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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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Cheap-rate electricity sounds great in theory, but how do people actually remember?
I get the idea of using electricity at the cheaper times, and in theory it makes total sense. But in real life I think the hardest part is just remembering at the right moment. It’s easy to say “run the washing machine later” or “wait until the cheaper period”, but day to day I think most people just forget or get busy.…
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Standing Charges on utilities, Is it possible to rid of
I’ve been looking into energy bills recently and I’m struggling to understand the justification for standing charges . it feels like you’re paying a fixed fee regardless of how little energy you use, which doesn’t sit right, especially when trying to cut costs. I’ve seen there’s talk of new tariffs or consultations where…
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Govt said Energy bills to fall by £150, then £118 and now today £100!
Starmer on radio this morning said bill would fall by £100 for avge household .Last year they said it was £150 then a few weeks ago I heard a minister say it was £118. I was disappointed none of the interviewers picked up on this and no-one in the media like Martin seem to be questioning how this figure has fallen by a…
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Energy news in general
For GENERAL observations and information not related to specific suppliers.
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Free or cheap loans for solar panels among key measures in Government's 'Warm Homes Plan' – Martin L
Read the full story: Free or cheap loans for solar panels among key measures in Government's 'Warm Homes Plan' – Martin Lewis says it could cut bills if 'done right' If you haven't already, join the forum to reply.
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EON Next Time of Use Energy Consumption- Electric
I had my suspicions that I was being overcharged for energy with EON, so I went through my bills and noted that there were no meter readings just consumption figures. I added them all up, added them to the opening reading I had when I joined them and by my calculation this was 10k kw more than my final energy reading with…
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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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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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Octopus Energy (OE) - Dissappointed
We have been with OE for some years and have been quite happy with the service and cost of energy. However in January, this year, I received an email saying: "Whilst checking the billing on your account, we found that there's a chance you may be submitting your night and day readings the wrong way around.". The subject of…
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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 crazy change to direct debit
I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this crazy incompetence from British Gas electricity billing… My account was due to be slightly in debt so British Gas did a recalculation and put up my direct debit by over 30%. I didn't argue with that, even though it seemed a lot. They then changed by direct debit, just…
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Intelligent Octopus Go limiting cheap charging.
Octopus are limiting their off peak charging rates on Intelligent Go to 6 hours a day from January 2026. This will effectively be 42kwh max per day but Ohme chargers often lower the charge rate according to the grid thereby going over the 6 hours. Octopus are blaming Ohme, hopefully it will be resolved before the limit is…
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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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EON next drivesmart V5.1 tariff pricing changed?
Hello everyone. I've had a hunt but cant find an answer so hopefully someone can help me. Please see a screenshot of my Tariff below. I was certain that my peak rate was around 28p per kwh and my off peak rate was 6.5p per kwh, I understand that rates were lowered recently due to government changes but this seems far too…
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Fixed rate Octopus
I am aware that Octopus now charge "early leaving fines" on fixed rate deals What concerns me - is what happens to tariffs - come August (I am on fixed August 2025 v3) ? Will we be offered a fixed rate deal then or is it worth investigating now ?
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New Price Cap 1 April 2026 Octopus Fixed
I'm on the Octopus Fixed Tariff until 3 June 2026, 24.08p per kWh, 47.28p per day and pay via DD £204 per month. No gas. I'm a bit confused as to what to do for the best. Do I just stick with it, until the tariff expires on 3 June or change to a new tariff, on 1 April. There is no penalty for changing tariffs.
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ScottishPower - ACI Letter
I really am going to try and keep this brief In 2018 we moved in to a property, 2bed apartment (converted barn) with storage heating and in turn economy7. Our bills were high, the bill itself considers 19.3kwh to be "high" usage our bill said we were using 83kwh !. So i totalled every electrical appliance bar mobile phone…
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British gas fixed - seem to have higher standing charge in april bill than Feb statement?
Hi, recently martin lewis advised everyone to fix and said: "•Plus, fix now, and unprecedentedly the rate you lock in at will be reduced on 1 April. This is because qovt is changing the underlying way energy bills work and moving some policy costs to general taxation. That reduces the elec & gas unit rates even for those…
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Aclara smart meter + Scottish Power + Off peak electric water heater immersion
Surprise there isn’t more awareness about this whole farce ongoing considering most flats in this area have no gas what so ever and are all hooked up with electric water heaters. Electric water heater supplies hot taps shower bath etc. It’s recommended to time the water boil between suppliers off peak cheap rates, and off…
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Octopus forecast electricity costs could increase 15% plus by 2030.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg73vm8yzv2o/ three different takes on projected input of current policy - one biased more by Iran perhaps. "Another forecast, by energy supplier Octopus, suggests electricity bills could increase by at least 15% by 2030, with grid investments and other costs adding about £260-£300." And…
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