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Energy Suppliers Profits - Should they be curbed
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Feb 2013 22:31 |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Feb 2013 21:58 |
I hope you are now actually basing your comments on fact John rather than purely making them up. lol |
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Rambling | Report | 28 Feb 2013 21:35 |
Through the door this week, BG leaflet, Free loft insulation, free cavity wall insulation...worth looking into if you have rising bills, not just for BG customers: |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Feb 2013 21:28 |
OFG. It is big salaries that upsets me too. Not only the £2m a year they get for running the company but the fully expenesed and chauffeured limo, the second luxury car for the spouse, the shares, the ......... |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Feb 2013 13:05 |
I agree that renationalisation is not really an option and that regulation is key. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 28 Feb 2013 12:49 |
I do not dispute that some of the profits will be re-invested, but I do object to large bonuses being taken by those that run the energy companies, the link below gives you some idea of the amounts they creamed off after their 2011 results, noses in the trough comes to mind. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Feb 2013 12:29 |
I think the figures are a little meaningless if you have made them up. |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Feb 2013 12:11 |
Sorry, Errol. You are right. Picked quarter of a million out of air. Probably about 75% of the 235,000. That is my feeling, and I think it would not be far out for the county. So about 170,000 people in a small area. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Feb 2013 12:00 |
I think that could be said for most areas of the UK. |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Feb 2013 11:17 |
Not everyone, Errol. But a lot of people in the Valleys have about £200 a week to live on and, if energy bills are more than £20 per week, that would be classified as fuel poverty. If you own your own house, it is possible to live quite well on that sort of income down here. But you do rely on bills increasing by no more than your wages/pension increases. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Feb 2013 10:53 |
The Rhondda? |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Feb 2013 10:42 |
Errol. Think companies are saying (and not very loudly) that prices are rocketing and due to increase again by a phenomenal amount next winter. |
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eRRolSheep | Report | 28 Feb 2013 10:34 |
That is absolutely shocking. |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Feb 2013 09:28 |
In an interview yesterday, BG boss said that profits represented £50 per household. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 28 Feb 2013 08:38 |
British Gas profits boosted by colder weather, Ian Peters from British Gas told the BBC the profit and price rises were "not connected" |
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