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arista 18-09-2021 02:39 AM

Gas & Electricty Prices Crises (Poor got £650)
 
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arista 18-09-2021 02:42 AM

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arista 19-09-2021 12:42 AM

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Alf 19-09-2021 01:38 AM

"Who can we blame for the mess we've created?"

"Russia is the usual avenue we take" .

"Quite right, let's pin it on Russia"

user104658 19-09-2021 07:59 AM

FFS My energy bills already went up 40% last month when my fixed tariff ended :fist:. Though my bills are like 80% electricity. We seem to use like 2x the average for a house of the same size :think:.

arista 19-09-2021 08:08 AM

First Subject On Marr
Newspapers

Gas Firms going Under,

Cherie 19-09-2021 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 11095616)
FFS My energy bills already went up 40% last month when my fixed tariff ended :fist:. Though my bills are like 80% electricity. We seem to use like 2x the average for a house of the same size :think:.

Playstation...and streaming...are the culprits

user104658 19-09-2021 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 11095618)
Playstation...and streaming...are the culprits

I think it's actually the heated airer... it's on 24/7 from October - late April... the stream of clothes that need drying is endless though. ENDLESS. It doesn't make sense, I'm convinced we wash more clothes than can possibly be being worn.

James 19-09-2021 12:45 PM

What I pay is going up 40% soon also.

Compare the Market didn't help much this time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 11095620)
I think it's actually the heated airer... it's on 24/7 from October - late April... the stream of clothes that need drying is endless though. ENDLESS. It doesn't make sense, I'm convinced we wash more clothes than can possibly be being worn.

I use a washing line whenever possible now. Apparently you save 60p each time.

Alf 19-09-2021 12:48 PM

Get cold up in Scotland, does it?

user104658 19-09-2021 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James (Post 11095814)
What I pay is going up 40% soon also.

Compare the Market didn't help much this time.



I use a washing line whenever possible now. Apparently you save 60p each time.


I had to do a switch even to get just a 40% increase - my old supplier was wanting to double it!

user104658 19-09-2021 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alf (Post 11095816)
Get cold up in Scotland, does it?


My house is well insulated but that’s half the issue for clothes in winter. Can’t put them outside because it’s too cold/wet, but if I have the central heating on for more than a couple of hours the house gets too hot, so so can’t dry stuff on radiators either. So the heated aired is the only option and I think it probably costs a fortune. Like £50/month :umm2:.

bots 19-09-2021 01:21 PM

electricity has increased massively over the last few years. I used to blaze out the old 60w and 100w lightbulbs all over the house without a thought. Now i have led lighting everywhere and my electric is still 3 times the cost of my gas

user104658 19-09-2021 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11095830)
electricity has increased massively over the last few years. I used to blaze out the old 60w and 100w lightbulbs all over the house without a thought. Now i have led lighting everywhere and my electric is still 3 times the cost of my gas

Lighting is cheap as chips these days (with the 5 to 10w bulbs), like £10/year if you had a main light on 24/7. In my house it's things like desktop PC, Playstation, TV, other electronics constantly on charge (although things like laptops and phones don't use all that much usually) and the dreaded heated airer. Plus the washing machine itself tbf which runs like 2x a day :umm2:. We've also had massive industrial-sized fans running all summer.

arista 19-09-2021 04:03 PM

[Both Utility Point and People's Energy have
announced they have gone bust
Over half a million customers are told
to wait whilst a new supplier is found]

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...sit-tight.html

Sept 14th

user104658 19-09-2021 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11095942)
[Both Utility Point and People's Energy have
announced they have gone bust
Over half a million customers are told
to wait whilst a new supplier is found]

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...sit-tight.html

Sept 14th

I keep going with small suppliers, and they keep going bust, and they keep getting transferred to ****ing EDF. I was with EDF before I started switching to small suppliers! They tried to tell me my annual Gas & Electricity combined estimate was £4000+ a year, for a family of 4 in a semi-detached :facepalm: and set my direct debit as something like £370 a month! I don't want to be with bloody EDF! :fist: Why are they forcing me to always go back.

arista 20-09-2021 02:43 AM

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arista 20-09-2021 10:26 AM

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arista 20-09-2021 10:46 AM

Our back-up supply from France
has halted as a Base caught fire
and will not be up a running until
March 2022.


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arista 20-09-2021 02:34 PM

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Cherie 20-09-2021 03:22 PM

no light, no heat, no food :laugh:

arrggggggggh


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