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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Watching Morning Live and they said - get your meter readings in today to not get penalised from tomorrow… a lot of the energy utilities websites have crashed - took me a while to get into mine but eventually got my readings in… good luck! |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"Our oil bill is currently around £500 a month that’s without the increased in electric too.
Roll on the warm weather. "
My friend lives in the sticks in Norfolk and pays around the same! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Our oil bill is currently around £500 a month that’s without the increased in electric too.
Roll on the warm weather. "
Snowing in my part of london this morning… how annoying! |
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"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print  "
Oct 2023 here, got a funny feeling it won't be honoured for all of that though |
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"My supplier has suggested increasing it to £264 from £126 everything is getting unplugged next week and jumpers being handed out to family!!!
Jumpers and fluffy socks here!"
You will still look good xxx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print
Oct 2023 here, got a funny feeling it won't be honoured for all of that though "
Nov 2023 for us. Still increased our DD though after a few months as they had underestimated our usage apparently. |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"Watching Morning Live and they said - get your meter readings in today to not get penalised from tomorrow… a lot of the energy utilities websites have crashed - took me a while to get into mine but eventually got my readings in… good luck! "
Thanks for the reminder, meant to do that last night.
Martin Lewis said a lot of people are thinking about cancelling their direct debits and paying quarterly. Don't do that, you end up paying loads more. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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National Grid Transco still own the systems These crappy little utility companies only own your meter I did have a thought about going meter off eBay and billing Transco directly but of course they won’t allow that is a massive eCon |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"Our oil bill is currently around £500 a month that’s without the increased in electric too.
Roll on the warm weather.
Snowing in my part of london this morning… how annoying!"
It was here to. I've got my thermals on ffs! |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
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It’s all done by design by our wonderful freemasonry world governments just think of all the old ladies that are gonna die next winter "
Sacary times. I feel for the people who will literally have to choose between heating or eating. At least the weather should warm up soon! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It’s amazing how the public bend over backwards for government and big businesses which are one and the same. Doesn’t matter how compliant the mass morons are the upper classes will still shaft us big time |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"I'm too Scared to even find out.. With loosing my job during covid, raising 2 boys, that won't stop growing, it's very worrying. "
It really is. Have you managed to find a new job? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was already paying around £30 per month extra they try playing games al cancel the dd and switch to standing order and pay what i think it should be not like you get direct debit discount anymore |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
"I pay in Krugerrand, does that mean I'm gonna have to raid ma money box?  "
Judging by the current price of Krugerrands you should be o.k. for a few weeks. |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print
Oct 2023 here, got a funny feeling it won't be honoured for all of that though
Nov 2023 for us. Still increased our DD though after a few months as they had underestimated our usage apparently."
They always say that don't they? Then you end up in credit which you don't get back. Thieving bastards. |
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By *errocaWoman
over a year ago
Shropshire |
"I'm too Scared to even find out.. With loosing my job during covid, raising 2 boys, that won't stop growing, it's very worrying.
It really is. Have you managed to find a new job? "
I haven't, no. Trying to find a job to fit around school hours (I don't have any local support) is very difficult. I have stopped putting the heating on, share bath water, and not use the washing machine as much.. I fear its going to get alot worse. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print
Oct 2023 here, got a funny feeling it won't be honoured for all of that though
Nov 2023 for us. Still increased our DD though after a few months as they had underestimated our usage apparently.
They always say that don't they? Then you end up in credit which you don't get back. Thieving bastards."
Yep.."we'll offset it against your winter bill...."
Get tae! I need the £ in my pocket now. |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
"I'm too Scared to even find out.. With loosing my job during covid, raising 2 boys, that won't stop growing, it's very worrying.
It really is. Have you managed to find a new job?
I haven't, no. Trying to find a job to fit around school hours (I don't have any local support) is very difficult. I have stopped putting the heating on, share bath water, and not use the washing machine as much.. I fear its going to get alot worse. "
I believe it will get worse, god knows how long for.
Jobs that fit around school hours have always been in high demand. When mine were little I managed to get a 9.30-2.30 job in a shop. Keep looking, something will come up x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Our oil bill is currently around £500 a month that’s without the increased in electric too.
Roll on the warm weather.
Snowing in my part of london this morning… how annoying!"
No snow here but will be minus 3 tonight.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Our oil bill is currently around £500 a month that’s without the increased in electric too.
