Gas & Electricity

Loads of residents and businesses are robbing their gas and electric. It’s dangerous but pretty easy to do. The tenants I come across who do this don’t get prosecuted, they just get new meters fitted and repeat. There’s gonna be more of this and more fires and gas explosions and people electrocuted as a result.
 
In 2021, fuel companies received $8.2bn in tax bailouts.
 
Shell, Chevron, BP & Exxon meanwhile netted a record-breaking $75bn in profits.  
These companies then bought over $6.6bn of their shares back and expected to purchase $22bn in 2022.
I’d imagine that last figure is now much much higher.

Government still nowhere to be seen.……..

Mind you, there’s probably a few ministers/MP’s hosting energy company lobbying groups and vigorously opposing any measures to correct this imbalance.
 
Blue Maverick said:
That’s doesn’t sound right, your standing charges alone would be about £20 so £42 in 30 days are you not turning anything on having a shower or bath? Who is that with?
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SO FLEX - ELECTRICITY - 1 RATE
08 Jul 2022 - 07 Aug 2022
Meter Readings
08 Jul 2022 36174.0 Customer Read
08 Aug 2022 36314.0 Customer Read
Energy Used 140.0 kWh @ 28.2190 p/kWh £39.51
Standing Charge (31 days @ 30.6095 p/day) £9.49
Total Electricity Charges £49.00

That's off my bill mate.

With SoEnergy.

I shower at home maybe 3 days a week. Rest of the time I'm showering at the gym. I work in office basically full time so using little to no power at home for computers etc during the day.

Just two of us in the house.
 
decmancity said:
SO FLEX - ELECTRICITY - 1 RATE
08 Jul 2022 - 07 Aug 2022
Meter Readings
08 Jul 2022 36174.0 Customer Read
08 Aug 2022 36314.0 Customer Read
Energy Used 140.0 kWh @ 28.2190 p/kWh £39.51
Standing Charge (31 days @ 30.6095 p/day) £9.49
Total Electricity Charges £49.00

That's off my bill mate.

With SoEnergy.

I shower at home maybe 3 days a week. Rest of the time I'm showering at the gym. I work in office basically full time so using little to no power at home for computers etc during the day.

Just two of us in the house.
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Thought you had gas too…
 
decmancity said:
SO FLEX - ELECTRICITY - 1 RATE
08 Jul 2022 - 07 Aug 2022
Meter Readings
08 Jul 2022 36174.0 Customer Read
08 Aug 2022 36314.0 Customer Read
Energy Used 140.0 kWh @ 28.2190 p/kWh £39.51
Standing Charge (31 days @ 30.6095 p/day) £9.49
Total Electricity Charges £49.00

That's off my bill mate.

With SoEnergy.

I shower at home maybe 3 days a week. Rest of the time I'm showering at the gym. I work in office basically full time so using little to no power at home for computers etc during the day.

Just two of us in the house.
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140 kWh of electricity in a month equates to 2800 kWh per year. That’s pretty normal if there’s only 2 of you in the house and is similar to my latest annual usage figures. So nothing really untoward about that bill. Remember though that the really big price rises are still to come and electricity is going to go through the roof as well as gas.
 
decmancity said:
SO FLEX - ELECTRICITY - 1 RATE
08 Jul 2022 - 07 Aug 2022
Meter Readings
08 Jul 2022 36174.0 Customer Read
08 Aug 2022 36314.0 Customer Read
Energy Used 140.0 kWh @ 28.2190 p/kWh £39.51
Standing Charge (31 days @ 30.6095 p/day) £9.49
Total Electricity Charges £49.00

That's off my bill mate.

With SoEnergy.

I shower at home maybe 3 days a week. Rest of the time I'm showering at the gym. I work in office basically full time so using little to no power at home for computers etc during the day.

Just two of us in the house.
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Fair enough that’s pretty good, unfortunatel/fortunately there are two of us at home all day now, so our usage is a lot more, I have quick showers now and tbh we are quite good with what we use but the prices revises will be a bastard anyway.
 
I do wonder how many businesses will close due to the rise in the utilities or push people to work from home again so their bills aren’t as much.
 
It’s way beyond taxation policy towards private companies. Whatever you do they will find a way to avoid, charge more so why bother.

Nationalise and supply at not for profit or even a set profit which goes towards social policy funding.
 
Blue Maverick said:
I do wonder how many businesses will close due to the rise in the utilities or push people to work from home again so their bills aren’t as much.
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Our kids will all be in schools this winter as well. Will the heating be on or will they be sat in coats and scarves?
 
denislawsbackheel said:
Thought you had gas too…
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SO FLEX - GAS
08 Jul 2022 - 07 Aug 2022
Meter Readings
08 Jul 2022 10999.0 Customer Read
08 Aug 2022 11002.0 Customer Read
Consumption 3.0 m³
Energy Used* 33.7 kWh @ 7.1429 p/kWh £2.41
Standing Charge (31 days @ 25.9143 p/day) £8.03
Product Type Variable Rate
Total Gas Charges £10.44
 
Scottyboi said:
How much does the coal and logs cost you per day Marco?
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i get the logs at the start of the summer so they dry out, a cubic ton bag is around £35 probably double that for the ready to burn logs, other places such as home bargains you can pick up the pre dried logs around 3.99 a bag but thats going to be expensive, never realy worked the costing out TBH, i'd say 3 or 4 good logs will give me around 90 minutes burn time, so if i put it on say around 6pm when i get in i can burn 12 logs so about £1.50 a night, i source other stuff like waste timber etc and burn it with logs so this reduces the running cost even more, coal gives a better heat as it burns at a higher temp but not keen on using it as it smokes the fire glass, had it in over 7 years now and wouldnt be without it
 
Someone I know is setting up a website to help- asking for ideas on a micro economical scale, for the individual, something that as a company can achieve in the short term?

Any ideas ?
 
According to the CIA Factbook, the length of the UK coastline is around 12,429 km or 7,723 miles
A tide comes in and out around this country -twice a day -if that isn’t the future of harnassing energy I don’t know what is.
www.marinetechnologynews.com

New Current and Tidal Turbines Guidelines

International classification society and certification group Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to…
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SJT said:
According to the CIA Factbook, the length of the UK coastline is around 12,429 km or 7,723 miles
A tide comes in and out around this country -twice a day -if that isn’t the future of harnassing energy I don’t know what is.
www.marinetechnologynews.com

New Current and Tidal Turbines Guidelines

International classification society and certification group Bureau Veritas has published a set of guidelines, NI 603, intended to…
www.marinetechnologynews.com www.marinetechnologynews.com
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How does it affect the wildlife in the area? Is it minimal?
 
marco said:
i get the logs at the start of the summer so they dry out, a cubic ton bag is around £35 probably double that for the ready to burn logs, other places such as home bargains you can pick up the pre dried logs around 3.99 a bag but thats going to be expensive, never realy worked the costing out TBH, i'd say 3 or 4 good logs will give me around 90 minutes burn time, so if i put it on say around 6pm when i get in i can burn 12 logs so about £1.50 a night, i source other stuff like waste timber etc and burn it with logs so this reduces the running cost even more, coal gives a better heat as it burns at a higher temp but not keen on using it as it smokes the fire glass, had it in over 7 years now and wouldnt be without it
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Sounds like a good idea buying the ton bag, I've got a log burner but will have a newborn in October so don't fancy using it this winter till they are abit older. Fortunately still have a year on a good deal.
 
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