Me and my husband quite enjoy it. But we have been together a long time and have to find new ways of keeping things interesting
So no British Gas app launch on the 25th and I have still no access to my account, it’s been 3 months now. I’ve put in a complaint and waiting to hear back. Anyone else having issues accessing their account?I’ve been back in touch with British Gas again today. That’s over 2 months since they closed my old account and moved me over onto their new system which Ive never been able to access. Anyways they are now saying on 25th Jan they are launching an app and then I will finally be able to view my account details….let’s see
It's humiliating. I wouldn't do it even if it saved half my bill. Energy usage is something I won't move an inch on. It's not a luxury but a necessity. What next? Taxed for how much air we breathe? Once you give into these ridiculous limits imposed on us its the end.
No problems with me, would be nice to get the quarterly bill. I've noticed that with the new
Ah so your on the new system. We you transferred straight over from one to the other?
Yes, no real issues at all, I didn't even have to re input the banking details, I did in fact
This is true. It's not really about saving money. It's also not required to sit in the dark, just not to use washing machines, dryers, electric cookers, etc at these times.My understanding of it is that they’re doing these experiments to try and reduce the burden on the national grid at peak times, so to ensure stability/no black outs? For that reason alone I’d participate even if it was free
Sadly even the max payment of £3 wouldn’t even cover standing fees for a week would it?
Yeah like I’m cool with anything that pushes me to reconsider how I do things at home whether it’s for the environment or for money!
If I lived alone I’d probably just go out tbh 
Like I don’t think any of those scenarios are tragic or Dickensian personally but understand everyone has different appetites for this stuff. Just fingers crossed there aren’t black outs and especially not in winter. Tbh I’d even opt in for black out sessions if it was needed, but we do have continuous power supplies so it wouldn’t be bad.
www.ionos.com
Thanks for this. That scammer programme I mentioned earlier has really shook me up so I want to simplify my digital life.Found this:
How to delete your eBay account
Do you want to delete your eBay account? We will explain, step by step, what you need to pay attention to and how long it takes to delete your eBay account.
I’m sure you already know this but two factor authentication on email and socials is also a great move. Also if you’ve got an iPhone they tell you any compromised passwords that need changing in the keychain section. Good luck
This seems bonkers but true.
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Yes, I was perplexed seeing wind turbines switched off on very windy days. Who is the brains behind British energy? A toddler could do better.Wind generation is turned off and people paid to stop producing it because sometimes there's too much and there's not the infrastructure to deliver it to the south of the country.
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On the windiest days, we deliberately capped the amount of power our turbines were producing, reducing the total amount generated by 6%. In fact, it’s worse than that: not only did we turn off our turbines, but we paid the owners of windfarms to turn them off. This is called curtailment.
In 2022, a year characterized by extraordinary hikes in energy prices for consumers, we spent £215m on turning windfarms off, and then another £717m turning on gas power plants to replace the lost wind power. In the process, we emitted an extra 1.5 million tonnes of CO2.
The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
<p>The UK discarded 6% of its windpower last year, at a cost of almost £1bn. What’s going on, and how can we fix it?</p>
The HR dept should have sat down with you and had a meeting but maybe hasn’t happened if you’ve been off. Might be worth asking your manager for their details as you will need to know what to expect.1 more day until payday, been on sick leave for 2 weeks then start mat leave pay in FebruaryDoes anyone know if employers are meant to tell you what your monthly payments will be?
I feel a bit in limbo just waiting each month to find out the pennies I get.
I hope you’re feeling better and congratulations1 more day until payday, been on sick leave for 2 weeks then start mat leave pay in February
I feel a bit in limbo just waiting each month to find out the pennies I get.
I worked for a huge company when I went on mat and they provided me with a .pdf that showed my 90% payment schedule and then wrote something like then down to £xx per week. From memory my monthly stat payments varied monthly as they’re paid out weekly and obvs you get 4 or 5 week months. But remember you still accrue annual leave in that time and you’re entitled to 10 keep in touch days that are fully paid even if you “only” pop in for a bit, so might be worth mentioning them in any meeting you have.