Roll on the warm weather.
My friend lives in the sticks in Norfolk and pays around the same! "
Last time we brought oil it was 65 p a litre. 2 weeks ago it was 131p a litre. Now it’s back to 98p. |
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I'm with octopus.
My bill is up 75% from 92 up to 167.
That increase alone is sustainable but take the increase in council tax, petrol, food and everything else it makes it a bit more of a squeeze.
I need to find a woman to snuggle up with... although some ladies aren't cheap to maintain either. |
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I read this the other day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4N_feYV8xI
Energy firms are increasing customers’ direct debits by more than the 54 per cent cap imposed by Ofgem, according to ‘Money Saving Expert’ Martin Lewis.
There is no point having a price cap imposed by a regulator if the regulator won’t enforce it.
So, come on – check your direct debits and, if you’re being charged more than 54 per cent extra, contact Ofgem. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I read this the other day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4N_feYV8xI
Energy firms are increasing customers’ direct debits by more than the 54 per cent cap imposed by Ofgem, according to ‘Money Saving Expert’ Martin Lewis.
There is no point having a price cap imposed by a regulator if the regulator won’t enforce it.
So, come on – check your direct debits and, if you’re being charged more than 54 per cent extra, contact Ofgem."
everyone should just rip the bloody metres out |
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I've already spoken to BG and mine is going from £30.95 to £75. a month, not much compared to most I'm reading here, I'm alone in a 1 bed flat. I cannot get through though to give my meter readings  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've already spoken to BG and mine is going from £30.95 to £75. a month, not much compared to most I'm reading here, I'm alone in a 1 bed flat. I cannot get through though to give my meter readings "
I've emailed mine through to my supplier - do they have an email for you to do that? |
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"I've done my meter readings and mum too
 Meter readings sorted here too.
Can't get them to the companies though as their sites have crashed!@ How very convenient "
You have up to a week to send them in |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I read this the other day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4N_feYV8xI
Energy firms are increasing customers’ direct debits by more than the 54 per cent cap imposed by Ofgem, according to ‘Money Saving Expert’ Martin Lewis.
There is no point having a price cap imposed by a regulator if the regulator won’t enforce it.
So, come on – check your direct debits and, if you’re being charged more than 54 per cent extra, contact Ofgem."
This but no need to contact Ofgem.
Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Is this sustainable for most of us? It certainly isn't for us.
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Not for me  I can't afford anymore what they want.
So have told them I am just going to pay what I pay now... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I submitted readings the week before last and now someone has said to me that I should submit them again today anyway. The app is down though, probably because of everyone submitting their readings. It will be just my luck it won't be back up and running till tomorrow |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I submitted readings the week before last and now someone has said to me that I should submit them again today anyway. The app is down though, probably because of everyone submitting their readings. It will be just my luck it won't be back up and running till tomorrow "
I read about this today . Take pictures today, you have a week to submit so it doesn’t matter if you can’t actually submit today x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I submitted readings the week before last and now someone has said to me that I should submit them again today anyway. The app is down though, probably because of everyone submitting their readings. It will be just my luck it won't be back up and running till tomorrow
I read about this today . Take pictures today, you have a week to submit so it doesn’t matter if you can’t actually submit today x"
Good to know. I've written them down. Thanks x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They say price increase in those Same , Gas & Electricity is on the way here in Ireland too even though the ESB, a semi state body , who supply electricity to this Country made a profit of €690 Million last year , once they say they are putting up the price the Government here do nothing . |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
"I submitted readings the week before last and now someone has said to me that I should submit them again today anyway. The app is down though, probably because of everyone submitting their readings. It will be just my luck it won't be back up and running till tomorrow
I read about this today . Take pictures today, you have a week to submit so it doesn’t matter if you can’t actually submit today x
Good to know. I've written them down. Thanks x"
try to take a picture on your phone if you can. It has time and date stamps attached to it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I submitted readings the week before last and now someone has said to me that I should submit them again today anyway. The app is down though, probably because of everyone submitting their readings. It will be just my luck it won't be back up and running till tomorrow
I read about this today . Take pictures today, you have a week to submit so it doesn’t matter if you can’t actually submit today x
Good to know. I've written them down. Thanks x try to take a picture on your phone if you can. It has time and date stamps attached to it. "
I know it has that. Thanks. Yeah I might just do that x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Im with octopus live alone not in for 12 hrs a day and some weeks not home going up from 78 to 190 how's that 50 percent can afford it but starting to bite with everything else.im on not bad wages I do feel for some especially the old like my parents. |
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By *aiseiMan
over a year ago
Birmingham |
"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print "
Hmmm, exactly my concern too. There’s got to be some sort of ‘Force Majeure’ get-out clause for something like this. |
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"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print
Hmmm, exactly my concern too. There’s got to be some sort of ‘Force Majeure’ get-out clause for something like this."
