Double-digit rise in Npower bills

[ginge51]

Energy firm Npower has announced that electricity prices for its domestic customers will rise by 12.7%, while gas bills will see a 17.2% increase.

Npower, the UK's fourth-largest energy provider, said it had been "forced to put up prices" because of soaring wholesale energy costs.

It said it expected rival energy providers to follow suit with their own price rises "very shortly".

Npower's four million customers will pay the higher prices from 5 January.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7171345.stm

Jesus this is terrible news for family's on low income
For all of us in fact.
Petrol is sky high here now gas and electric have had there prices increased between 12% and 18%
Unacceptable.
I can see many many strikes in the uk this year.
It's just unaffordable.

[Bri_G]

I think it's time to move to Canada.

[Tricky]

Would agree we must be close to a real recession the way shares are going down and confidence in the banking sector.

I would bet that other companies will follow NPower's lead

[ginge51]

Originally Posted by Tricky

I would bet that other companies will follow NPower's lead

It said it expected rival energy providers to follow suit with their own price rises "very shortly".

[WHISTLED]

I dont even know who my gas and electric are with.. Probbaly NPOWER knowing me

[ginge51]

Originally Posted by WHISTLED

I dont even know who my gas and electric are with.. Probbaly NPOWER knowing me

It only needs one to start the ball rolling mate
And npower has started the others will follow suit

[Xaccers]

I thought someone mentioned on the radio that wholesale price of energy had gone up 60%

we have plenty of bloody gas but nowhere to store it so it goes to europe and sold back to us at a mark up which is just bloody typical of doormat Britain. Im with Npower but I bet a pound to a dollop of crap if I switch they will all up there rates and ill end up having to switch back again. Damn the government in this country for the last 35 years to hell. I love living here but the government are all idiots and everyone wanting to take up politics should be shot at dawn and people put in power cuz of levels of intelligence and common sense and not because they are power hungry pratts. And before you say why am I ranting on political its cuz if the government invested instead of sellings in Thatchers day and didnt join the bloody crap factory thats the common market things would be a whole lot better here

[BBKing]

I think it's time to move to Canada.

Yes, because if there's one thing Canada is famous for it's the lack of necessity for heating...

Not sure I follow that, myself.

we have plenty of bloody gas

Not any more, we don't, we produce less than we use, which means we need to buy it off someone else, which means the Russians these days, and they're currently writing historical textbooks praising Stalin, so you can see which way that's going...

We have plenty of coal, but no miners.

Thats different to what they said on the news tonight

BB you and Mr A should be in charge lol

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by BBKing

Yes, because if there's one thing Canada is famous for it's the lack of necessity for heating...

Not sure I follow that, myself.

Well, you know what they say, when someone emigrates from the UK to Canada, the IQ goes up in both countries

Originally Posted by Xaccers

Well, you know what they say, when someone emigrates from the UK to Canada, the IQ goes up in both countries

oh and you you have some power too lol

[Mr Angry]

We are Zing, we are.

[Bri_G]

Canada is great, nice people, everywhere is clean, great mountains and countryside and no reliance on North Sea Gas.

Originally Posted by Bri_G

Canada is great, nice people, everywhere is clean, great mountains and countryside and no reliance on North Sea Gas.

Norway is good - some of the same attributes as Canada, nice people, etc - and an alternative to Russia for our gas supply