Energy price increase

woodbine

Prices will increase by 5% in January. 😞

Beaver79

Disappointing. They are to high already. 

cheekylittlekoala

I wish they would get rid of the standing charges.

woodbine

cheekylittlekoala said:

I wish they would get rid of the standing charges.

Agreed for most people if they went away for a month turning everything off they would come home to a bill for £30, would be fairer if they scrapped them and add some to the charge for actual usage.

michael57

give it with the left hand take more in the right nothing changes and never will

woodbine

michael57 said:

give it with the left hand take more in the right nothing changes and never will

in fairness it will only increase our electricity bill by around £25 a year (we don't have mains gas) and from April our joint benefits will increase by around £28 a week.

Hannah_Alumni

I know this news will be worrying for a lot of members. 

Please know Scope has some tips and support on the Get Ready For Winter Campaign webpage  

66Mustang

The prices are going up because wholesale has risen slightly.

I know it's an unoriginal thing to say but energy suppliers don't exist to make a loss. When the cost of the fuel they buy goes up they have to pass these costs on.

If anyone wants to get angry I suggest directing that ire at the various wars and political situations causing the wholesale costs to be so expensive, rather than the organisations who simply provide the service of converting the wholesale fuels into suitable energy for households and businesses.

P.S. No I don't work for an energy company. 

2oldcodgers

66Mustang said:

The prices are going up because wholesale has risen slightly.

I know it's an unoriginal thing to say but energy suppliers don't exist to make a loss. When the cost of the fuel they buy goes up they have to pass these costs on.

If anyone wants to get angry I suggest directing that ire at the various wars and political situations causing the wholesale costs to be so expensive, rather than the organisations who simply provide the service of converting the wholesale fuels into suitable energy for households and businesses.

P.S. No I don't work for an energy company. 

A lot of truth in that and something that everybody should bear in mind

michael57

2oldcodgers said:

66Mustang said:

The prices are going up because wholesale has risen slightly.

I know it's an unoriginal thing to say but energy suppliers don't exist to make a loss. When the cost of the fuel they buy goes up they have to pass these costs on.

If anyone wants to get angry I suggest directing that ire at the various wars and political situations causing the wholesale costs to be so expensive, rather than the organisations who simply provide the service of converting the wholesale fuels into suitable energy for households and businesses.

P.S. No I don't work for an energy company. 

A lot of truth in that and something that everybody should bear in mind

nothing to do with the shareholders needing to get there dividends then and if they do scrap the standing charge where will the lost money for them be made up 

2oldcodgers

michael57 said:

2oldcodgers said:

66Mustang said:

The prices are going up because wholesale has risen slightly.

I know it's an unoriginal thing to say but energy suppliers don't exist to make a loss. When the cost of the fuel they buy goes up they have to pass these costs on.

If anyone wants to get angry I suggest directing that ire at the various wars and political situations causing the wholesale costs to be so expensive, rather than the organisations who simply provide the service of converting the wholesale fuels into suitable energy for households and businesses.

P.S. No I don't work for an energy company. 

A lot of truth in that and something that everybody should bear in mind

nothing to do with the shareholders needing to get there dividends then and if they do scrap the standing charge where will the lost money for them be made up 

Without shareholders there wouldn't be a company. If you invested say £750,000 into a company what would you expect in return? A dividend of course - much like when a bank pays out interest on a deposit.
As for the standing charge it will simply be put on the cost of the fuel.
No one runs a business/company and expects/accepts a loss.