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Originally Posted by arista

[Energy firm bosses are being asked to justify their recent price rises by MPs questioning them in the House of Commons.]
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A Labour MP just had a go at the Energy Bosses
saying Profits are High.
They said check a Supermarket or Phone Company
they have the same profits.
And the Profits are needed to carry on Trading.
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That was a point someone raised on QT a couple of weeks ago as well, apparently the energy companies typically run profit margins of about 5-6% which is the same as most of the major supermarkets