Just had those kind people at Scottish Power send me an E-mail inviting me to send in my meter readings.
£671.59 less £201 of government help = £470.59 to pay.
Yep.I assume that's for three months?
Yep.
I'm moving out of my current place at the end of April into another place that is only served by Eon (I'm currently with Shell).
I'm currently £335.25 in credit with Shell and I'm fairly sure that will cover me to the end of my tenancy but they won't let me reduce my direct debit to anything less than £114 p/m - so likely I'm going to have an unnecessary surplus on my account by the time I close it. Should I just accept this and let it be? Or is there a better way? I have no idea how long they take to refund closed accounts by I generally assume all energy firms are shit and take ages.
If you have only tried to lower the DD online, you could try ringing them and explaining the situation.
I don't understand 'another place that is only served by Eon', surely you could get Shell to take over the supply at the new place?
There's nothing strange about wanting to avoid smart meters in order to keep more of my privacy. My electricity supplier doesn't need to know the kind of data that smart meters harvest. Fuck smart meters, it's intrusive bullshit being pushed on people with the excuse of "saving energy". Fuck off.
There's nothing strange about wanting to avoid smart meters in order to keep more of my privacy. My electricity supplier doesn't need to know the kind of data that smart meters harvest. Fuck smart meters, it's intrusive bullshit being pushed on people with the excuse of "saving energy". Fuck off.
It's certainly helped you save on the gas (rather than actually having saved it) - isn't that just learning best practice though? Not leaving it on when you're out and effectively using a thermostat switching on slightly below your target temperature and switching off slightly above your target temperature?Well mine has saved me at least £100 on gas for the period Dec-now, simply by monitoring use/cost and working out the cheapest way of keeping this place warm, and that's not by leaving it on all day when I am at home, but heating it a bit more than my target temperature allowing it to dip below that before giving it another blast.
I can now look at the forecast for day, and straight away I know how many blasts & what temperature settings I need, then I can guess at how much will it cost, and I am always within 20p of that cost per day.
I can't imagine they're making any new non-smart meters now so surely they must have a limited stock of those available. When those run out I would imagine any replacements offered will be smart or nothing.They'll eventually become mandatory, presumably when there is sufficient critical mass of people who have voluntarily converted over.
So that's TWO reasons why I don't plan on voluntarily converting over.
My house (built in 1990) has both meters in separate boxes on the outside as did my last house. My first one and my parents (I've only lived in a total of four houses in my entire life) they were inside. Mine were in a cupboard next to the front door and I can't remember where my parents were. They moved shortly after I moved out which may or may not be a co-incidence. Is it mandatory to stick them outside now or just accepted as good practice?They came to fit a smart meter here but they couldn’t actually fit it into the space. So there are complications that will be have to be accommodated before it becomes mandatory
and as I've noted our valley doesn't have mobile phone reception so one would be fuck all use here, too, not that that will stop them.They came to fit a smart meter here but they couldn’t actually fit it into the space. So there are complications that will be have to be accommodated before it becomes mandatory
It's certainly helped you save on the gas (rather than actually having saved it) - isn't that just learning best practice though? Not leaving it on when you're out and effectively using a thermostat switching on slightly below your target temperature and switching off slightly above your target temperature?
They came to fit a smart meter here but they couldn’t actually fit it into the space. So there are complications that will be have to be accommodated before it becomes mandatory
According to the guy who fitted mine the phone sim is in the leccy one so if he had got them the other way round you would still have to submit manual gas readings from the smart meter.Interesting
Same here. The guy came round and half arsed it because he couldn't go the gas bit. Said he'd come back to sort it and never did. So I had a smart meter for electric and I still had to do a manual gas reading every month. Load of bollocks.
My house which was built in about 1930 has inside meters in a cupboard under the stairs (both are smart now). My mums and brothers houses which are much newer than mine have the meters outside. I guess the reason may be that in 1930 it was commen for married women to stay at home so it was expected someone would be in during the day when the meter reader called.My house (built in 1990) has both meters in separate boxes on the outside as did my last house. My first one and my parents (I've only lived in a total of four houses in my entire life) they were inside. Mine were in a cupboard next to the front door and I can't remember where my parents were. They moved shortly after I moved out which may or may not be a co-incidence. Is it mandatory to stick them outside now or just accepted as good practice?
I had a slightly different problem. They didn't actually come out to me but asked me to give them measurements of the spaces available. They also asked me to take photos of the existing gas meter and the space around it. At this point they confirmed I could have a smart electricity meter but that I had a 'medium pressure' gas meter which they couldn't swap for a smart gas meter. They said they'd let me know when they could change the gas meter so I could have both done together. It's been two years and they still haven't contacted me.They came to fit a smart meter here but they couldn’t actually fit it into the space. So there are complications that will be have to be accommodated before it becomes mandatory
If my life goes to plan, that will be my only optionI got to wait till 2024 before I can escape the clutches of EDF
Quite a few properties where I live have gas meters hanging outside.They came to fit a smart meter here but they couldn’t actually fit it into the space. So there are complications that will be have to be accommodated before it becomes mandatory