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Can we buy direct from National Grid?

patman99 · 2009-04-01 22:31:01

I know that users of heating oil can club together to buy a full tanker load and save money that way, but want I want to know is, can a community (such as a large village) form their own Power Company & use it to buy electricity (and gas) at wholesale prices? If so, how would we go about it?.

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lemontart Posts: 6,037 Forumite

28 March 2012 at 5:00PM

simple answer no National Grid do not sell electricity or gas.

The run the transmission network for electricity ensuring it gets into the grid (highly simplified here) and transport gas, they do not own or produce the electricity or the gas they merely are a conduit for getting the products to the customers.

I am responsible me, myself and I alone I am not the keeper others thoughts and words.
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