Maybe
But if there was I guess all the smaller companies that went bust in the last year would have used this loop whole. |
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By *urvySub87Woman
over a year ago
Near Wellingborough |
Electric blanket on the sofa and the heating is off. I'm on a pre payment meter but still expensive enough. I'm moving to a smaller place next month so hopefully it's easier to heat next winter |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Watching Morning Live and they said - get your meter readings in today to not get penalised from tomorrow… a lot of the energy utilities websites have crashed - took me a while to get into mine but eventually got my readings in… good luck! "
I did and Shell Energy saw this coming (wow) and posted a ticket/request form on thie site so the correct reading would be logged today and held in a queue, so they can update at their leisure.
Failing that, just email your supplier with all of your readings and account details. This way you've put a time stamp on what those meters say today. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Electric blanket on the sofa and the heating is off. I'm on a pre payment meter but still expensive enough. I'm moving to a smaller place next month so hopefully it's easier to heat next winter"
Make sure your new place gets natural sunlight, so you can come home from work and benefit from the afternoon glow. I don't have the benefit, due to upstairs' walkway and the buildings just opposite. Trees in the back don't help either. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Watching Morning Live and they said - get your meter readings in today to not get penalised from tomorrow… a lot of the energy utilities websites have crashed - took me a while to get into mine but eventually got my readings in… good luck!
I did and Shell Energy saw this coming (wow) and posted a ticket/request form on thie site so the correct reading would be logged today and held in a queue, so they can update at their leisure.
Failing that, just email your supplier with all of your readings and account details. This way you've put a time stamp on what those meters say today."
I emailed mine. They've added the readings to my account that way before. |
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Whatever happened to dynamos ? ... Surely there's enough unemployed and obese people in the country to power a giant hamster wheel which in turn (literally). Could provide electricity to the national grid ... |
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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago
In my happy place |
I submitted mine earlier.
Have turned radiator off off in spare room.
Will spend more time at office if the cold spell lasts.
I live alone, so not wasteful as there's only me to pay for it. |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
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You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay? |
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay? "
Problem with that is you’ll probably have a big bill at the end which you’ll then have to find. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay?
Problem with that is you’ll probably have a big bill at the end which you’ll then have to find. "
If the supplier had come up with a monthly figure which wasn't based on actual usage - why not challenge that? |
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay? "
To a point, yep.
BG whacked mine up a couple of years ago, I was already a ridiculous amount in credit. Had a moan on the phone, they put it back to what it was and gave me back £300 of my credit.
A lot of it will just be automatic. |
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay?
Problem with that is you’ll probably have a big bill at the end which you’ll then have to find.
If the supplier had come up with a monthly figure which wasn't based on actual usage - why not challenge that? "
You can. I challenged mine. I could pay less but they said there’s a chance there will be money to pay at the end. Although since hearing on the news about the 54% thing I’ll be challenging it again as mine went up well over 100% |
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"I've already spoken to BG and mine is going from £30.95 to £75. a month, not much compared to most I'm reading here, I'm alone in a 1 bed flat. I cannot get through though to give my meter readings
I've emailed mine through to my supplier - do they have an email for you to do that?"
I have tried online but their website is a joke and doesn't work properly, I'll just have to try again tomorrow and explain how I've been trying to get through. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay? "
If what they are asking is higher than your estimated usage over the last 12 months yes.
They wanted £300 from me, based on my last 12 months it works out at £223 a month, I'm not giving them £900+ a year more than what I'm using. |
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By *ady Lick OP Woman
over a year ago
Northampton Somewhere |
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay?
If what they are asking is higher than your estimated usage over the last 12 months yes.
They wanted £300 from me, based on my last 12 months it works out at £223 a month, I'm not giving them £900+ a year more than what I'm using."
But won't you end up with a bill at the end of the year like Nora said? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Look at your last full bill and it will give your estimated 12 month usage for gas and electric. Work out new cost based on that ÷ 12 and tell your supplier their figure is wrong.
