Gas & Electricity

[ell]

Got my projected annual bill last night £1.8k, imagine it will be a lot higher than that as we have a newborn

 

[Keep the Faith]

Those with Octopus, like me, should have noticed that in reality the standing charge for electricity has increased significantly.
Octopus had a "Loyalty Bonus" for the electricity standing charge of 13.15p a day, this will be discontinued from 1st October

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

From the Viz Comic Twitter feed:

 

[Centurions]

Looking at the replies to Martin it doesn't look so, although it is only from the 20th and could be the beginning of October at some point. I'll take the wife's card and check when I'm out later as she doesn't do online banking.

@Don Corleone No, the wife hasn't been paid yet, we'll have to wait and see.

 

[hampshireblue]

It's a necessary evil. Otherwise a lot business would go bump and their employees will be out of work. The business I work for is a manufacturing business that uses a high amount of gas & electric in its manufacturing process. I was at a senior meeting a couple of weeks ago where the management openly discussed the very real and possible need to close the business due to the increased energy costs. The business employs over 350 people and is the largest employer in the town of its location. Without the price cap it would in all reality probably close. That would be 350 people out of work. Multiply that across the country and you have a very serious set of problems on your hands. I'm no Truss fan but sitting on your hands and doing nothing is not an option. People will always criticise, but in most cases the most vocal of them have zero alternative credible ideas. We are living in truly extraordinary times. There is no normal anymore. At least Truss seems to be giving it a go.

I absolutely get that. But there has to be a way that the likes of these companies are expected to repay the bung. AS I see it, BP can leave all the lights on over the weekend in their HQ as they do now, and the taxpayer who is having to turn theirs off is paying the bloody bill.

 

[mancityvstoke]

British Gas estimate after this latest 1st Oct increases (40% increase Gas and 20% increase Elec)

£3,200 a year for me.

1st October 2022 =

Electricity per kWh now 33.476p from 28.014p. Up 19.5%.
Gas 10.327p from 7.34p. Up 40.7%.

 

[doots]

British Gas estimate after this latest 1st Oct increases (40% increase Gas and 20% increase Elec)

£3,200 a year for me.

1st October 2022 =

Electricity per kWh now 33.476p from 28.014p. Up 19.5%.
Gas 10.327p from 7.34p. Up 40.7%.

In a flat? Fuck me.
Same companies quoted me 1400,usually a grand so after the 400 quid gov 'help' I'm straight, I think.
2 bed semi.
I don't use the oven anymore or a tumble dryer.

 

[mancityvstoke]

In a flat? Fuck me.
Same companies quoted me 1400,usually a grand so after the 400 quid gov 'help' I'm straight, I think.
2 bed semi.
I don't use the oven anymore or a tumble dryer.

I'm in a house now mate , moved out of the flat a year ago. Wish I'd stayed.

 

[doots]

I'm in a house now mate , moved out of the flat a year ago. Wish I'd stayed.

Ah right, still bastard steep though pal.

 

[mancityvstoke]

In a flat? Fuck me.
Same companies quoted me 1400,usually a grand so after the 400 quid gov 'help' I'm straight, I think.
2 bed semi.
I don't use the oven anymore or a tumble dryer.

are you on a fixed rate or variable? £1,400 is well cheap

A year ago I was paying £1,100