Energy bills: Plans for new tariffs with no standing charge
Energy bills: Plans for new tariffs with no standing charge
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Energy bills: Plans for new tariffs with no standing charge
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Good about a year ago, the price of my gas and electricity went down but my standing charge went up enough that I ended up paying more. Then again, I'm sure they'll just find another way to screw you.
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I remember when my energy company went public. Literally the next bill was double. Supposedly they separated the delivery charge and a few other charges from the energy usage, at least that's what they told me. I had several computers running 24/7 and it was costing more to GET the power than I was using. Then a few years later they decided to do "time-of-use" billing with 3 different charges depending on time of day. Yeah, they will screw you at every opportunity
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Of course they will, this is definitely a step in the right direction, but I'm not fooling myself into thinking what ever tariff they conjure up is going to be substantially cheaper.
Energy provision should never be for-profit, it should offer what is a necessity for people at the markets unit prices plus any maintenance/development on top.
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Can someone explain this, I don't get it.
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Currently with energy suppliers we have to pay two charges:
- A charge for each unit of gas/electric used
- A "standing charge" - a bullshit charge applied daily. The companies claim it is a charge for the service of giving us said energy
The goal of this is to get rid of the standing charge as for example if someone is on holiday with no appliances running they are still being charged. It will in theory benefit those who try to limit their energy usage as much as possible. But energy companies will figure something out to avoid losing money from this.
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They will implement it in a way that makes 99% of prople worse off so no one takes it up and they can "prove" it's not wanted.
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