Mine did the same, £77 a month more than I needed to pay, were told swiftly where to go and what I would be paying based on my last 12 month average.
You can actually do that? Tell your supplier what you're prepared to pay?
If what they are asking is higher than your estimated usage over the last 12 months yes.
They wanted £300 from me, based on my last 12 months it works out at £223 a month, I'm not giving them £900+ a year more than what I'm using.
But won't you end up with a bill at the end of the year like Nora said? "
No, as it was based off my usage for the previous 12 months. You can find this on any bill, multiply the new price cap kWh rate by the amount used for both gas and electricity. Add standing charges.
Add it all together +5% VAT and you have your annual bill, divide by 12 for monthly payments.
Most suppliers are asking way over what you will actually use on the new price.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It’s all done by design by our wonderful freemasonry world governments just think of all the old ladies that are gonna die next winter "
Oh god someone's rattled the conspiracy theorists cage. |
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Fixed until the summer here. By then at least it will be warm enough to cut back considerably. And the way I see it, by then hopefully either a) the Russians will be begging us to take their cheap gas, or b) civil unrest will have resulted in energy providers incinerating members of the cabinet to keep the lights on. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've already spoken to BG and mine is going from £30.95 to £75. a month, not much compared to most I'm reading here, I'm alone in a 1 bed flat. I cannot get through though to give my meter readings "
Mines about the same, £39 up to £74 |
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In a strange way we're lucky. We had issues giving our meter readings for a long time so ended up owing them about £400 by the time it was sorted. We've just finished paying that back. As our bills were higher due to that anyway, ours is only going up £20 so doesn't feel as painful. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We don't pay by direct debit. We give meter readings and only pay for what we actually use. Don't see why they should take a high direct debit and out account sit in credit with them. |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end."
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric! |
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"My question is this.
Until now there had been a cap in place,who put it there and can the government not in force a new cap?"
This is with the new cap. The cap is dictated by wholesale gas prices which have sky rocketed in the last year. |
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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago
Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria |
"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print
Hmmm, exactly my concern too. There’s got to be some sort of ‘Force Majeure’ get-out clause for something like this."
Hope not, as we locked in last year until August 2023, one of the lucky ones on this occasion, it doesn’t normally go that way for us so very happy unless like you say there’s a get out but surely there shouldn’t be as that’s the idea of locking in |
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"My question is this.
Until now there had been a cap in place,who put it there and can the government not in force a new cap?"
The cap is still there, it's been increased by the government to (allegedly) take into account the global increase in energy prices. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My question is this.
Until now there had been a cap in place,who put it there and can the government not in force a new cap?
The cap is still there, it's been increased by the government to (allegedly) take into account the global increase in energy prices."
Ofgem are not part of the government, they are non ministerial and an indepent regulator who report to the government.
If it was left to the government to fix prices we'd be even worse off with the thieving bastards in power now |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric! "
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company? |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company? "
Yeah. Both with same company x |
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Our supplier were about to reject our electricity reading because they claimed it was smaller than the one that came before. The one previously was something like 49252 and the one yesterday 50028. Who the feck thinks 50k is smaller than 49k?!  |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company? "
Gas and electric are different rates. Your bill will be split so they can charge accordingly.
My BG one is. I only pay X amount a month but it covers both my gas and electric accounts. |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x"
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric. |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric. "
Mine does separate for each also |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric. "
I'm with British gas for both allways been 2 separate bills x |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Gas and electric are different rates. Your bill will be split so they can charge accordingly.
My BG one is. I only pay X amount a month but it covers both my gas and electric accounts."
Mine have always listed the separate charges and usage of each but I've only paid one bill and had one overall credit/debit balance. I've never seen them do what Nora described and it seems mental to me. |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric.
I'm with British gas for both allways been 2 separate bills x"
I've been with EDF and Bulb. |
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By *htcMan
over a year ago
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Still got till Feb 2023 before a increase. But I think by then it will be 300-400 a month instead of the 130 currently paying.
Everyone should invest in a wood burner that's what I'm planning and others are as well. |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric. "
BG give me an amount owed but if you look in the details it's clearly broken down to gas and electric
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric.
