Energy bill increases

[jowwy]

I know you didn't. But you have fallen into the media trap of quoting the £3k amount, which MANY people will then assume is a cap on the total bill (as per Phaeton's post above).

You aren't saying it is a cap on total bill, neither are the media. But by talking about a cap and then giving (the average) total bill amount as a headline (without "the average" being stated in the headline), that is how many read it. I think it is fundamentally dishonest of the media (and the government) to state it in that fashion.

And they don't always even make it clear in the text of the article, so it hardly surprising people read it that way.
For instance:
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-households-to-pay-more-for-energy-from-april
Never uses the word "average" or mentions unit price.

Thius one is bit better, though the headline is still just as bad
https://metro.co.uk/2022/11/17/cost...energy-price-cap-to-3000-from-april-17775910/

and how many, of those MANY people do you think are on here??? come on alex your taking issue with something only a few people on here would even consider an issue....

Lets agree to disagree before even more people take umbrage to my posts.....

 

[Alex321]

and how many, of those MANY people do you think are on here??? come on alex your taking issue with something only a few people on here would even consider an issue....

Lets agree to disagree before even more people take umbrage to my posts.....

I have no idea how many of those people are one here - but some certainly are, as one has posted to that effect above.

It isn't really about agreeing to disagree, I just feel we shouldn't be simply quoting media headlines which are fundamentally misleading. Even if only a few are actually mislead by it, we really shouldn't be propagating that.

 

[jowwy]

I have no idea how many of those people are one here - but some certainly are, as one has posted to that effect above.

It isn't really about agreeing to disagree, I just feel we shouldn't be simply quoting media headlines which are fundamentally misleading. Even if only a few are actually mislead by it, we really shouldn't be propagating that.

from what i have seen and read...i think the issue around the wording is more your issue, as you stated in your first post, than any one else's

But again agre to disagree

this is what you said and no one else has said the same, but probably will now just because i have said that

 

[Alex321]

from what i have seen and read...i think the issue around the wording is more your issue, as you stated in your first post, than any one else's

But again agre to disagree

this is what you said and no one else has said the same, but probably will now just because i have said that

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It is what @Phaeton said above that he first thought it meant.

 

[potsy]

I've heard a couple of people at work say they will be using as much energy as they want this winter with the £2500 cap in place.
I did try to explain but I don't think they believed me

 

[fossyant]

I've heard a couple of people at work say they will be using as much energy as they want this winter with the £2500 cap in place.
I did try to explain but I don't think they believed me

Good god, they will get a hammering - they obviously can't be reading their meters often.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I've heard a couple of people at work say they will be using as much energy as they want this winter with the £2500 cap in place.
I did try to explain but I don't think they believed me

I suspect they are not alone, it's very bad spin

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I've heard a couple of people at work say they will be using as much energy as they want this winter with the £2500 cap in place.
I did try to explain but I don't think they believed me

We should start taxing idiocy imo .😁

 

[si_c]

We should start taxing idiocy imo .😁

Is this not that?

 

[derrick]

Any oldies had there winter heating allowance paid to them yet?

 

[Scaleyback]

Any oldies had there winter heating allowance paid to them yet?

I think it's alphabetical ? I'm a ' R ' so at the back end of. the queue.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Good god, they will get a hammering - they obviously can't be reading their meters often.

Yeah but a price cap of £3,000 for unlimited energy use, why wouldn’t they?

 

[mjr]

So what will the unit price be?

 

[presta]

the mythical average consumer, which I'm not sure still has been explained who they are

This is the most up to date data, it's been suspended since 2020 because homeworking during lockdown altered the typical usage patterns.

 

[Alex321]

So what will the unit price be?

I can't find that anywhere, but it actually varies slightly by region.

These are the current (from 1st October) rates
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...l-rates/energy-price-guarantee-regional-rates

I can't find a similar chart yet for the rates from April.

Apparently the "typical" costs given are derived by taking the median usage levels multiplied by the average unit cost cap.