Gas & Electricity

[Centurions]

Octopus have reduced my DD by £66 a month.
I have put it back to my regular £100 a month.
I will use the handout to build up a reserve.

To what end? I presume you're not on a fixed deal? Isn't the variable rate limit cap set for 2 years now?

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Octopus have reduced my DD by £66 a month.
I have put it back to my regular £100 a month.
I will use the handout to build up a reserve.

I did the same, but wondered why they didn't keep the same DD and simply discount the bill instead.

 

[jimharri]

We're getting €600 credited to all domestic households' electricity accounts (announced in the budget over here yesterday. Three €200 "payments", one sometime before the Christmas, and two more sometime in the new year. It'll help when the expected price hike(s) hit, sometime this winter.

 

[mancityvstoke]

We're getting €600 credited to all domestic households' electricity accounts (announced in the budget over here yesterday. Three €200 "payments", one sometime before the Christmas, and two more sometime in the new year. It'll help when the expected price hike(s) hit, sometime this winter.

Thats a Govt looking after its population....why they can't cap prices at rates from a year ago I don't know....fuck this wholesale price garbage.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

To what end? I presume you're not on a fixed deal? Isn't the variable rate limit cap set for 2 years now?

Hasn't come in yet.
There's a big jump in SVR coming next week. It's fixed after that.
And it's a cap on the price per kWh, not on your annual bill.
To keep up with next week's rise Octopus reckon I should up my payment £50 a month.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Will City lower season ticket prices - in a gesture of acknowledgement of the financial crisis?
If they don't I think we can expect thousands of empty seats - next season.

Top PL football clubs are probably up there with the most out of touch groups around.

I’m expecting a price rise again.

One year when the cost of living pay rise was 1% and inflation was at about 2%, City put season ticket prices up 12%.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

That isn’t right. Well, as far as I understand it, itisn’t. The government website states you will get the money paid directly into your bank account shortly after your next six payments go out. I know it doesn’t really make much difference in practice but that money is a rebate for you to do with what you want. Not for the company to decide they’re going to intercept it to make sure you pay them.

Here is our Octopus online portal, showing the goverment discount is to be deducted from our direct debit payments.

 

[kaz7]

Edf are doing cash into bank accounts , what could possibly go wrong with that ! Spent on something other than heating i suspect

 

[Centurions]

Edf are doing cash into bank accounts , what could possibly go wrong with that ! Spent on something other than heating i suspect

I've not decided yet but thanks for caring ;)

 

[mancityvstoke]

Edf are doing cash into bank accounts , what could possibly go wrong with that ! Spent on something other than heating i suspect

I've got my dealer on speed dial.........out of my head and can't feel the cold

 

[kaz7]

I've got my dealer on speed dial.........out of my head and can't feel the cold

That is a good plan lol, must be cold as merlin is cuddling me !

 

[mancityvstoke]

That is a good plan lol, must be cold as merlin is cuddling me !

Keep your pussy warm

 

[kaz7]

Keep your pussy warm

always ;)

 

[mexico1970]

It's a bit weird this, we will be paying less not more. What isn't palatable is that the govt are paying money to fuel companies on our behalf. It feels like they are paying their mates off.

 

[Don Karleone]

Don't know if posted since but it looks like nobody has:-

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2022/09/dwp-admits-delay-with-sending-out-p150-cost-of-living-payment-to/

Got ours yesterday. The Mrs is on PIP and ESA. Hopefully more people should get it very soon.

 

[Len Rum]

Your regular reminder that there is not a cap of £2.5k on annual energy bills.
The Government and Liz Truss keep saying there is.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Your regular reminder that there is not a cap of £2.5k on annual energy bills.
The Government and Liz Truss keep saying there is.

This is what mine says from BG, it’s a big ambiguous isn’t it .

 

[hammocity]

Top PL football clubs are probably up there with the most out of touch groups around.

I’m expecting a price rise again.

One year when the cost of living pay rise was 1% and inflation was at about 2%, City put season ticket prices up 12%.

Circa 3% this season, don’t think they are that out of touch nowadays.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

This is what mine says from BG, it’s a big ambiguous isn’t it .
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Hard to read as i am vertically challenged, but read the second line. It says the AVERAGE home (most use the term TYPICAL)

There is no upper limit, it depends how AVERAGE/TYPICAL we all are

 

[M18CTID]

This is what mine says from BG, it’s a big ambiguous isn’t it .
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The £2500 is based on an annual usage of 2900 kWh of electricity and 12000 kWh of gas. If you use more than that, you'll pay more than £2500 and if you use less, you'll pay less.

They really should be clearer about this - I've had someone at work ask me the other week if the £2500 cap means he can use as much gas and electric as he wants and only get charged a maximum of £2500 for it. This bloke isn't someone I'd class as unintelligent so there must be loads of people up and down the country who are thinking the same.