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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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Plug in Solar
I caught the last few seconds on radio four, about plug in solar coming to the UK. How does it work in other countries, where its already in use? I have seen examples of panels on a balcony and a flat roof, I have a outbuilding with a flat roof, so DIY would work for me. There are kits on ebay for £300+, would a system…
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Octopus April fixed tariff rates email
So now we have it Octopus have now started to send out the new rates to those of us on fixed tariff and explaining how the war is affecting us
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Electric Storage Heater (no gas) how to save costs
Flat has no gas is electric only. Has a storage heater basically boils hot water at 3am to be used throughout the day. Cheapest way to live with is mainly the economy 7 or any type of discount EV tariffs. Any suggestions? Screenshots: https://ibb.co/album/svxT5N
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PAYG Extremely High
Hi all I live in a 1 bedroom flat with my partner and our PAYG electricity seems extremely high. It is an all electric flat with no central heating. We use 1 plug in heater in the evening occasionally (only when absolutely necessary), we have an immersion heater but this is on a timer to come on between 5-7am and 4-5pm.…
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Bright app, Glowmarkt download and export data
My smart meter measures both my electricity usage (import) and the export from my solar panels. When I look on the Bright app it will show me half-hourly data of both import and export. The same company responsible for the Bright app (Hildebrand) also lets me download my usage data from the Glowmarkt website. But the…
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Electric Meter 6 years out of certification
I've been trying to get Octopus Energy to install a smart meter for a year now with no success. I know lots of people don't want one, but I do, and I've been writing and waiting and writing and waiting. My electricity meter was installed in 1971 and last certified in October 1992. As a Ferranti FNN2Q its certification ran…
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Credit balance refund and billing mistakes
I'm with one of the big energy suppliers, on a dual fuel dd standard rate, have been for about 5 years. At some point a few years back there was a misreading with my gas meter reading (must've been me, since I've not seen a meter reader in about 10 years). It was an over read, so I got billed for too much gas. Never…
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When do you think energy companies will announce the 1st April prices for people on fixes?
How long will they leave it? Or is the plan to try and get away without offering the reduction? Citing “extraordinary circumstances”, “challenging conditions”, etc I’d like to know how much I’ll be paying.
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Logik Airfryer
I hope this is the right forum. Has anyone bought one of these? Are they reliable? We had a Ninja and it only lasted 2 years and now I'm wary about buying a new one.
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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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EDF FreePhase Dynamic Tariff
Anyone on this tariff? It has 3 rates green 11:00 pm - 6:00am red. 4:00pm - 7:00pm amber the rest of the day Rates alter daily with wholesale prices. Today green is 13.35pkw red is. 27.51pkw amber. 16.17pkwh
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MSE Cheap energy club -British Gas Collective Feb27 problems
I have tried to transfer to this tariff and have been refused. I am an existing customer in credit. The MPAN/MPRN numbers are correct. I have done online chat with British Gas 3 times and have been told My area cannot have this tariff it is not available until the end of the month This tariff is gas only and I am a dual…
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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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Do we need a smart meter to move from prepayment to fixed direct debit?
Hi everyone, I'll cut right to the chase. Whenever I input my address to get a quote from a company, we are simply told in some form or another "hey, you have a prepayment meter, call us for a quote". I don't mind at all honestly but my parents are still wearing their tinfoil hats regarding them. We've been on prepayment…
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E7 active period differs from billing period
While monitoring my energy usage I noticed that for the first 30 minutes my E7 (off peak) becomes active (Midnight - 00.30) I am being charged on the peak rate tariff not the off peak. As this is when all my appliances on off peak circuits start drawing power it's my highest cost of my E7 active period (Not tariff period).…
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How do I charge my battery off peak
I have a 9.5kW PV array and 9kWh storage, Is it possible to top the battery up overnight at a cheaper rate ? currently I'm on Octopus fixed at 25.7p Elec and 5.3p Gas which runs until November 2026, and I also get 12p for exporting electricity. would overnight charging affect any of those? what are the options? I've had a…
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Octopus Agile
Is Octopus Agile worth changing to if all you can change to cheap hours is dishwasher and washing machine
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EV tariff availability
Timing is everything they say. I recently got a new job which comes with an ev company car. I got a smart meter fitted a month ago and charger last week but on trying to add ev on my then provider, edf was told they were removed from sale. So I looked at the market and liked Scottish Power because they offer an ev specific…
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Scottish Gas Annual Boiler Service
I have a Homecare Contract with British (Scottish) Gas and last week received an email from them, saying that it was time for my annual service visit for my boiler. Now this is the beginning of March and last year it was serviced at the end of June, which was actually earlier than normal (usually August). Anyway I accessed…
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Smart Export Guarantee while on an OVO Fixed Tariff
I have invested in a 8kW of solar panels with a Tesla Powerwall 3 set up that will be installed next week. Long term it looks like the best tariff for this set up will be Octopus' Intelligent Flux tariff. However in the near term I am contracted to OVO on their Extended Fixed plan, with two £75 early exit penalties for…
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