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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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I would appreciate your valued guidance on switching from gas to electric
Due to my landlady wanting to sell I am considering moving from a 1 bed ground floor flat built 2007 to another of similar size ground floor flat built 2008 close by so building regs would be similar. My issue is I am dual fuel and moving to Electric only so I know there is going to be a cost increase but no idea on what…
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YGP
another business here that has been trapped into a 3 year contract with YGP along with my neighbour. They over charge, lie and continue to bully and harass and it seems none is stopping this company. When will someone intervene be it Martin Lewis??? Given this is your site or other agenciesz exhausted fighting this. Please…
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Outgoing export on Octopus going down
Down to 12p from 15p from 1st march
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Storage Heaters or Electric Radiators
Hi - buying a 2 bed electric only flat. Currently renting with old storage heaters and immersion for hot water. Bills are through the roof and the flat is always cold. The new flat currently has a similar set-up, I see 3 options to upgrade: Upgrade storage heaters to HHR, programmable models, keep existing immersion, add a…
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Capped gas meter
Hi can anyone help please My boiler is 15 years old and I have informed my council that I cannot afford to run this system and they sent a surveyor out to inspect property which they did and he requested new boiler in january 2024 in March 2024 my annual gas check was done and as I had not been using the boiler and there…
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Cornwall Insights Final April Cap Prediction - Ave Duel Fuel DD down £117 - Electric SC Up 9p to 64p
https://www.cornwall-insight.com/press-and-media/press-release/cornwall-insight-release-final-april-price-cap-forecast/
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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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Modern Storage Heaters versus Standard Electric Radiators
I'm new here and was hoping for some advice. I have old storage heaters in my 2 bed flat, no gas connection. I have just had a new Smart Meter installed by Octopus and on std tarrif, waiting for them to revert me to Econo10 which is what I had before. One of my storage heaters has packed up, I have two in the living room,…
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Octopus Go Intelligent Tariff - recent changes
Can anyone understand the recent changes? I've watched several YouTube videos and they all have a different interpretation of the new and highly complicated rules. It's very hard to make heads or tails. To make matters worse, a friend who's already with Octopus (I'm still considering, having now bought an EV) told me about…
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E.ON Next Drive Smart and Tesla Pre-Conditioning
Tesla M3, Zappi 2.0 Charger and E.ON Next Drive Smart Tariff. I’ve recently moved to the smart tariff from another providers EV 0001-0500 fixed charging tariff window. All is working OK with the variable cheap charging windows and everything is setup to allow EON to control the Tesla. All good so far - BUT - when the car…
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New meter installed but meter readings not as expected
This discussion was created from comments split from: Switching Energy Suppliers - Opening/Closing Meter Readings.
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Fuse Energy Fixed Tariffs 2026
£50 Early Exit Fees apply per fuel unless otherwise stated On offer today are: Jan Fixed (15m) v1 Jan Fixed (13m) v3 Jan Fixed (12m) v3 Don't worry, Fuse Energy will show you all their tariffs in the cheapest value order for you. Even if you have an E7 meter, they will offer you the single rate tariff option online if you…
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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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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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Scottish Power electricity meter/econ tariff problem
Hi all, I'm looking for advice regarding my current electricity situation. I moved into an all-electric flat supplied by Scottish Power in November. The flat used to have an RTS box with storage heaters and an immersion tank on night-time only circuit (Econ 10). The RTS box went off during the process of opening my account…
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Optiwatt plug in energy saver
Hi, has anybody got any knowledge or experience of this item, (Optiwatt plug in energy saver) claiming to reduce electric bills? Thoughts please, tia
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Back billing - but in credit so Energy Ombudsman found in favour of supplier
Can anyone help with this please? We had a bill shock in September 2025 when our energy supplier sent us our statement and had taken an extra £400 for energy used in March 2023 that they had not charged us for through their own error. (We had provided meter readings). Over the years we had maintained the suggested direct…
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ECO4 Flex
Hi, There's not a lot on the forum or elsewhere online, I'm eligible for ECO4 Flex, my house is rated G1 and our combined earnings are well under the limit. However we've been told that ECO4 is happening right now, but Flex doesn't have a start date. Does anyone know anything more about it? We currently have a few electric…
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Outgoing Octopus How does it work
We have solar panels with battery, and ASHP put in by our Housing Association which is great. We switched to Octopus fixed 12m last year to enable us to then apply for the Outgoing Octopus. Eventually got our MCS certificate and DNO approval and applied for Outgoing Octopus. Haven’t heard anything back yet only been a…
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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