s_dog Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 5 hours ago, scottsdad said: This issue of standing charges was in the news, and seems very unfair. It is localised and depends on how much network is needed to connect you. So if you live in central London, the standing charge is lower. If you live somewhere more rural it is higher. Liverpool, even though it is a city, has a higher charge than London. Scotland overall higher still. And the cap for these is regional, and set by Ofgen. Why not have a standard rate for the whole country? You can sort of understand there might be a reason why it costs more to supply & maintain distribution networks in rural areas and that's why southwest of England, North Wales & North Scotland might suffer, but why should London & East (which covers part of greater London area) be so low compared to everywhere else. And the fact that the highlands generates far more electricity than it uses (think its 3 times more), might not be linked to the supply, but still, the fact they pay the highest standing charges just seems crazy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 30 minutes of cheap leccy left for me 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 On 26/03/2022 at 14:14, oaksoft said: You are not going to save £100 by overstating your electricity reading by a couple of hundred quid. And whoever does it risks getting fined or prosecuted for fraud. Honestly, where do people get these fucking brainless ideas from? To be honest, I doubt you'd even get billed on the fraudulent read. The most likely scenario is that the companies system automatically recognises that the read is massively out of step with previous consumption, bins it, and replaces with an estimate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Wee story to give some of you The Fear. Years ago I was with Scottish Power. I had major billing issues with them, and as a result downloaded all my statements. I went to the ombudsman eventually, and decided enough was enough and left them. I was £300 in credit with them when I pulled the trigger. They sent me a bill saying I owed £900. How had they done this? Simple. They moved me to a higher tariff, then recalculated the previous two years' usage at the new tariff. Hey presto, a £1200 swing. Oh, and they deleted all my statements from the online system. Lucky I still had the statements, made another claim against them with the ombudsman etc. Got my money plus a goodwill gesture of £50. What I am trying to say is - download and keep all statements. I wouldn't trust any of these companies not to do this again and recalculate your past usage at the current rate. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Everybody has gone meter reading daft today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Tried to log my meter reading. Error message 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Tried to log my meter reading. Error message Yeah that's what I was meaning websites crashed all over the shop going by reports and phone lines jammed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 "wouldn't it be tragic if we were to let our websites crash on Thursday" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleMoo Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 Yip, SSE website down 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 I sent in at midnight both readings and have just got a text request to send in both readings.. Be interesting to see the profits at the end of business year... shady bassas, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Scottish Power website down and I was on hold for an hour and a half because the useless c**t who signed me up has taken my email address down wrong so I can't log in anyway - then after 90 minutes the call just ends. Absolute shower of useless b*****ds. Raging with myself for going back to this mob so I get what I deserve I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Anyone know the script with Bulb and what you are supposed to do? We are with them, but obviously they went tits up a few weeks back..................... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 22 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Scottish Power website down and I was on hold for an hour and a half because the useless c**t who signed me up has taken my email address down wrong so I can't log in anyway - then after 90 minutes the call just ends. Absolute shower of useless b*****ds. Raging with myself for going back to this mob so I get what I deserve I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakedee Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Anyone know the script with Bulb and what you are supposed to do? We are with them, but obviously they went tits up a few weeks back.....................I'm with bulb, have a smart meter, so shouldn't really have to take meter readings. The option to add meter readings is on their app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, Leith Green said: Anyone know the script with Bulb and what you are supposed to do? We are with them, but obviously they went tits up a few weeks back..................... Do nothing seems to be the advice. https://bulb.co.uk/blog/questions-about-bulb-in-special-administration 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Wee question, I'm on a prepay dongle thing, any benefit of putting a rake on it today? I'm I right in thinking no matter what I put on it, tomorrow when it goes up it will use it at the new rate anyway? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, scottsdad said: Wee story to give some of you The Fear. Years ago I was with Scottish Power. I had major billing issues with them, and as a result downloaded all my statements. I went to the ombudsman eventually, and decided enough was enough and left them. I was £300 in credit with them when I pulled the trigger. They sent me a bill saying I owed £900. How had they done this? Simple. They moved me to a higher tariff, then recalculated the previous two years' usage at the new tariff. Hey presto, a £1200 swing. Oh, and they deleted all my statements from the online system. Lucky I still had the statements, made another claim against them with the ombudsman etc. Got my money plus a goodwill gesture of £50. What I am trying to say is - download and keep all statements. I wouldn't trust any of these companies not to do this again and recalculate your past usage at the current rate. Scottish Power came along and fitted a smart gas meter to my flat. Problem was I wasn't a Scottish Power customer, it was supposed to be for my downstairs neighbour. I never found out about this until I was due to move house two years later. I had been paying British Gas (my actual supplier) by direct debits based on their smart meter readings until it went quiet, and they just decided to switch me to estimates after ir stopped sending readings. They never bothered to tell me and I didn't notice as for the previous 8 years everything had been fine. What makes it worse it that because BG were using estimates for my gas for over two years they had sent someone out to get an actual reading from my meter (it is a legal requirement) and even then, when they noticed the readings were totally out of whack, they didn't bother to tell me. All they did was revert to the estimates that they knew were wrong. As you can imagine, unravelling this whole mess was a nightmare I wouldn't wish on anybody. The term "computer says no" has never been so apt. Never received any sort of apology from Scottish Power either. c***s. Edited March 31, 2022 by Pepper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Genuinely fizzing I went back. But the little c**t at the door suckered me in. I said I needed rid of a prepayment meter and he said they do it for free so I signed up. Phoned up later to arrange to get it shifted and they tell me they aren't taking new gas customers, just leckie. Annoyingly the leckie price was cheaper than my old provider so if I left I would just be cutting my nose. As soon as this all dies down I'll be away from the shower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, jakedee said: I'm with bulb, have a smart meter, so shouldn't really have to take meter readings. The option to add meter readings is on their app. 6 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Do nothing seems to be the advice. https://bulb.co.uk/blog/questions-about-bulb-in-special-administration Aye, my wife has added the meter readings, was more thinking....................will they be a viable power co ongoing? Post above seems to suggest sitting tight, so we might just do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Wee question, I'm on a prepay dongle thing, any benefit of putting a rake on it today? I'm I right in thinking no matter what I put on it, tomorrow when it goes up it will use it at the new rate anyway?Martin Lewis said the other week that you should load up before the 1st. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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