BG give me an amount owed but if you look in the details it's clearly broken down to gas and electric
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Same for mine but that's different. |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric. "
Yeah always 2 totally separate bills. 2 different direct debits. Same company. SSE |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric.
Yeah always 2 totally separate bills. 2 different direct debits. Same company. SSE"
I guess if it works but it seems mad to me. |
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"The annoying thing is I bet that the energy companies will still announce that they've made massive profits at their next financial year end.
What made me laugh is they said you have £380 outstanding on your electric which needs to be paid today to enable us to work out your new plan. Then it got to gas and I’m £400 in credit! Erm no! You can take the money from that one and pay the electric!
How does that even work. Do you have two separate bills with the same company?
Yeah. Both with same company x
That's so weird. I've only ever been given an overall debit or credit balance with them, never separate for gas and electric.
Yeah always 2 totally separate bills. 2 different direct debits. Same company. SSE
I guess if it works but it seems mad to me. "
Same for us on SSE, for some reason. They don't do dual fuel. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"Mine is supposed to be fixed for a while yet…..we’ll see how much that’s honoured soon.
Same, I've never read the small print
Oct 2023 here, got a funny feeling it won't be honoured for all of that though
Nov 2023 for us. Still increased our DD though after a few months as they had underestimated our usage apparently.
They always say that don't they? Then you end up in credit which you don't get back. Thieving bastards."
Have you heard of RESOLVER. They're a free online service that kicks butt and gets things done in a week. I even got to haggle my compo up by a tenner!
Martin Lewis, were would be be without him? America I think... |
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By *iger4uWoman
over a year ago
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"Still got till Feb 2023 before a increase. But I think by then it will be 300-400 a month instead of the 130 currently paying.
Everyone should invest in a wood burner that's what I'm planning and others are as well."
Thought they caused pollution? |
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Same for us on SSE, for some reason. They don't do dual fuel.
Two lots of early exit fees instead of one?"
We're not tied into a fixed deal, we're on the standard "green" energy so there's no "early exit". So, no exit fees. |
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the privatisation of the UK’s energy system that began in the late 1980s and early 1990s has given rise to a highly concentrated market dominated by the ‘Big Six’ energy companies: British Gas (Centrica), EDF Energy UK, E.ON UK, npower, Scottish Power, and SSE.
Common Wealth’s analysis shows that the Big Six have paid out almost £23 billion in dividends the last ten years, nearly six times their tax bill for the period. These findings illustrate how the privatisation of utilities has redistributed income—previously destined for the public purse—to shareholders. Some of the major shareholders reaping these dividends are foreign governments, while others are asset management firms and investment banks that principally service rich households. |
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"National Grid Transco still own the systems These crappy little utility companies only own your meter I did have a thought about going meter off eBay and billing Transco directly but of course they won’t allow that is a massive eCon "
You could always apply for a shippers licence and start trading your extremely small consumption yourself whilst ensuring your supply stays online. Just wire yourself up to Hinckley point and you will be good to go. |
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"Fixed until the summer here. By then at least it will be warm enough to cut back considerably. And the way I see it, by then hopefully either a) the Russians will be begging us to take their cheap gas, or b) civil unrest will have resulted in energy providers incinerating members of the cabinet to keep the lights on. "
High prices are here to stay, what’s going on in Russia is only the tip of the iceberg with the increase in global cost. Demand is high, coal power plants are shutting down worldwide, we don’t have the facility to produce green energy on the scale expected, gas is used to produce electricity so the price will never drop to a level we have seen in the past. The whole electricity market is going through a reform and has been for some time which is also driving power costs up. |
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"Not sure how much ours is going up by.
Not going to change much how we live at home, if we need to put the heating on we will do and watch tv we will etc.
Maybe go out less for meals etc."
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"Not sure how much ours is going up by.
Not going to change much how we live at home, if we need to put the heating on we will do and watch tv we will etc.
Maybe go out less for meals etc.
I'd certainly ease off on the chips if I were you "
Never!!
We have chippy day once every 2 weeks I think.
Used to be weekly.
About £5 for mini fish and chips around here. |
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"Not sure how much ours is going up by.
Not going to change much how we live at home, if we need to put the heating on we will do and watch tv we will etc.
Maybe go out less for meals etc.
I'd certainly ease off on the chips if I were you
Never!!
We have chippy day once every 2 weeks I think.
Used to be weekly.
About £5 for mini fish and chips around here. "
That's good value! Double that here x |
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