gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I wish I'd fixed my electricity at 17p - I'm wondering now why I never went for a plan ...
There's something wrong there, the Energy Price Guarantee limits the cost to an average of 34.0p/kWh for electricity and 10.3p/kWh for gas, inclusive of VAT.
Compared to January, my rates per kWh have gone up by about 75% for electric and 165% for gas.
Yes Bulb also still has old news on their site..Just took it off the sse webiste …. But that’s some good news
Just took it off the sse webiste …. But that’s some good news
SSE has been owned for at least a couple of years by OVO, I am surprised you haven't been moved over onto their system yet, I was last Dec.
The current OVO rates for the south-east are (plus VAT) -
Electric - 33.63p per kWh / SC 40.64p per day
Gas - 9.80p per kWh / SC 27.12p per day
So, for both, the standing charge is just under £250 before VAT.
How come South East pay less than Merseyside? I don't understand why the area you live in can affect how much you pay per kwh.
Why are energy prices different across the UK?
Standing charges are a daily fixed amount we pay suppliers for our gas and electric. It varies by region due to the different costs to transport power to where we live.
Energy price cap explained
The energy price cap is backstop protection from the government for people who default onto their supplier's basic energy tariff.www.ofgem.gov.uk
British Gas more expensive for Electricity and Gas kwh, less expensive S/C electricity and more expensive S/C gasSSE has been owned for at least a couple of years by OVO, I am surprised you haven't been moved over onto their system yet, I was last Dec.
The current OVO rates for the south-east are (plus VAT) -
Electric - 33.63p per kWh / SC 40.64p per day
Gas - 9.80p per kWh / SC 27.12p per day
So, for both, the standing charge is just under £250 before VAT.
Funnily enough I had a go at a one to one discussion when I was sorting out my ISA in branch.I know you've not come here looking for unsolicited advice but on the off chance you're interested, you could use the GDPR to confirm this and then take action to sort it out so you don't have to deal with it any more
Ta. Fkn Northerners get the shitty end of the stick again.Explained here -
I believe in my own case it;s because I have very poor credit rating due to someone ordering an iPhone from BT and connecting a BT landline account in my name in Camberwell, and running up a £1,600 bill. So I think my address is black-listed for credit and the new high tarriffs are making them anxious to put me on pre-payment by the back door.
If you can get in touch with them. I tried complaining to Equifax and just got sent round and round in circles on their website.If it's really bad it would be best to do the same with Equifax and TransUnion.
If you can get in touch with them. I tried complaining to Equifax and just got sent round and round in circles on their website.
Clearscore directed me to Equifax.Yeah I think it's easier to do through a ClearScore account rather than Equifax themselves. But Experian (or whoever you go to first) should take the dispute to the data supplier and get them to amend their records, so in theory once you've done it once it should change on all 3.
Clearscore directed me to Equifax.
Data supplier is f'ing useless. Experian wrote the data off as data supplier wouldn't respond to them.
Been through all that. Experian, Equifax, Clearscore. I can tell you the name of the guy who did it - and his address.You can also request a statutory report from Experian, which you can request online. Then you'll know exactly what's on there and what companies are seeing. If something's on there that isn't yours, you can then raise a dispute, again you just do it online.
If it's really bad it would be best to do the same with Equifax and TransUnion.
It should be BT that remove any bad markers on your credit file. Can you contact BT to get it removed?I have to say BT Mobile did deal with things quite efficiently - I got a direct line number to BT fraud department in Belfast.
But them cancelling my fraudulent debts has not given me back my financial standing.
I expect I would have to re-join Experian etc to do this? Will I get a free trail, given that I had a free trial back in 2017.It should be BT that remove any bad markers on your credit file. Can you contact BT to get it removed?
Alternatively have you got anything in writing from BT that you can show to Experian etc to get them to remove any bad markers?
You can complain to Experian with just a basic account. No need for the paid for service.I expect I would have to re-join Experian etc to do this? Will I get a free trail, given that I had a free trial back in 2017.
It's a bit pointless really. I only use a Co-op credit card - and the Co-op reverted my credit limit from £200 up to £1,000 when I explained the circumstances (it had been £2,500). As explained up thread I don't actually use a bank overdraft - authorised or not - so the bank not interested in this issue. I expect not having more than a £200 overdraft might be a protection against push-fraud etc?
This is one of the read-outs. Note the date of birth (presumably skimmed from Facebook). Interested to know if this is the guy who was stabbed to death. Could be a sibbling. I doubt if I knocked on the door I would be invited in for tea!
Note this address is LINKED to me - I've never lived there, or known anyone who does.
I live in SW9 about 2 miles away.
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LEDs are remarkable technology.,The new LED Christmas tree lights we have this year are pulling just 4W. That’s compared to 20.1W for the filament bulb set they have replaced. Won’t make much difference to our bill as they’re only on a few hours a night and only for the next month or so, but I guess every little helps!
We're with Octopus Energy and they've just started a scheme whereby those with smart meters are told the day before to use as little electricity between certain times as possible. They measure how much less you use than normal and you earn points as a result. And we all know what points mean. Points mean prizes! We were asked to do it the other day, between 5 and 6 p.m. So we turned most things off and did a crossword by candlelight. Just got our results through this morning. We reduced our usage by 94% and earned £2.22. Will probably do this again.
I might go for one if it meant they dropped the standing charge - though there's no rewards for me at my level of usage.This is what smart metering was designed for, the cost of electricity between about 2300 and 0500 is effectively zero and conversely at peak time very costly.
If you can shift usage, you don’t need to build so many power stations.
This is why smart metering is a good thing.
How much would you otherwise have used ?We were asked to do it the other day, between 5 and 6 p.m. So we turned most things off and did a crossword by candlelight. Just got our results through this morning. We reduced our usage by 94% and earned £2.22. Will probably do this again.