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AIBU to remind you to read your meters?

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Travis1 · 31/03/2022 09:24

Today is last day before prices go up. So if you don’t have a smart or pre pay meter remember to do readings and submit them today. As late as possible :)

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bellabasset · 31/03/2022 17:57

BG's My Energy has only been updated to 16th February, unless there's been a fix since yesterday

Weekendtobegin · 31/03/2022 18:02

I did mine last night as I guessed the sites would all be down today.

Octopus are advising people to take photos and they'll accept this. Their prices are changed at 00.00 Saturday today is still a bit early.

ghostyslovesheets · 31/03/2022 18:05

Scottish Power - down all day - said 'use our app' - downloaded the app - got activation email - which takes you to your account - which you can't access as site is down!

However they are now saying you can give today's reading any time in the next 10 days - so no hurry

Marzipanfruit · 31/03/2022 18:07

I've been trying to phone in my readings to SSE/OVO for ages. Keep getting the message that their lines are closed for staff updates. How convenient for them!

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 31/03/2022 19:24

Why are people giving readings already- a few hours to rack up the numbers before midnight

WhoppingBigBackside · 31/03/2022 19:25

I did mine yesterday. Figured leaving it until today was a gamble.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 31/03/2022 19:26

What gamble? I don’t understand you submit the numbers, doesn’t matter when you do it if you have photoproof. Octopus you input your reading and the day you took the reading

WhoppingBigBackside · 31/03/2022 19:36

I didn't want to be caught out by website being overloaded or phonelines being busy.

WhoppingBigBackside · 31/03/2022 19:39

@OnlyFoolsnMothers, ,y provider isn't Octopus and I get anxious about things like call centre and online stuff.

I'll switch everything off and take photos of metres at 21.59 hrs

WhoppingBigBackside · 31/03/2022 19:39

23.59. Can't see keypad in this candlelight

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 31/03/2022 19:46

WhoppingBigBackside sorry wasn’t didn’t mean to seemingly pick on you, I just don’t get the panic from the whole country, I thought all metre readings could be submitted on any day

champagneplanet · 31/03/2022 19:53

Did mine at 11pm last night on the EDF app. My fixed price tariff ends today.

WhoppingBigBackside · 31/03/2022 19:57

@OnlyFoolsnMothers, thanks for apologising but I hadn't taken offence. There were reminders on the news and similar to take the readings today, so people being like they are, there was bound to be a panic.

(cf. stockpiling bogroll in first lockdown, everyone rushing to fill petrol tank etc)

Hathertonhariden · 31/03/2022 20:15

On R4 one of the suppliers was saying that they normally get a couple of thousand meter readings a day but today they had had 40,000 before the system crashed.

Marvel23 · 31/03/2022 20:30

There is a web form on british gas website where you can submit meter reading if you can't login.
www.britishgas.co.uk/meterreads

Handsnotwands · 31/03/2022 20:51

I just tried but couldn’t get on shell. But usually their estimate is over. So I guess when I get my bill it’s likely my actual will be less than their estimate so best to stick with that right?

Mouseorchestra7 · 31/03/2022 22:48

I’m not at my place until Monday, so won’t be able to get a meter reading until then. Am I going to be paying through the nose?

LizzieSiddal · 31/03/2022 22:56

If you’ve got a smart metre or you’re on a fixed rate you don’t need to take a reading Mouse

DahliaMacNamara · 31/03/2022 23:01

[quote Marvel23]There is a web form on british gas website where you can submit meter reading if you can't login.
www.britishgas.co.uk/meterreads[/quote]
Thanks for this - I'm still on a price fix so I don't have an urgent need to submit a reading, but the British Gas account pages are so, so shit, and I rarely log in without finding at least one element is not available.

Mouseorchestra7 · 31/03/2022 23:37

I don’t, @LizzieSiddal Sad

MurmuratingStarling · 31/03/2022 23:41

[quote Marvel23]There is a web form on british gas website where you can submit meter reading if you can't login.
www.britishgas.co.uk/meterreads[/quote]
You do need your gas and electric account numbers though, which you can only get by logging in! Unless you have them written down somewhere.

However. I JUST GOT IN AND SUBMITTED MY READINGS WOO HOO! (British gas!)

I tried about 6 or 7 times in half an hour (between 11 and half past tonight,) and FINALLY got the 'enter your meter reading' (with the empty boxes to fill in.) Did the gas, and then the electric a half a minute after.

I was worried I would submit GAS and then the site would fail, but it allowed me to put the electric in as well. FINALLY! And I did it on the 31st too!

SuperAsymmetry · 31/03/2022 23:42

@bellabasset

BG's My Energy has only been updated to 16th February, unless there's been a fix since yesterday
Mine is blank since then too, I find it infuriating as I like to keep an eye on usage. The link between their apps/website and smart meters are incredibly poor, it shouldn't be taking them this long to fix it
AlmostAJillSandwich · 01/04/2022 00:02

Spent 4 hours on this earlier, app eventually let me submit after about 100 tries.

SoupDragon · 01/04/2022 11:10

Good luck to anyone who decided to submit incorrect readings - they've just been round to read mine.

BookkeeperBobby · 01/04/2022 12:53

🤣

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