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Temperature was in double figures all night last night in the HighlandsIt was 3c when I left for work this morning and I live in east anglia, not the Scottish highlands.
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Temperature was in double figures all night last night in the HighlandsIt was 3c when I left for work this morning and I live in east anglia, not the Scottish highlands.
It's going to get to the point where people just can't pay the bills any longer.
This is the problem, with the expected increase in October most supplier are expecting that 30-40% of their customers wont be able to pay their bills. If this truely happens to this extent or anywhere near this extent, then expect plenty more suppliers to go under and I dont think even the big ones will be safe this time. If the market collapses or some of the big suppliers fail no doubt there will be those shouting great nationalise them (like we have done with Bulb) but then will also complain that their standing charge goes up again to pay for the nationalised suppliers (as is the case with Bulb)
Still amazes me that people complaining about the standing charge being so high and spouting claims that the suppliers are using the standing charge to massage their profits due to the price cap but what they dont realise is you're, paying £0.1863 PER DAY on your standing charge to offset the cost of nationalising Bulb. Thats why the standing charge has gone from 25-30p to 45p and upwards.
Agreed. The press publishing headline numbers that are actually what an AVERAGE household will pay is rather meaningless to a lot of people
It's a price cap PER UNIT and this should be made much more clear. Most don't read past the headline.
Damn, mine's been off for a full two months!Heating has been off for a few days. Except for a blast every now and again if it's cold in the morning. But default off at the moment
Damn, mine's been off for a full two months!
Just had to order more heating oil at £1/litre, double the usual rate (it's why I shut the heating off a couple of weeks earlier than I might otherwise: prices were even more insane at that point - something like £1.70)
still amazes me too - that unit prices are not tiered for those on smarter meters so that lighter users pay the same overall price per unit as high users, whilst maintaining the minimum (standing, 0 use) price per day.Still amazes me that people complaining about the standing charge being so high and spouting claims that the suppliers are using the standing charge to massage their profits due to the price cap but what they dont realise is you're, paying £0.1863 PER DAY on your standing charge to offset the cost of nationalising Bulb. Thats why the standing charge has gone from 25-30p to 45p and upwards.
still amazes me too - that unit prices are not tiered for those on smarter meters so that lighter users pay the same overall price per unit as high users, whilst maintaining the minimum (standing, 0 use) price per day.
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like media discussed today futures market currently has gas price stabilized through xmas 2022, but, suppliers who purchased that xmas gas in march panic may have now overpayed.
There are lots of people currently on fixed tariffs who will be on the flexible tariffs soon. Lots of them have not budgeted the change in their plans so they're in for a rude awakening.
If your fixed tariff is coming to an end before/during this winter, it's best to set aside some extra money now to give yourself the extra funds you'll need in winter.
I don't get these talked about measures for dealing with the October rise - they seem to be based around the notion prices will peak this year, compared to the long term, and eventually come down below what they were at the start of this year - I'm just not seeing that, we'll be lucky if the floor doesn't continue to rise.
Next year we'll have to start paying back the £200 levy as well.The £200 loan is absurd when the cap next year is projected to be only 14% lower than this October's price cap.