gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
It heard that energy companies are making record profits at the moment so surely, it means they are charging too much so they could afford to bring prices down?
Energy bill increases
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cougie uk
Guru
But it does have an effect on the mental health of the nation, it's like being told you are useless every day, eventually it'll start to make you question if you really are, I know that's extreme, but I've completely disengaged with the news wherever I can because there's no point in listening to it. Everybody lies, nobody gives a straight answer, they're all in it for what they can get out of it, or that's just the way it seems to me.
But I'm with @jowwy on this, my combined energy is about <£3 a day, of which 1/3 is standing charge.
It's the nature of news.
I don't imagine any other country is different and I don't see why people think that we are such a great nation.
The misinterpretation of Great Britain has a lot to blame for the mess we find ourselves in now.
vickster
Legendary Member
Possibly but some of that investment might be being used to research/implement alternative (greener) energy sources which can only be a good thing. No one else is going to do so
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The difference between an optimist & a cynic, I think they are just lining their pockets.
vickster
Legendary Member
I am sure you can look it all up in their annual reports.
I'm much happier in myself when being a half glass full (or indeed a bit more) optimist
Yeh its so annoying, we are trying to be less reliant on the grid, lower costs and outgoings and they just slap it on the standard charge instead.
My hope is that i sell enough back to the grid during the longer spring/summer/autumn months to cover the evening/night usage and cover the standing charges.....but time will tell if that happens with just the 3.2kw i can fit on the roof
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I agree - although it, sadly, has the same effect.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Great Nation - one for another thread really.
FWIW, & without getting political, I do think that GB is a great nation and a great place to live, albeit not without problems - although I do think Utopia is unachievable.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
What media are you watching? It's been widely reported for days. Even the BBC showed the graph as part of an explanation of the delay in the next mini budget.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
As I said, BBC have covered it in other stories. I can't find it on their website but that's a mess.
But it's definitely here:
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-gas-prices-why-have-they-been-falling-2022-10-26/
ITV: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-10-27...zero-wont-affect-energy-bills-expert-says?amp
Telegraph: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...as-fears-of-winter-shortages-ease/ar-AA13643l
and many more.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Shell profits doing very well 
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Shell profits doing very well
Sadly, mostly outside of UK juristiction.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Well, no, because it doesn't affect retail prices yet, so it should just be a fact box or footnote, shouldn't it?
