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Cheaper gas/electric for the disabled.

Dullville
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Following on from a post earlier about cheaper water for disabled,is there any help for disabled people to get cheaper gas or electric?
Thanks.
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  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    A quick search would answer this question! :p
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  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,097 Forumite
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    Talk to your supplier(s)?
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  • jazabelle
    jazabelle Posts: 1,707 Forumite
    There was a thread about this recently with some useful tips.
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  • Homemade_2
    Homemade_2 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Dullville wrote: »
    Following on from a post earlier about cheaper water for disabled,is there any help for disabled people to get cheaper gas or electric?
    Thanks.
    Short answer, No.
  • geoff11
    geoff11 Posts: 468 Forumite
    Dullville wrote: »
    Following on from a post earlier about cheaper water for disabled,is there any help for disabled people to get cheaper gas or electric?
    Thanks.
    yes, thats if your wth my supplier british gas, they do a tarrif called essential user, which is for disabled or vulnerable people, if your with them call them.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    might be worth looking at what your existing supplier offers in general,i`m with npower and after looking online changed to an internet tarrfiff the gas and electric were both about 50% cheaper and no hassle changing supplier
  • geoff11
    geoff11 Posts: 468 Forumite
    correct, if you get paperless billing i.e get it via the net you do get it cheaper, by what i guess depends on the supplier.
  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    Homemade wrote: »
    Short answer, No.
    Short answer yes British gas
    *SIGH*
    :D
  • Homemade_2
    Homemade_2 Posts: 127 Forumite
    DX2 wrote: »
    Short answer yes British gas
    That would be the long answer.
    Long answer, yes, if you are already a BG customer.
    Also, if you want to go onto a prepayment meter from paying by DD, the tarrif is more money initially, so when you get discounted, you will pay the same as you did when you were on DD anyway.
  • Mupette
    Mupette Posts: 4,599 Forumite
    There was a thread months ago about signing up with a company, telling them which electric / gas who you are with and they have you stated as a vulnerable customer, and one company Scottish power claim they will pay out their own version of winter fuel payments to their vulnerable (i was told this as i am with them)

    http://www.homeheathelpline.org.uk/ this could be a start to it...


    http://www.homeheathelpline.org.uk/how-can-we-help




    I did try and find this on our forums a few days ago and couldn't find it.
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    Terry Pratchett
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