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Seems an interesting idea.

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Had ours on and off for over a week now, I wont be cold at home.

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A couple of hours this morning set to 19c warmed up the house, it not going to trip on for the evening yet as the rooms currently 21c.

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2 weeks since the hike in rates, and Scottish Power is yet to tell me what our new rates are, and whether I have to increase the DD.

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https://www2.scottishpower.co.uk/tar...execution=e1s1

if you put your info in here it will give you the rates. As a basic rule of thumb your costs will be around 25% more than they were. This is of course just estimations

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We put ours on after our hive temperature graph showed it permanently below 19 and dipping below 16.

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Energy support scheme cut back today by Jeremy Hunt. The price guarantee for households will only be for the vulnerable after April 2023.

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He's saying bollocks to us. :rolleyes:

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Hello spike in anxiety again

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he simply can not be allowed to do this surely? I am so angry about this

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Political suicide from a party on life support.

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And no thought for the collateral damage on the way. The energy support was like a security blanket giving me the knowledge of what it was going to cost. Now they have yanked it out my hands and now I feel stupidly insecure and with my mental issues I will not settle till I know what will happen

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I wonder if the definition of 'vulnerable' will change? to include those who are 'energy vulnerable' ?

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I'm sorry that this impacts you, but it was never a security blanket was it? it was a maximum price capped per unit, if, we have a very very cold winter we could still have as individuals higher than on average energy usage pushing bills up even further

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Calming down a little I should get support as I am on income related ESA but it is not set in stone as those of us on this benefit missed out on the Covid support when they just uplifted UC. If they do that again I doubt I will be able to pay my bills

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Knowing the unit rates allow me to plan and I have learnt how to manage my energy consumption. I know pretty accurately how much electric I use each month (although I have just bought an air fryer to cut back some more) and I wrap up warm instead of turning the heating on, even if we do get a really cold winter it will only go on enough to stop the pipes freezing.

The previously expected October cap I could just about cope with. The planned January cap had me cutting back on food shopping and changing my dietary habits to cheaper foods the projected April cap (I know it was only a guesstimate at that point) had me crippled as they were saying it could have literally been 85% of my total income income. Even now it is almost 25% but the rebate cuts that back

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Not sure how this will affect those that came out of a fix tariff deal due to the Gov's energy promise. I bet they must be fuming and rightly so.

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I appreciate the explanation, if we have thirty days of temperatures below say -2 that's going to cost you more than if we have ten days of temperatures below -2