My electricity bill has just tripled: how about yours? Alternative suppliers?
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MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
My next bill is due mid April so I suspect that is when they will tell me what my new payments are going to be however yesterday on the new tariffs I checked at 23.30 just before going bed and I had used about £8 in gas and electric on day 1 of the new mega-tariffs
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
surreybrowncap
“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
Still well over £200 per year and could rise in October....
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
I've got onto step change to reduce my payments on loans. Nothing else for it. And covid has put drunk HC's gas at a peep so I'll hopefully be saving on that too. My standing charge has gone up to 55p a day, projected annual bill from 1458 to 2026 quid a year aaahh
Thanks for that
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I wonder if we're going to see a sharp increase in people bypassing their meters, as the pain intensifies? Of course, anyone who's had a smart meter installed is going to find that pretty difficult to get away with, without extreme caution.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I am using about £10.00 a week on electric and something less than that on gas.
However I have no way it seems of knowing how much I am being charged per unit. All I know is that I now have £60.00 credit on my electric meter. It doesn't even say on the receipt how many units I have bought. Grr ..
However I have no way it seems of knowing how much I am being charged per unit. All I know is that I now have £60.00 credit on my electric meter. It doesn't even say on the receipt how many units I have bought. Grr ..
The People's Price Cap - Freedom News
A woman in your area saved £££££s with anarchism today. Find out how. Dear Uncle Kropotkin, How the fuck am I going to pay my gas bill? TLDR: You’re not The total absence of any kind of tax on the ballooning profits of the energy companies in the recent budget shows anyone still not on
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Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
Rich people bleating about how expensive its going to be to heat really large houses. It wont be long till we hear some cunt saying how people living in small flats are actually getting off easy and how they should perhaps be supporting the large house people in some way.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
That was on 21st March, just under 2 weeks later it's now showing -£215, and an estimate that I'll be at -£707 in 12 months at the new rates.
I've no idea how the hell they have worked that out.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Well my combined DD for my smallish 2 bedroom flat is going up to a staggering £55 a month (but not until May when my fixed rate ends). So I don't feel too bad about living here and not some big house at the moment.
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
Broken Britain
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teuchter
je suis teuchter
That article seems to contain a certain amount of nonsense, implying that the big energy producers' increased profits won't be taxed, and also that the rises seen by consumers are entirely on account of increased profits rather than underlying energy prices.The People's Price Cap - Freedom News
A woman in your area saved £££££s with anarchism today. Find out how. Dear Uncle Kropotkin, How the fuck am I going to pay my gas bill? TLDR: You’re not The total absence of any kind of tax on the ballooning profits of the energy companies in the recent budget shows anyone still not on
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
You can be sure that the profits of the energy companies will not be taxed anywhere near as hard as the salaries of those paying their utility bills...
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
It's possible for the energy companies to absorb some of the extra cost and still make the same profit in £££'s that they were making before however received wisdom in the boardroom is that profit in %'s is more important, an attitude that isn't going to change without being forced.
Mass foot dragging is a strategy that's doomed though. To do it you need to have the cash to hand to pay the bill when your timewasting options run out. Doable maybe in summer but come winter you get a massive bill which you will have to find the money for from somewhere. DD's are essentially an interest free loan that enables people to smooth the cost out over the year repaying big bills from last winter in the summer months and running up credit for the next one.
Mass foot dragging is a strategy that's doomed though. To do it you need to have the cash to hand to pay the bill when your timewasting options run out. Doable maybe in summer but come winter you get a massive bill which you will have to find the money for from somewhere. DD's are essentially an interest free loan that enables people to smooth the cost out over the year repaying big bills from last winter in the summer months and running up credit for the next one.
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
True, but quite often, it feels like we're making the loan to the power company...
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
That's one problem that would actually be fairly easy to solve make it mandatory that any balance over a given figure (£250 say) gets automatically returned. Sadly no appetite for that either.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
prunus
Tick tock.
Certainly is in my case.
Well I’m balancing some of you out -£700-odd balance at the moment
teuchter
je suis teuchter
That may or may not be a meaningful comparison to make, but it's got nothing to do with the question of whether what is written in that article is nonsense.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Your heart is not really in it at the moment is it?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
You're absolutely right, particularly since I was not attempting to suggest that what is written in that article is nonsense.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
That was on 21st March, just under 2 weeks later it's now showing -£215, and an estimate that I'll be at -£707 in 12 months at the new rates.
I've no idea how the hell they have worked that out.
24 hours later, the estimate is up another £64 to -£771 in 12 months!
If I am using £64 a day, I'll be owing £23,360 in a year.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
you growing weed or something?24 hours later, the estimate is up another £64 to -£771 in 12 months!
If I am using £64 a day, I'll be owing £23,360 in a year.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
No, but I think someone is smoking it at OVO.
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