{"id":2238,"date":"2015-02-08T18:37:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T18:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T19:15:03","slug":"changing-gas-supplier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/changing-gas-supplier\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing gas supplier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently after having extortionate gas supply bills and trying to reduce my outgoing expenditure I decided it was about time I started looking into changing my gas supplier<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently with British Gas &#8211; lived in this house for the last 3 years with no change in circumstances other than cold winters. 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