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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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Using electricity in the barn that has not been paid for - HELP!
Ok so two years ago we moved into our new cottage which has an old milking barn outside which has a water and electric supply. The water in the outside barn is supplied from the mains at the house and so was the electricity we thought as the old meter in the barn is taped up. Unaware to us it now seems this not the case…
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Octopus saving sessions
And it is on You have to opt in to take part !!
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New Storage Heater Query
10 year old creda storage heater went on the blink despite electrician replacing thermostat & cut off switch Was either to hot or too cold every morning .Bought a new modern one ecostrad magma 3.4 kw. Obviously works on the reduced economy rate charging during the night. Early days trying to get used to it, & programming…
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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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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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Moving Home - Fix or Keep on Variable ?
Hi All, I have read a few threads on here recently about fixing and wanted to ask about our current situation as we are moving house next week and want to lock in the best available deal ASAP. We are currently with UW on a Variable Double Gold tarrif which is - Electricity - 27.704 pence / kWh Gas - 5.658 pence / kWh I…
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Switching to Octopus
How long does it typically take for a new supplier to start receiving half hour meter reads? I was on Eon Next Drive and wanted to switch across to Octopus IGO but was told I first need to move across to a standard tariff. My switch went through yesterday(21st March) but at the moment I am unable to move across to IGO as…
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Octopus Saving Sessions 2025
From Octopus today: Saving Sessions - the energy saving scheme where we pay you to use less power - is back, but with a lower reward. Read more and tell us if you want to take part. What's the deal with Saving Sessions this year? NESO has just relaunched the service behind Saving Sessions, but with some changes. There will…
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April Tariff Changes and Direct Debit Recalc
I wonder if suppliers will re-calc Direct Debits after applying the new rates from April 1st. If they don't I can see lots of complaints from people who only focus on their DD that they haven't saved any money, and the suppliers will have more credit building up... I doubt they have considered it yet.
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Switching from octopus to eon
fixed until November with octopus 2025 v1 and thinking of switching to e on tracking 12m v11. just worried about the war and prices changing the prices by going up. Apparently I’ll save £116 a year. Just wondering if people are in a similar situation of wanting to switch earlier than their current fixed term because of the…
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British Gas refund of over £4,000 not received
I am the executor for an estate in which a property was sold in May 2025, the property had been empty since April 2024 and the gas had been turned off since then. I had been ringing them and giving meter readings between April 2024 and May 2025 but they continued to send estimated bills (none of which I paid as no gas was…
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Smart Meter IHD history
Hi, I've recently switched to Fuse and looking in the IHD's History section, when I scroll back through the past DAYS usage, it only shows me the usage figures for the last 8 days. I've been with them a few weeks so when I spoke to Fuse they said they had tried to push out the missing data to it from my first day with…
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Octopus Tracker
I just wondered about people's experiences with this tariff and whether they feel they are winners or losers. I got a quote from them yesterday, and I have to say I find the numbers highly misleading. The figures are very attractive, beating even the good fixed rate tariff I got from Avro, but presumably based on an…
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Petition
If not allowed, please delete - I don’t think this is political, even though it is something that I think at least needs a debate in Parliament. As this has been highlighted on the TV and by Martin Lewis himself, I think it should be given some legs. If Martin wants to raise awareness of this it would be great, but I am…
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British gas intend fitting an unwanted smart meter...
As title, I have no wish to have one am I required to engage with them re this?
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Subscription solar panels
Hi, I've had to turn my heating off as I have oil and so looking at other options. My house is not suitable for a heat pump, but I have seen Sunsave offer a subscription solar panel option. I don't have the money to pay up front for solar panels. Has anyone got information (good or bad) about this company? thanks
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Gas & Electric - EV Tariff, which one?
I am currently on Octopus IOG Flexible for electric and a Gas fix with the below rates Electric - 28.22p unit rate (day), 7p unit rate (11:30pm to 5:30am). 51.81p standing charge Gas (Ends 8th Aug) 5.71p unit rate. 28.88p per day Our usage was 5921kwh for electric (3452kwh night & 2469kwh day) and 5737kwh for gas per year.…
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SSEN vs British Gas – meter tails upgrade responsibility?
Hi all, looking for some advice as I’m getting nowhere and keep being passed between companies. All I wanted to do was install an EV charging point. As part of the process, SSEN (the DNO) carried out a load check, upgraded the cut-out fuse from 60A to 80A, and then told me that the meter tails (the cables between the…
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E-On, fixed rate
being on a single rate with e-on i thought they would run alongside it a tou and free electric on a weekend etc and try to cut down on the 4-7pm time slot
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Octopus Cosy heat pump and Intelligent Octopus GO tariff
I already own an EV and next week Octopus are installing a Cosy heat pump. My calculations indicate that I will be better off upgrading from GO to IOG than switching to the Cosy Octopus tariff. (your mileage may vary). Obviously I would like to take advantage of any cheap periods over and above the 6 hours from 23:30 to…
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