineAcute said:

Umiamz said:

nrmsmith said:

Dolor said:

Good to see that Zog has already entered end of month smart readings into my online account. 

How do you see this information in your online account?

You have to drop an email to Zog asking for access to their beta portal. I doubt you'll be able to do that now that they've ceased trading, though.

I used this link for access to their BETA.  Just enter your username and password, and you will have access.

What password? we never had an online account when with Zog.

Poundwize

Patr100 said:

PennineAcute said:

Umiamz said:

nrmsmith said:

Dolor said:

Good to see that Zog has already entered end of month smart readings into my online account. 

How do you see this information in your online account?

You have to drop an email to Zog asking for access to their beta portal. I doubt you'll be able to do that now that they've ceased trading, though.

I used this link for access to their BETA.  Just enter your username and password, and you will have access.

What password? we never had an online account when with Zog.

If you go to that link you can create one. Just made an account now and can enter readings and download bills, seems to work fine

prowla

molerat said:

afewdollarsmore said:

Damn.  This is going to hurt being forced into the cap price.

Same gas and pipes...  Someone somewhere is making a fortune out of this mess...  and the UK population.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/29/russia-gazprom-reports-record-earnings-amid-global-gas-crisis-energy

Whilst I don't consider myself to be a conspiracy theorist, I do think we are being played for mugs:

• China accidentally releases a virus with global impact, so countries respond by buying millions of testing kits from them.
• Russia has a gripe with the West and puts up its gas prices, so folks just give them more money.
• There's a worldwide silicon tech shortage and most of it is produced in Taiwan, which is expected to be annexed by China within this decade.

I do hope ours and other governments are thinking about how to mitigate these risks.

Umiamz

Poundwize said:

Patr100 said:

PennineAcute said:

Umiamz said:

nrmsmith said:

Dolor said:

Good to see that Zog has already entered end of month smart readings into my online account. 

How do you see this information in your online account?

You have to drop an email to Zog asking for access to their beta portal. I doubt you'll be able to do that now that they've ceased trading, though.

I used this link for access to their BETA.  Just enter your username and password, and you will have access.

What password? we never had an online account when with Zog.

If you go to that link you can create one. Just made an account now and can enter readings and download bills, seems to work fine

I've been using the beta site for a few weeks now but, in the past few days, it has stopped updating. Readings that I submitted via the 'old' method are not appearing in my beta account.

I wouldn't rely on it too much now that Zog are winding things up...

[Deleted User]

Umiamz said:

Poundwize said:

Patr100 said:

PennineAcute said:

Umiamz said:

nrmsmith said:

Dolor said:

Good to see that Zog has already entered end of month smart readings into my online account. 

How do you see this information in your online account?

You have to drop an email to Zog asking for access to their beta portal. I doubt you'll be able to do that now that they've ceased trading, though.

I used this link for access to their BETA.  Just enter your username and password, and you will have access.

What password? we never had an online account when with Zog.

If you go to that link you can create one. Just made an account now and can enter readings and download bills, seems to work fine

I've been using the beta site for a few weeks now but, in the past few days, it has stopped updating. Readings that I submitted via the 'old' method are not appearing in my beta account.

I wouldn't rely on it too much now that Zog are winding things up...

For those without a smart meter, I doubt if Zog is bothering to update account information given that a final reading will need to be produced in a few days. Given the size of Zog’s customer base and its excellent customer billing etc, I doubt that any SoLR will struggle to get the information that it needs to set up new accounts.