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New to the Energy board? Start here
Hi all! If you’re new to this board, welcome! This board is a great place to ask questions about your energy tariff. To help other Forumites give you useful answers, please remember to include details of your annual energy consumption, and the unit rates/standing charge for any tariff or fix you're asking about. How much…
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Infrared Heating for Home
Not sure the best place for this and a quick search showed only posts from over 10 years ago for IR heating. I live in a flat in a converted church. Solar, heat pump and gas are all out of the question. We have old electric panel heaters (dunno if I'm using the right name really) but they are Consort, 2000KW I think and…
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EDF
This discussion was created from comments split from: EDF.
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Octopus Fixed Tariffs 2026
Octopus 12M Fixed January 2026 v1 Is now current offering. Mostly increased I think.
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Octopus saving sessions
And it is on You have to opt in to take part !!
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Retrospective changing of tariff on Heat Network
Hello, We are leaseholders and our energy is provided by a Heat Network by With Energy, who are part of Pinnacle Power. Our apartments are managed by the management agent Rendall and Rittner. Myself and approximately 600 other leaseholders received the following in a communication from With Energy on 28th April 2023:…
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Fixed Tariff ending and move on the horizon
I'm currently with Eon and they've notified me my fix is coming to an end. If I do nothing, they will move me to their Next Flex Tariff. I am on a dual fuel tariff as this property has gas and electric. I'm hoping to move within the next few months. I've got a buyer for my house and offer accepted on a property but the…
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Plug in solar
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/23/solar-balconies-are-booming-in-germany-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-popular-home- There was an item on radio four about a booming trend of pug in solar, in Germany. I got the impression that you just plug it into your 13amp socket and it gets used by your appliances. Have…
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Is this a genuine letter
This letter got pushed into my letterbox but I have heard nothing at all from my energy supplier Is it genuine.. should I be concerned ?
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E on next tarrif advice
Evening all. Our current tariff ending. Is it good idea to go on pledge tracker or a fixed?
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EDF Smart Meter Settlement
We have received an email from EDF stating that they have automatically moved us on to 'Market-wide' half-hourly Settlement preferences as this is an Ofgem requirement. We have never heard this mentioned before, do we accept this change or do we keep with the monthly smart meter readings?
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E-on can't access smart meter after switch, now overcharging me
Having got an EV and home charger, I switched to E-On's "Next Drive Fixed V23" tariff, at 9p per KwH overnight. They say they can't connect to my smart meter (which worked fine with Octopus) and have stuck me on their basic tariff at 23.8p per KwH. The latest email said " "We'll be in touch to let you know what exactly…
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Smart Meter Issues After Switch
We moved our energy from Octopus to EON Next on March 19th, I have an EV so it was Important to get a decent overnight tarrif and with the events in Iran I was looking for a fixed rate and this fit the bill. A couple of days after the switch I noticed the smart meter was still showing the Octopus details and tariff. This…
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MSE News: British Gas to pay compensation and debt write-offs to those forced onto prepayment meters
If you had a prepayment meter forcibly installed by British Gas, you could be entitled to compensation and/or an energy debt write-off. The energy supplier has agreed today (Friday 15 May) to pay out £70 million in compensation and write-offs following an extensive investigation by the regulator……
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E.on Next Smart Saver
An interesting new tariff from E.on that may be of interest to some. It launched on 15th April: https://www.eon-uk.news/news/e-on-next-launches-uks-first-fixed-time-of-use-tariff-for-the-mass-market You need a smart meter. Like some Octopus Energy smart tariffs it has an expensive Peak rate between 4pm-7pm. Then it has a…
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Has the E.ON Next Next Fixed 13M V12 been pulled??
The above tariff appears on the MSE energy club listings however, I can't find it on their site. Any ideas?
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Energy news in general
For GENERAL observations and information not related to specific suppliers.
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Octopus Intelligent Go 6 hour changes being rolled out.
Upcoming changes notice, from octopus Electric vehicles are booming. In March 2026, over 22% of new cars sold in the UK were electric, and the old fear of "range anxiety" is practically dead. With modern ranges hitting 300 miles and a rapidly growing network of ultra-rapid chargers, most drivers just plug in every few days…
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Stuck in a dystopian nightmare between energy suppliers
Hi There, I write this is slight disbelieve and thinking about the Terry Gilliam movie Brazil (highly recommended) but I don't really know what to do, so hopefully you guys can help. Backstory We purchased our current property back in June 2025 and switched our gas and electricity to Home Energy. Not sure of relevant, we…
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Uswitch 25 hours free electricity
I’ve seen a promotion advertised by Uswitch offering 25 hours free electricity if you connect your smart meter. Has anyone taken part in this before as I think they may have ran something similar at Christmas? I assume the catch is they collect and sell your usage data to target you with tailored tariffs?…
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Smart Meter Adviceq
Hi, OVO customer here and our analogue gas meter has a fault. We need a replacement and I understand this has to be a smart meter. However, my electricity meter functions perfectly well. OVO are insisting on a dual swap out - is this really necessary?