Watch Martin Lewis's energy bills Q&A videos (Mon 25 July)

MSE_James

Martin Lewis will be doing two 15 min live Q&As today (Monday 25 July)

• TikTok Live 3pm https://tiktok.com/@martinlewismse 
  
• Facebook Live 3:30pm https://facebook.com/mrmartinlewis 

We'll update this post to include the video links in due course.

MSE_James

Martin is live on TikTok now: https://www.tiktok.com/@martinlewismse/live 

j.a.mcguire

Can't watch as I refuse to sign up to either platform.  Why not do it on an open platform?

MSE_James

And now the Facebook video is live:

https://www.facebook.com/mrmartinlewis/videos/613230116773831 

(no Facebook account required to watch this video)

fntylbl

how to download it

gbhxu

fntylbl said:

how to download it

Copy the link in Martin's post 

https://www.facebook.com/mrmartinlewis/videos/613230116773831 

Open another tab on your browser and go to a website called Youtube to MP3 

https://www.flv2mp3.by/en112zwxnr/youtube-to-avi/

Paste the address of the Facebook video where it says "Enter the link to the media"

Click on "Convert to AVI"

Wait while the video is converted

Click "Download"

Wait for the video to download.

You should now have a video file in your "Downloads" called Martin Lewis Energy Bills LIVE Q&A

If it does not play in your media player I suggest that you download VLC Media Player

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.en_GB.html

roddydogs

Nothing new here, prices are going up, end of.

MSE_James

Martin's TikTok Q&A is now available to view in two parts:

• Part 1
• Part 2

bh505

I am on a fixed tariff for the next eleven months.  As I understand it the rebate (whatever you call it) will be applied as a monthly credit.  However as I am on a fixed tariff I am already paying what is needed to.  When my tariff comes to an end what will happen to the credit that will have been built up in my account?  Obviously regardless of if I switch or stay with the same supplier the bills will increase and I would hope that the credit could be passed on to the new agreement but is this the case?

pochase

If you switch suppliers credit in your account will be paid to you. If you stick with the same supplier the credit will be taken into account when the new direct debit is calculated.

bh505

pochase said:

If you switch suppliers credit in your account will be paid to you. If you stick with the same supplier the credit will be taken into account when the new direct debit is calculated.

Which will still mean that I will lose about £40 due to inflation and will have to wait.  I think that the only alternative would be to reduce my DD after the payments from government have finished - Octopus say don't do it in advance as then the government will not take that into account and reduce the payment even further.  As a pensioner facing a big increase once a new tariff and contract is in place losing even £40 is a worry.