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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited March 2022
    Covered End said:
    Bump.
    If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online.
    The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
    So what benefit is doing the reading today?

    I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
    Dazzler21 said:
    Covered End said:
    Bump.
    If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online.
    The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
    So what benefit is doing the reading today?

    I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
    I was on it this morning, no mention of essential maintenance work, then.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    guinnessaddick said:
    Dazzler21 said:
    Covered End said:
    Bump.
    If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online.
    The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
    So what benefit is doing the reading today?

    I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
    I was on it this morning, no mention of essential maintenance work, then.
    I just tried to get on the Shell Energy website - it's down. What a surprise.
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    Dazzler21 said:
    Covered End said:
    Bump.
    If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online.
    The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
    So what benefit is doing the reading today?

    I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
    Because otherwise the energy company will estimate what it is. Could be up or down of course. 
    Take a dated picture of the readings anyway. 
  • Dansk_Red
    Dansk_Red Posts: 5,727
    I tried to put my gas meter reading yesterday and their site was down. Managed it late last night.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    edited March 2022
    Dazzler21 said:
    Covered End said:
    Bump.
    If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online.
    The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
    So what benefit is doing the reading today?

    I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
    a meter reading today will mean that usage from the previous reading up to 31/3 will be charged at the 'old rate' .. it seems that if you don't let the company have a 31/3 reading, the usage from the previous reading, i.e. the last one before 31/3 up to the next reading whenever that may be, all that usage will be charged at the new rate .. advice is to take a photo of the readings as 'proof' and most suppliers will take readings taken on 31/3 for about the next five days .. 'about' is the operative word though

    also, a tip .. boiling a kettle on gas works out cheaper than using an electric kettle .. so says the bloke from BBCs 'Money Box' radio prog .. I have just bought a gas stove kettle
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,622
    Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻‍♂️
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻‍♂️
    100%, I don't drink tea however our kettle is never more than 1/3 full and boils in less than a minute with that amount of water in it when the wife wants a cuppa. Gas would take a lot longer and I would have thought be more expensive.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,231
    eaststandmike said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻‍♂️
    100%, I don't drink tea however our kettle is never more than 1/3 full and boils in less than a minute with that amount of water in it when the wife wants a cuppa. Gas would take a lot longer and I would have thought be more expensive.

  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 1,788
    Off_it said:
    Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......

    Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. 
    ;-)
    My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.  o:)
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch said:
    Off_it said:
    Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......

    Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. 
    ;-)
    My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.  o:)
    don't you have a torch, or a candle/box of matches ?
  • Bromley Graham
    Bromley Graham Posts: 405
    Lincsaddick said:
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch said:
    Off_it said:
    Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......

    Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. 
    ;-)
    My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.  o:)
    don't you have a torch, or a candle/box of matches ?
    Naked flames are very dangerous in an understairs cupboard and i didn't want to run down the battery on my torch.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    Bromley Graham said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch said:
    Off_it said:
    Only problem is, these pesky meters are so tricky to read sometimes, particularly in the dark, that I think I may have inadvertently given them a higher reading than it actually is .......

