Energy Suppliers
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Bit like other government projects. The Elizabeth underground line keeps getting delayed by years and don't get me started with HS2.
We are not like the Chinese where we cut through all the health and safety etc and bang out stuff quickly. So much red tape everywhere. Not surprising it takes long to build such a thing, because if it goes wrong the consequences are disastrous.
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Hard to tell the point you're making here. We shouldn't abide by health and safety?
Haha. No, I was not tying to say that. Was just saying what they tend to do, not that I condone or support it. Was a badly throughout sentence made in the middle of the night after being woken up by my bladderHard to tell the point you're making here. We shouldn't abide by health and safety?
I support nuclear, my takeaway point was that we aren't building them quickly enough. H&S is important, but only started building one site in 11 years isn't going to cover our countries energy requirements (and probably another 10 years before that reactor is actually connected to the grid)
This has came about pampering to the people wanting green energy tomorrow, as well as our right wing/centre governments favouring private ownership of essential infrastructure.
To me the proper solution is bring back coal power plants, commission many more nuclear plants and have them all state owned, the needs of profit wont be a factor and any losses covered by general taxation. As I mentioned a month or two ago, the BBC predicted this almost two decades ago.
Realistically we will continue to rely on private and over sea supplies, so in that case the best that can be done is removing VAT, removing levies, and adding a social tariff.
On top of this the way inflation is calculated probably needs an overhaul so people reliant on living wage increase and/or universal credit have more realistic calculations to take into account the "true" cost of living.
I expect what will actually happen is we will all be told tough luck, grin and bear it, all we have is the price cap.
To me the proper solution is bring back coal power plants, commission many more nuclear plants and have them all state owned, the needs of profit wont be a factor and any losses covered by general taxation. As I mentioned a month or two ago, the BBC predicted this almost two decades ago.
Realistically we will continue to rely on private and over sea supplies, so in that case the best that can be done is removing VAT, removing levies, and adding a social tariff.
On top of this the way inflation is calculated probably needs an overhaul so people reliant on living wage increase and/or universal credit have more realistic calculations to take into account the "true" cost of living.
I expect what will actually happen is we will all be told tough luck, grin and bear it, all we have is the price cap.
I'm all for nuclear energy but fracking is crazy, destabilising sub strata so you can extract potential natural gas that might not even be flammable... Yeah sure that's a grand idea and totally not financially viable!
Slight problem here, coal has to be imported to keep the plants we have operating, if we were to recommission or build new that would require even more importation of coal.
Coal with carbon capture could work as a stop gap, but you'd need the impetus to actually improve the alternatives in the meantime, I suspect our government would just say "Tax breaks for all!!!11one" and we'd be screwed a decade later instead.
I have just under £900 credit on octopus now, they took 2 DD's again this past month.
Another stern email to be sent as its getting beyond ridiculous.
Note the DD date, in 3 days it will be just under a grand.
How much energy a month do you use? I'd be cancelling the DD if I had a £900 credit account - that would probably last me 2 years.
What they gonna do, call in the debt collectors?
They said I would be in breach of contract when I last threatened, but that was when I was in a fixed rate deal, I dont want to be booted of their service, and ultimately no DD means I pay the premium for not paying by DD so they win both ways which sucks.
On my last actual meter readings on the new prices its about £70 month electric £20 gas. (during winter as this was nov-dec).
-- fixed error.
If I click change my payments, they just increase it again a few weeks later.
Ask to go on variable payments.
How does that work? do I still keep the DD discount?
Yes, you pay for what you use each month.
Sounds good, I will ask for that, does it also stay as £0 then if I have a credit balance?
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Yes at first it will use all your credit up, then each month it will go in debt and will bill you that much and keep your account at £0.
£1000 in credit is egregious. You should reduce your DD to £10 a month, that way you get any DD-based discounts and dont fall foul of any penalty clauses.
Alternatively, which is what i did, is you can ask for a portion to be repaid to you via bank transfer. I did this when mine got to £350 and i took £250 out. Particularly worth doing with the lack of stability in these providers; you wont lose your cash per se but it'll be a pain in the backside to get back.
Alternatively, which is what i did, is you can ask for a portion to be repaid to you via bank transfer. I did this when mine got to £350 and i took £250 out. Particularly worth doing with the lack of stability in these providers; you wont lose your cash per se but it'll be a pain in the backside to get back.