discobastard
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Npower are fucked.NPower text me on a regular basis. The most recent text offered me the chance to win some electricity for signing up for a "smart" meter.
None of them actually know what they’re doing.
Npower are fucked.NPower text me on a regular basis. The most recent text offered me the chance to win some electricity for signing up for a "smart" meter.
Takes me 10 minutes a year at the end of March using Uswitch.Yup it's all a big waste of everyone's time. Basically you choose between remembering to waste a few hours of your life switching each year, and getting charged over the odds for not doing so.
The retailers don’t supply anything, they just buy a commodity that’s already flowing and bill it. The cheaper they can serve their customers the more money they make. That’s pretty much it.You know that setting up up a Supply company isn't just a case of registering a domain name and printing some letter headed paper. You do realise that, don't you?
Npower are fucked
The retailers don’t supply anything, they just buy a commodity that’s already flowing and bill it. The cheaper they can serve their customers the more money they make. That’s pretty much it.
My point stands nonetheless.Retailers are called Supply companies. As opposed to a Generation or Distribution companies.
It was all set up during the 1997 deregulation of the energy market in the UK.
My point stands nonetheless.
The cheaper they can serve their customers the more money they make. That’s pretty much it.
ETA: depends on whether they own generation, which some of them do obviously. Was referring to the ‘anybody can set up an energy company’ bit.
That’s pretty much what I was saying. Maybe I didn’t make it clear. But we’re both right.Well, it doesn't really stand.
a. that's a generalisation which can be applied to *any* business
b. "that's pretty much it" completely overlooks their trading/hedging activities which account for a significant part of their profit/loss. And when I say "significant" it can represent *all* a Supply company's profit.
Unless something's changed I do not believe that Supply companies can own generating assets. Parent companies, however (e.g. EoN, RWE, EDF, etc.) can own Supply and Generating businesses.
That’s pretty much what I was saying. Maybe I didn’t make it clear. But we’re both right.Well, it doesn't really stand.
a. that's a generalisation which can be applied to *any* business
b. "that's pretty much it" completely overlooks their trading/hedging activities which account for a significant part of their profit/loss. And when I say "significant" it can represent *all* a Supply company's profit.
Unless something's changed I do not believe that Supply companies can own generating assets. Parent companies, however (e.g. EoN, RWE, EDF, etc.) can own Supply and Generating businesses.
Bulb ‘s customer service is good. All on line and it works, I just update my meter readings on line. They sell renewable and nuclear ie low carbon electricity- I am happy with the nuke element, others will have to make their own mind up.If you are interested in 'green' tariffs try Bulb.
Actually I think I do too.Bulb ‘s customer service is good. All on line and it works, I just update my meter readings on line. They sell renewable and nuclear ie low carbon electricity- I am happy with the nuke element, others will have to make their own mind up.
I think I might have a code for them so if people sign up we both get £50 off our bill.
Just sent you the link... happy to share with anyone else thinking of joining.Bulb were the recommended one by MSE.
First to PM me their code gets £50....possibly
The clean green energy thing though, it comes down the same pipes regardless of who you use, so how can you guarantee what it coming into your household is green fuel?
why does that not surprise me?Had an argument about this with someone recently.
I'm planning to actively do this sort of thing when I move to the sticks as an OAP.
Googling the term 5G smart meters reveals there are a lot of wallopers out there who seem to believe the government is poisoning us all using radiation emitted from smart meters or something.
This was one of my favourites, they are feeling ill from the 5G smart meter they have had installed in their home for a while. Even though we do not have 5G in the UK yet.
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Hence why if my supplier offers a smart metre, I'll be telling them to fuck off.