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Originally Posted by nomadking
How would them not being privatised necessarily led to lower prices? The cost of obtaining the fuel, inflation, wage inflation, 'climate change' taxes etc would still be there.
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It may mean lower prices to the consumer but it would mean a much higher tax subsidy from the government if they where still state owned so either way the consumer loses under state ownership ,at least with private ownership the government and tax payer benefit from the tax revenue generated by these companies and if regulated properly there can be strong competition ,it would be even better if the government had a coherent energy policy that goes further than throwing the voters a bone come election time
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Originally Posted by nomadking
How is customer usage fairly consistent when it varies with the weather? If October turns out to be warmer than normal, customers will use less than normal and yet the companies still have to cover the costs that are not directly related to usage.
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on a yearly basis and using my own bills as a example i would say they are pretty consistant