It’s still expensive as fuck
Energy suppliers going bust
- Thread starter Dave Herbal
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AndrewP
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Same here.
Not for me 1st of month to next 1st of month in summer is 50 quid for both, winter time about 100. You realise energy companies get billions for ppl overpaying.
legend of Dickie Ord
Full Back
Contract with Utility Point expired on 22 September. They went bust on 18 September holding a few hundred quid credit. Switched to EDF for 4 day period.
Changed to Avro on 22 September who went bust on 22 September. Paid £170 as first payment on 13 September.
What a bloody mess!
Changed to Avro on 22 September who went bust on 22 September. Paid £170 as first payment on 13 September.
What a bloody mess!
Deleted User 11453
Striker
What are you basing your opinion on?
Gas price crisis: is Brexit, Russia or Covid-19 to blame?
The UK is uniquely exposed to a global problem.
www.newstatesman.com
Is Vladimir Putin to blame?
The UK imports less than 1 per cent of its gas from Russia, so it’s not the case that a big valve marked “UK” has been heaved shut in a basement under the Kremlin.
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That doesn’t matter. They set the price, the rest of the market raises its price as a result. Supply and demand.What are you basing your opinion on?
...Gas price crisis: is Brexit, Russia or Covid-19 to blame?
The UK is uniquely exposed to a global problem.
Is Vladimir Putin to blame?
The UK imports less than 1 per cent of its gas from Russia, so it’s not the case that a big valve marked “UK” has been heaved shut in a basement under the Kremlin.
Really basic stuff.
Meathead
Winger
This. Russia is by far the largest supplier of gas to the EU by a country mile. Even if we don’t purchase directly from them, the likelihood is they are supplying it and any price rise is inevitably passed on to us.
Qatar is another option but China is currently hoovering up almost all of their reserves, therefore Gazprom (Putin’s friend) can charge what it wants.
Crook Mackem
Striker
I`ve twisted about these idiots for years and their "profits fell by 100million last financial year" press statements. The amount of cash most of them must have squirelled away must be obscene, surely the big uns could take a hit for a year to help people out. But nope, nah. Must maintain that xxxx minimum million billion profit balance each and every year.
we still get paper bills. i'm buggered if i'm letting these companies take more than I've used. might be more expensive but look at how many people on this thread alone are in credit to them. they have started sending them out monthly instead of quarterly which is annoying and apparently they can't revert back. not sure who we're with but it used to be eon.
Deleted User 11453
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Weiterleitungshinweis
www.google.co.uk
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, dismissed allegations that Moscow could be partly blamed for soaring gas bills in Europe.
"They (Europe) prefer to focus on spot supplies, on the spot market. It is exactly the spot market that leads to such jumps, like this rampant price rise," Peskov told a daily conference call with reporters.
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The Krankie Returns
Central Defender
Is that where the valves are? I never knew that. Still someone has to open them and close them. Might as well be Vlad.What are you basing your opinion on?
...Gas price crisis: is Brexit, Russia or Covid-19 to blame?
The UK is uniquely exposed to a global problem.
Is Vladimir Putin to blame?
The UK imports less than 1 per cent of its gas from Russia, so it’s not the case that a big valve marked “UK” has been heaved shut in a basement under the Kremlin.
Deleted User 11453
Striker
I’m not blaming Russia (yet).
There have been plenty of fcuk-ups elsewhere imho.
The Krankie Returns
Central Defender
Living where I do there isn’t the competition there Steve. Me and Mrs K just went with the national supplier for gas, electric and telephone.
David M
Striker
Another factor to consider is we're no longer a member of the EU Internal Energy Market that can also help reign in price rises. Prices are rising all over Europe but they're rocketing here.
Harry Angstrom
Striker
My time with Green lasted 3 weeks
Paddy O'Dors
Striker
Take meter readings asap, even better a photo. Unless you have a smart meter like.
The standard charge in June was 11p each per day, it’s 55p now. In June I was paying £38, I’ve been quoted £93 with edf this morning.
Paddy O'Dors
Striker
Most of the big energy suppliers don't make much, hence the reason they've been trying to sell them off for years. Generation and distribution is where the money is.
I'm confused by the standing charge going up mind, that belongs to the distributors, not the suppliers.
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