re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Oh for gods sake not the tired old "reopen the mines that will sort all our problems" like it did in the mid eighties when their union drove the industry into the ground. Opening old coal mines is not the answer to any of today's problems and most of my wider family worked in the nottinghamshire mines and all of them are now dead as well from illnesses derived from that industry. We need to look forward for our answers not to some rose tinted bygone time and that's one of the problems in the UK the nostalgia factor can be crippling.

Arthur i recently agreed loosely with one of your points you can when you try make a semi decent argument but these rants are not it. Your complete inability to recognise that it isn't only this government that has royally screwed us is annoying putting it politely sometimes and whilst this government does have things to answer for you raise none of them.

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

I actually agree with Arthur... opening up Minefields and getting the unemployed to work in them will indeed reduce the number of unemployed.

My hat is off to you Arthur,a very cunning plan.THAT'll sort 'em out!! ;)

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Soon it'll be cheaper to keep warm by burning £5 notes.

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Not sure how it works exactly but some energy suppliers have a scheme for those on low income, disabled or over 75. Something like a rebate at the end of a year of paying or something like that. Not really useful for those that can't afford it in the first place but may help some towards the year after if it is a debit on the account. They don't seem to advertise it or make it easy to find for obvious reasons and I doubt those who can't afford fuel will be paying for internet so they can find it on their websites.

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Where's that?

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I watch it yes but I'm dammed if I'm paying for it.

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Don't those on income support get the winter fuel allowance?

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Only pensioners get the winter fuel allowance.

Re: Bad news everyone SSE to raise energy prices aprox 8.2 %
 

I'm with British Gas on duel fuel.
I'm paying £92 month.
Switching to Npower fixed Nov 14, it will be £81 month.

so if British Gas put it up 10% it'll be around £100 month.
so I can save around £20 month by switching.

trying to get a quote on BG's site, and it's impossible to get any figures. they're just quoting me the £81 I'm supposedly paying already to Npower.
they won't tell me how much they're charging me.

They've finally give in and told me.
it's between £97 - £102 month.
that's fixed Nov 14 and March 2016

Re: Bad news everyone SSE to raise energy prices aprox 8.2 %
 

"£X per month calculations are often far from the truth. You need to find the cost per kwh (and standing charge per day if the tariff works like that). Then you have to figure out what the "discounts" actually mean (£x for paperless billing might actually mean £x off at the end of a full year). And of course, make sure the figures include VAT! Then make sure you take account of any account closure fees.

The "simpler" tariffs are far from that IMHO, all smoke and mirrors... and worse.

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Income Support can trigger Cold Weather payments IF the temperature stays below 0c for 7 days...6 days doesn't cut it...

https://www.gov.uk/cold-weather-payment/eligibility

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Not sure how all that stuff works tbh, although I think it is different to those payments.

Found the page on the BG site, it's a government scheme run by the energy suppliers....looks better than I originally thought: http://www.britishgas.co.uk/products...-discount.html

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Its called Employment Support Allowance instead of Income support now Taf and yes you are right about that it has to be for 7 consecutive days.

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Nationalise it back to how it was!! what folly to have to 'shop around' for electricity and gas - its the same **** that comes out of the wire and pipes so shut the f*ck up about tarriffs

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

Isn't it like petrol where it cleans your engine whilst you drive?

I'd say my electric was nice and sharp at the moment. but I expect that to change when Npower send it to my house.

re: [MERGED] Utility companies - price rises
 

What's the difference, the light and heating will still be going out except in this case it'll be because people can't afford it rather than strikes and why was the only solution to sell them of?

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How, they.aren't investing in the case of water companies, these companies aren't competing to give customers a better deal they behave like a cartel.

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Really, I expect to see a cut in services, prices rising and job cuts

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Iirc that's been scrapped by most if not all companies

Re: Bad news everyone SSE to raise energy prices aprox 8.2 %
 

It's ok, I've checked it all.
kwh, VAT, standing charge, and cancellation fees.
I just want to be one of the many that tell BG to stick their energy up their bum.