Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)

HungryHippos · 7 Oct 2022 at 14:10

Octopus applied my £66 so I think my bill for October is likely to be negative.

rodders · 7 Oct 2022 at 14:25

EDF have refunded me £66.
I will continue to pay my £85pm DD and once that's clear they refund me £66
Seems a bit dumb, just keep the £66 as credit.

krooton · 7 Oct 2022 at 14:53

That's weird, £66 came off my bill, but OVO have ALSO sent £66 to my bank account...

BUDFORCE · 7 Oct 2022 at 14:58

When baking jacket potatoes, reckon it's more energy efficient to put them in the microwave then finish off under a grill, as a pese to doing then in the oven?

Deleted member 77746 · 7 Oct 2022 at 14:59

krooton said:
That's weird, £66 came off my bill, but OVO have ALSO sent £66 to my bank account...

Someone’s made a mistake.

DXP55 · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:19

OK what's happening here.

My smart meter is saying I have exceeded my weekly budget. "what budget" -I use it they take the money. I am on use it pay it DD !

If I have to access this smart meter what do I do - I am on E.on next with meter fitted this June just gone..

Why can't we have meter readers and pay paper bills again

krooton · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:33

BUDFORCE said:
When baking jacket potatoes, reckon it's more energy efficient to put them in the microwave then finish off under a grill, as a pese to doing then in the oven?

Given that the average microwave uses 3-4 times less electricity than a normal oven, and can get the inside of the taters cooked much quicker... yes!

n111ck · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:44

DXP55 said:
OK what's happening here.

My smart meter is saying I have exceeded my weekly budget. "what budget" -I use it they take the money. I am on use it pay it DD !

If I have to access this smart meter what do I do - I am on E.on next with meter fitted this June just gone..

Why can't we have meter readers and pay paper bills again

You can set a budget in the settings menu - presumably because your tariff will have gone up you are now exceeding the default one.

fez · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:46

DXP55 said:
OK what's happening here.

My smart meter is saying I have exceeded my weekly budget. "what budget" -I use it they take the money. I am on use it pay it DD !

If I have to access this smart meter what do I do - I am on E.on next with meter fitted this June just gone..

Why can't we have meter readers and pay paper bills again

I imagine that you have a budget set on the smart meter and you have exceeded it. We can set the daily, weekly, monthly or yearly amount we want and it then shows you your usage against that "target". Its nothing to do with our account credit etc.

robgmun · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:52

robfosters said:
EDF gave us our first £66 too.

I got it as credit to my energy account rather than DD to my bank account. I actually prefer that but I I'm left wondering why the change of tack. They were adamant about paying it back to my bank account

Surveyor · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:54

robgmun said:
I got it as credit to my energy account rather than DD to my bank account. I actually prefer that but I I'm left wondering why the change of tack. They were adamant about paying it back to my bank account

You should get both.

robgmun · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:55

Surveyor said:
You should get both.

Why, that would mean i get £136 a month!?

Sinbad2000 · 7 Oct 2022 at 15:56

You guys going on about seeing things on your energy account...
With stupid british gas evolve, I can't see a thing. Nothing except full statements and a payment history. No stats, nothing. It's really bloody pathetic. I think I am going to buy an EV just so I can move to octopus go to be away from these cretins.

Surveyor · 7 Oct 2022 at 16:04

robgmun said:
Why, that would mean i get £136 a month!?

No doubling up unfortunately.

They should credit your energy account with £66 while reducing your DD by £66 or taking your full DD and refunding £66.

robgmun · 7 Oct 2022 at 16:06

Surveyor said:
No doubling up unfortunately.

They should credit your energy account with £66 while reducing your DD by £66 or taking your full DD and refunding £66.

Even if they don't refund me, i don't mind because I'm running a deficit. Once I'm in credit by the end of the year I'll reduce my DD permimently

Greebo · 7 Oct 2022 at 16:38

Surveyor said:
No doubling up unfortunately.

They should credit your energy account with £66 while reducing your DD by £66 or taking your full DD and refunding £66.

But he said he got £66 credited and also £66 sent to his bank account. Hence the doubling up.

robgmun · 7 Oct 2022 at 16:41

Greebo said:
But he said he got £66 credited and also £66 sent to his bank account. Hence the doubling up.

No, i just got the £66 credited, it's Surveyor that keeps suggesting I should get both, I don't agree

Surveyor · 7 Oct 2022 at 17:03

robgmun said:
No, i just got the £66 credited, it's Surveyor that keeps suggesting I should get both, I don't agree

If my energy costs under the Energy Price Guarantee are £2,400 p.a. I should pay £200/month to have a zero balance after a year. The government is giving me £400 so for six months I should pay £134 twice and £133 four times, the £66 or £67 difference is made up with a credit to my energy account. My energy provider can take £200 and refund me the £66/67 or amend my DD to £133/£134.

Tom|Nbk · 7 Oct 2022 at 17:08

Eh EDF said they would take the payment from my bank account and then refund the £66 to my bank account, cheeky ****ers have just credited the account as above.

Zenduri · 7 Oct 2022 at 17:45

DXP55 said:
OK what's happening here.

My smart meter is saying I have exceeded my weekly budget. "what budget" -I use it they take the money. I am on use it pay it DD !

If I have to access this smart meter what do I do - I am on E.on next with meter fitted this June just gone..

Why can't we have meter readers and pay paper bills again

You can normally set a "budget" on the IHD for your usage as basically an alert to show if you are using over what you aim to use.

User guides for the IHD to set/change/turn off

Chameleon IHD Manual

Smartview4 IHD Manual