On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:36:57 -0000, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 11:59:35 on Fri, 1 Nov 2013,
Gefreiter Krueger remarked:

So they removed the whole point of direct debit, that you pay the same during colder months.

I think you mean "the whole point of a budget account" (which you happen
to pay by DD.

I pay by DD, but quarterly in arrears based on meter readings.

Even energy companies seem confused by the difference.

There is no difference as the only DD energy companies do is monthly, the same amount every month.

The different one is like your phone bill, where your DD is different every month depending on how many calls you make.

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