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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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Why are Octopus increasing their standing charge by almost 10%?
Just received a big email from Octopus about how electricity Energy prices will be dropping in April following Octopus championing against some govt levies etc and how much I'm going to be saving on my electricity bill, overall £98.89 a year on an electricity bill of £1777 - so -5.5%…but at the same time they are…
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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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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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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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I've jsut moved in and want to switch providers
Hello I'm a first-time buyer and have just moved into my new home. The gas and electricity suppliers are British Gas and I've looked at setting up a tariff directly through them. However, their options - whether fixed or variable - are way more expensive than what I've seen on comparison sites (including some other British…
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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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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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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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Utility Warehouse Economy 7 prices April 2026
Just ran a quote with UW to check the new prices from April. I was expecting a decrease in line with the price cap, but I received a shock! Currently on the value tariff my rates are: Day: 40.42p per kwh Night: 5.697p per kwy S/C: 53.535p per day I use 921kwh per year during the day and 5550kwh per year during the night,…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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