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Post by stokie63 on Dec 18, 2022 15:25:44 GMT
Just done a gas test with my smart meter 1 hour with 10 radiators on in the house £1.09 no other gas on then 1 hour with the fire on in the living room medium heat 37p I shall be using the fire in future and turn the radiators off at night just let them come on in the morning for a hour.
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Post by lordherefordsknob on Dec 18, 2022 18:59:42 GMT
The standing charges are a joke, if you skimp on putting it on, you’re still getting hammered.. I’m just using and will worry about if after xmas. Can’t believe there’s people sitting in the dark wearing coats, it really is fucking scandalous The standing charge is ridiculous. My Mrs refuses to have a direct debit for energy so we pay a higher unit rate. Pretty sure it's the best part of 80p per day just on standing charges for G&E. We're lucky to live in a new house and we have solar panels so our energy use is a fraction of what others have. Her Mum is regularly hitting £12 a day and is really mithered about it. If Britis Gas forces the Mother-in-Law on me as a live-in lodger I'll be going up the loft and digging out my dump pouch to sort Putin out personally. I pay 50 pounds a month on my direct debit, take a meter reading at the end of the month then pay the difference. That way you get DD discount and your money is not sitting in some greedy bastards energy companies bank account.
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Dec 18, 2022 19:07:14 GMT
The standing charge is ridiculous. My Mrs refuses to have a direct debit for energy so we pay a higher unit rate. Pretty sure it's the best part of 80p per day just on standing charges for G&E. We're lucky to live in a new house and we have solar panels so our energy use is a fraction of what others have. Her Mum is regularly hitting £12 a day and is really mithered about it. If Britis Gas forces the Mother-in-Law on me as a live-in lodger I'll be going up the loft and digging out my dump pouch to sort Putin out personally. I pay 50 pounds a month on my direct debit, take a meter reading at the end of the month then pay the difference. That way you get DD discount and your money is not sitting in some greedy bastards energy companies bank account. Phone call is going in tomorrow, fantastic tip thank you 👌
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Post by dave1 on Dec 18, 2022 20:05:50 GMT
I pay 50 pounds a month on my direct debit, take a meter reading at the end of the month then pay the difference. That way you get DD discount and your money is not sitting in some greedy bastards energy companies bank account. Phone call is going in tomorrow, fantastic tip thank you 👌 Whilst it is a good tip, in todays climate you would have to be paying an absolute fortune via DD to build any meaningful credit!!!
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Dec 18, 2022 20:28:07 GMT
Phone call is going in tomorrow, fantastic tip thank you 👌 Whilst it is a good tip, in todays climate you would have to be paying an absolute fortune via DD to build any meaningful credit!!! I'll see what they say and report back. In fairness, and again I would stress that we've been lucky to move into brand new property, install solar panels etc.. my energy use has practically fallen off a cliff. We've also built up a sizeable winter war chest through the summer to the point where it's not much of a concern beyond thinking they're being greedy bastards and me shaking my fist at the clouds. But, I'm always looking at saving costs and I don't want to be paying a higher rate if I can convince the Mrs there is a different way of doing it.
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