pje16 wrote:staffordian wrote:But at least they only had one option as far as supplier was concerned
Having one supplier is a bad thing
those who shop around get better deals than those who don't
Yeah! That worked out well, didn't it?
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pje16 wrote:staffordian wrote:But at least they only had one option as far as supplier was concerned
Having one supplier is a bad thing
those who shop around get better deals than those who don't
pje16 wrote:staffordian wrote:But at least they only had one option as far as supplier was concerned
Having one supplier is a bad thing
those who shop around get better deals than those who don't
swill453 wrote:I just moved house and the previous occupants seemed to like fancy light fittings, but didn't seem to care much about electricity consumption. I've just spend £65 replacing:
- 21 40W G9 halogens
- 6 46W E14 incandescents
- 6 50W GU10 halogens
House seems colder now
Scott.
Dod101 wrote:swill453 wrote:I just moved house and the previous occupants seemed to like fancy light fittings, but didn't seem to care much about electricity consumption. I've just spend £65 replacing:
- 21 40W G9 halogens
- 6 46W E14 incandescents
- 6 50W GU10 halogens
House seems colder now
Scott.
You should I think recover your £65 off your first quarterly bill, or at least quite soon. As you know you will be using about 10% of the electricity. This is the sort of thing we all need to be doing. I am still guilty with some old style outside lighting which will be my next task before next winter.
Dod
UncleEbenezer wrote:That was before bloomin' standing charges came to dominate the bill and actual usage became marginal to it.
CliffEdge wrote:UncleEbenezer wrote:That was before bloomin' standing charges came to dominate the bill and actual usage became marginal to it.
Scandalous standing charges
staffordian wrote:It's now increaingly another hidden tax rather than a charge to cover distribution and similar costs, which it started as.
pje16 wrote:While I agree thay have gone up a lot they are not in fact hidden, they are quite clearly stated on your bill
scotview wrote:pje16 wrote:While I agree thay have gone up a lot they are not in fact hidden, they are quite clearly stated on your bill
Yes, but what are they for ?
Gersemi wrote:scotview wrote:pje16 wrote:While I agree thay have gone up a lot they are not in fact hidden, they are quite clearly stated on your bill
Yes, but what are they for ?
As I understand it at least part is to cover the costs of energy companies taking on the customers of companies that have gone bust. In the current climate the new company makes a loss on those new customers due to the energy cap (this is why there are pratically no deals to switch supplier available at the moment, they just don't want new customers), so they have to be bribed to take them on.
Gersemi wrote:scotview wrote:pje16 wrote:While I agree thay have gone up a lot they are not in fact hidden, they are quite clearly stated on your bill
Yes, but what are they for ?
As I understand it at least part is to cover the costs of energy companies taking on the customers of companies that have gone bust. In the current climate the new company makes a loss on those new customers due to the energy cap (this is why there are pratically no deals to switch supplier available at the moment, they just don't want new customers), so they have to be bribed to take them on.
UncleEbenezer wrote:And come to that, why the wide regional variation? Pretty regressive when poor rural oiks get charged 50% more than London and the affluent southeast!
pje16 wrote:staffordian wrote:It's now increaingly another hidden tax rather than a charge to cover distribution and similar costs, which it started as.
While I agree thay have gone up a lot they are not in fact hidden, they are quite clearly stated on your bill
pje16 wrote:Agreed with that too
more clarity would help and explain why they have gone up so much (perhaps that is why they just call it daily rate)
and that may have been what you meant by hidden
cheers
servodude wrote:Do you think that should extend to cost & profit/margin?
It's been a messed up market for decades
UncleEbenezer wrote:And come to that, why the wide regional variation?
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