    Oh well, it will all catch up eventually. 
    ;-)
    My meter reading will also be taken in the dark tonight, hopefully I don't make the same mistake.  o:)
    don't you have a torch, or a candle/box of matches ?
    Naked flames are very dangerous in an understairs cupboard and i didn't want to run down the battery on my torch.
    I wonder if Braille smart meters are available ?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,846
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻‍♂️
    Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,601
    edited April 2022
    sam3110 said:
    Just had our DD amendment through, going from 45 a month to 88 a month, no word on the actual standing charge and rate amount though 
    £45 to £88 what do you live in a Dolls House……. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,729
    Eon Next website down and they have a notice saying they will take readings for today up until 9 April.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    bobmunro said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻‍♂️
    Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
    I've got one of them. I'm in a hard water area and about every 9 months I have to have all the filters replaced, which is not a DIY job. It's a £350 callout charge plus parts - I ain't never getting my money back... unless I fit a water softener - another £1,500 down the drain (literally). 
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,651
    edited March 2022
    I tried to get on the Octopus energy website to give a meter reading, it’s been down all day, sent them an email with my meter readings, and got a nice email back saying they had received my meter reassigns , when there I’m going to be charged new or old prices, we’ll have to wait and see, I asked for the old prices…
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,595
    Saga Lout said:
    bobmunro said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻‍♂️
    Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
    I've got one of them. I'm in a hard water area and about every 9 months I have to have all the filters replaced, which is not a DIY job. It's a £350 callout charge plus parts - I ain't never getting my money back... unless I fit a water softener - another £1,500 down the drain (literally). 
    Fit an aquabion, we've got one. About £500 but fit and forget (for ten years).
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Dazzler21 said:
    Covered End said:
    Bump.
    If you're on a variable deal, take a meter reading this evening and enter it online.
    The price cap goes up 54% tomorrow and so will your bill.
    So what benefit is doing the reading today?

    I can't get on the EDF website "essential maintenance work" allegedly!
    I’ve had that all day - ended up emailing them the details. 
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  • Bailey
    Bailey Posts: 3,265
    Just to make everyone's day, VAT on entertainment returns to 20% tomorrow, so the cost of your pint will go up by 7.5, oh joy !
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,846
    Saga Lout said:
    bobmunro said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Boiling an average electric kettle costs about 50p an hour. Better advice would be to only boil the water you need and no more. Not entirely sure what boiling a gas top kettle would cost per hour but I’m guessing it might take a while to recover your investment 🤷🏻‍♂️
    Quooker tap is the answer. Should save money on electric for a cup of tea but not sure I’ll still be alive when it pays for itself!
    I've got one of them. I'm in a hard water area and about every 9 months I have to have all the filters replaced, which is not a DIY job. It's a £350 callout charge plus parts - I ain't never getting my money back... unless I fit a water softener - another £1,500 down the drain (literally). 
    We are in a soft to moderate water area. We are having one fitted with a new kitchen going in over the next few weeks and I was advised that it should be fine.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,622
    edited March 2022
    What’s going completely under the radar it seems to me is the fact that standing charges are going up across the country by an average of around 81%. Why ? The inability to supply gas and electricity cheaply is understandable but what’s changed in standing charges which pay for the cables and pipes etc that warrants such a massive increase and at a time when the uncontrollable aspects of energy are causing people to not heat their homes. What the fuck are Offgem or whatever the regulator is called these days doing ? Eff all is the answer. 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Presumably the standing charges are increasing to help enable the remaining companies from going bust. 
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    Nationalise the lot. There's no room for private profits from energy now. 

    Tell me I'm wrong!
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,651

  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,651

    Charlton season tickets? 😂 
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Mendonca In Asdas said:
    I tried to get on the Octopus energy website to give a meter reading, it’s been down all day, sent them an email with my meter readings, and got a nice email back saying they had received my meter reassigns , when there I’m going to be charged new or old prices, we’ll have to wait and see, I asked for the old prices…
    I am with Octopus and there is a clear message in the yellow box on the home page explaining what will happen. Their variable rate does not kick in until midnight on Saturday so if they have your readings you should be fine. They advise to take a photo of your meters as well just in case.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Octopus site says "We're super busy today so you might have a long wait if you call.

    The best day to give us a meter reading is this Saturday (our standard variable prices don't change until 00:00 Saturday 2nd April.) Make a note of your readings or take a photo of them on Saturday. When we receive this reading we will apply it to your account from 00:00 midnight on the Saturday. You will have a week to submit them to us, so please don't worry if you can't get it to us that day.

    Smart meter customers do not need to send us a reading.
    If you're on a Fixed tariff, it's always good to submit regular readings, but your prices won't be changing so we don't necessarily need one right now".
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Just logged on and posted my meter readings on Octopus while I am still up, not busy this time of night 

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