what are peoples gas bill rising to ?

I'm trying to get an answer now about the standing charge that's coming...how much are we all going to be paying...?
Seriously sounds frightening some of the figures that my mates are mentioning....between 4 and 6 hundred a month In some cases...wtf!!!!
How is this even going to be enforceable...
Mines ~£150 electric and ~£120 gas for now, but by winter that will probably be £150 electric and £200 gas, even without the increases.

With them going up I'm expecting ~£500 from October and ~£600 from January.
 
Ours has gone from £57pcm (company went bust) to £95 to £125, in less than 12 months and expecting it to be £210 come Oct and From Jan £270 ish, then come April 2023 I expect we will be on the Buzz Lightyear tariff, to Infiniti and beyond.
 
I pay £150 a month with BG and it'll stay that way, regardless of what the price cap is. I just can't afford to pay more and run my house. Especially as my mortgage payment has just gone up £125 a month too. I'll deal with the debt later when I'm in a better position to overpay.
Exactly. This is what I can't figure out. People are fixing at stupid high prices now. That's exactly what the energy companies want. Do folks serious believe they'll reduce this daylight robbery without been forced to?
 
I’ve informed the Mrs that if ours goes up beyond 250 a month then I’ll call them an tell em to disconnect us - i refuse to fund the lifestyles of fat cat Tory vvankers
 
Standing charges cover a number of things, the reason for the increase is listed as:

  • The cost of moving everyone whose firm went bust to new suppliers.

  • Increases in fixed network costs (the cost of maintaining the energy networks).

  • An increase in policy costs (such as green levies and the rise in the warm home discount rebate).
Absolute bull Shyte. These companies are just utterly ruthless and determined to make a profit no matter who suffers or who can afford it or not.
Just shows you that a public necessity should never ever be privatised ever ever ever….
 
The consequences of free market economy, which is exactly what the government want. Or what their donors want, to be more accurate.

I simply don't understand how the full increase in costs is passed onto the customer, rather than absorbed into the profit margins?

It's corrupt, something radical needs to change.
Great post Jonny
 
Absolute bull Shyte. These companies are just utterly ruthless and determined to make a profit no matter who suffers or who can afford it or not.
Just shows you that a public necessity should never ever be privatised ever ever ever….
Think you're confusing supply with generation / refining.
 
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