First things first, we’re not going to make any cheap jokes about students staying in bed until noon, doing their essays the night before they’re due to be handed in and existing on a diet of Red Bull (other energy drinks are available) and Pot Noodles (other dehydrated snack type foods are available). That’s mainly […]
Category: Energy Guides
Cheaper gas and electricity for pensioners
Here at Look After My Bills we like to provide cheaper gas tariffs and electricity deals for everybody. Cheaper gas for business people. Cheaper electricity for nurses. And cheaper gas and electricity for pensioners. Call us old fashioned, but we think that when you’ve spent your whole life working and paying into the system, you shouldn’t really find […]
Renting? Your rights when switching energy suppliers
You read a lot in the newspapers about ‘generation rent’. This refers to all those people who weren’t lucky enough to buy a house during the 1970s, when you could pick up a detached property with a spacious garden for the kind of money you now spend on a medium sized family car (the kind […]
“Alexa, why is my energy company ripping me off?”
We at Look After My Bills are sick to the back teeth of terrible energy companies taking the mickey out of consumers by charging rip-off prices that get bigger every year without the service changing one bit for the better. We noticed the NHS launching an Alexa skill where the public could ask questions like […]
Do smart meters interfere with solar panels?
Do you remember when energy supplies were simple? There was gas and there was electricity. That was it. You used a certain amount of gas and electricity and you paid what you were asked. Now you’ve got lots and lots of choice, which is clearly a very good thing. Even very good things can have […]
Energy Tariff: Guide to monitor your Utility Bills
There are many different types of utility bills that one has to fuss around with on a regular basis such as energy bills, water bills, phone and broadband bills etc which can be so complicated to understand. So here is a guide on how to monitor your energy bills to stay on top of them: […]
The National Grid: who are they and what do they do?
The National Grid is a network of electricity wires that supply gas and electricity across Britain. The energy passes through several companies before it finally arrives at our homes and businesses. However, the National Grid is sometimes confused with the regional distribution companies. In fact it’s not just the National Grid who distribute energy. There […]
How to claim the Warm Home Discount
What is the Warm Home Discount? It is a government scheme that helps people with the payment of their electricity bills. It’s an annual one-off discount that energy suppliers provide between October and March. Do I qualify for the scheme? There are two ways to qualify for the Warm Home Discount scheme. If you already get the Guarantee […]
Light bulbs – how to save £199 a year
Light bulbs. You can save money on your electricity bill just by changing the light bulbs you use. Traditional light bulbs are not very energy efficient and if you still have them you’ll be paying more for your lighting than your need to! By replacing 10 regular bulbs with energy saving bulbs you could make an […]
Paying your bill a year upfront – is it worth it?
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