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Comment on Turn up the heat on British Gas: protest at the British Gas AGM on Monday 13th May by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:24:40 +0000

wish i could be there as for 6 years they put me and my five children into fuel poverty as i was paying 150 pound a week every winter for a house with no heating or hot water every winter me and my kids had to sleep in one room to keep warm i couldn’t cook do washing we had to leave the house every morning at 8 and come home and 9 at night i am lucky i have family close to me that i could go to to get warm but they couldn’t help with money so i got into debt to give my children a childhood i didnt work and was hard to get out of the trap as i was ill alot of the time as was my kids

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Comment on Turn up the heat on British Gas: protest at the British Gas AGM on Monday 13th May by rainbowwarriorlizzie

rainbowwarriorlizzie — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:00:58 +0000

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Comment on Speak out on your situation by Jacky Bafoot

Jacky Bafoot — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:52:08 +0000

I am 46 and disabled, a share holder in centrica national grid and british gas and a home owner, due to the dwp messing my money around I got into arrears with N power. I have already had a 5 yr battle with them and they charged me £360 to leave them to go to eon which I could not afford so I was stuck with n power and had to leave eon into my first month with them. N power say they cant fit a meter due to health and safety, BUT they CAN by breaking my door in and fitting on in a kitchen that is 5ft X 6ft and condensation runs down the walls when you cook. Now as far as I can gleam from building inspectors, thats illegal. I own my house, Im already paying £16pw to them gas out of my income support, as well as buying my coal at £39pw that runs my heating and hot water. I have explained to n power that my benefits are under review again, that Im applying for grants to help with the bills, I even offered to show secus ltd the paperwork but they ignored me. I have taken this to my MP, secus say they will refuse to talk to my MP.
I cannot ever get through to N power on the phone, and I dont have a payment card off them, and all DDs are stopped as barclays have frozen my accounts due to been over drawn. Im about to take this to the top of the pile by contacting http://www.cerre.eu/who-we-are/objectives, as well as national grid as a share holder etc. I refuse to be bullied by these people.
If they turn up when I am in and try force the doors its going to be fun as the police reinforced them in 2008 to stop a family who were harassing me, and I fully intend to film them and log them and call the police out who have me on vulnerable person alert on their numbers.
Hands up yes I have not paid the bill for months, But I have tried to explain the circumstances and no one is listening.

Comment on Speak out on your situation by alyzande

alyzande — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:57:36 +0000

Apologies for the typos, was up all night in pain. Yes of course you can use my comments in any debate!

Noone should be terrified of the cold like us readers leaving comments. The uk is not a 3rd world country.

Comment on Speak out on your situation by alyzande

alyzande — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:47:36 +0000

Prepayment meters are a stinking rip off for everyone. Even those without extra worries.

I have extra worries.
Before I paid off my (ex husband’s) debt, I was paying £10 a day in gas. After paying for gas I had less than £10 a week to live on for electric and food for the family. I got into a lot of debt just to keep warm. Sometimes we just went without heating. We got into further electricity debt.

I offered to pay off my electricity and begged them not to put in a meter. They illegally IGNORED my letter (s) and offers of repayment. I attempted suicide. Whilst I was in hospital they broke in and fitted a prepayment electricity meter. I complained and they ignored me. The ombudsman started to investigate then “lost” the papers and 18 months later we are no further forward. I have no idea what rate I am being forced to repay. We can usually only afford one lightbulb, fridge freezer and tv on in a day.

Then the gas prepayment meter broke. They told us to walk 45 minutes to get a new card. We got there. It didnt work. They made us go again. The taxi cost £10. That card also didn’t work. Meanwhile, it was snowing, freezing, and no heating. I have a disabled child. I cannot walk miles for repeated wild goose chases. It continued to snow. It was freezing. I bought an electric heater and used a lot of electric keeping one room above 10C. My disabled child and I caught Norovirus. We had fevers and vomiting. We were told to go on another wild goose chase. After 15 days my MP lent his force to my cries and begging for warmth for which I had paid. They removed the prepayment meter as I had paid all the debts. They told me I was entitled to no compensation and if I didn’t sccept that then I could go to the incompetent ombudsman.

Fed up with that company I askes to move to another company with some actual customer service. They replied I was on a gas repayment meter and could not move. This was a month or so after removing the evil broken prepayment meter.

I hate what this company has done to my family over the years and I hate the incompetent ombudsman. I think they would also prefer if my suicide had been successfull so they wouldnt have to bother with the deep strain (sarcastic) of having to take all our money.

Comment on Stop the Great Fuel Robbery week of action – what went on…. by fuelpovertyaction

fuelpovertyaction — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:13:32 +0000

While the price of fossil fuels is going up, the price of renewables is going down. Government research suggests investing in renewables instead of gas would save the average household £500 a year on their fuel bills by 2020. Read more here: http://fuelpovertyaction.org.uk/fuel-poverty-and-climate-change/

Comment on Government help schemes by fuelpovertyaction

fuelpovertyaction — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:27:49 +0000

Hi Anne, sorry that this is confusing – we will correct this now. The correct information is that you will receive the payment if you were born on or before 5 July. Thanks for pointing this out.

Comment on Stop the Great Fuel Robbery week of action – what went on…. by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:06:02 +0000

Someone somewhere said We, as a nation, need to all stick together and protest…perhaps if everyone didn’t use electricity & gas for just one day and all stood together on this then someone with some power may take notice. That I don’t think will work. if the nation sticks together and protest by stop paying the bills for a few months they will soon get a message that we are not going to be bullied by the greedy shareholders and the Directors of the utility companies. It is unbelievable the chief Executive was awarded shares worth an additional £5.05million after he received pay and perks of £4.1million and if that is not enough wait he also gets perks which include a £684 discount on his annual energy bill. This is sick when people like us single parents only have household income of £ 12600 bringing up a child and the courts awarding warrants to these robbing companies to enter our properties to put in pay meters. With meagre amount of income we are still expected to pay between £ 77 and £120 a month to these companies. Please help! We cannot stand up to these bullies individually so please British people wake up and help us by standing up against these bullies and stop paying your bills unless you have a better idea how to stop them. Can we protest outside Magistrate/law courts to ask them to stop giving these companies warrants to enter our properties until they bring the prices down substantially (fair pricing).

Comment on Government help schemes by What to do if you're struggling to pay your energy bills | Up right now

What to do if you're struggling to pay your energy bills | Up right now — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:24:15 +0000

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