MSE news: Government says energy bills to rise: time to switch NOW
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Government says energy bills to rise: time to switch NOW
"Energy prices will rise from 2015 to pay for greener power, so it's worth acting to cut your bills..."
"Energy prices will rise from 2015 to pay for greener power, so it's worth acting to cut your bills..."
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I then phoned up nPower to check the savings and the customer services lady told me that the comparison sites where wrong and calculations on my current bill would actually work out to a difference of little over £1 so there wasn't much point in changing. So back to the comparison sites I went and this time I checked the finer details of what they said I am currently paying on my tarrif and the amounts were indeed incorrect.
So the question is how to I do an accurate comparison if the prices on line are incorrect ?
But to say that this is more important because bills in general are going to go up over the period to 2020 just doesn't make sense. If environmental measures mean that prices across the board are going up this doesn't mean the amount you can save by switching will go up. But as I say, people should shop around anyway to get the best deal they can.
Also, yes, wholesale prices of gas and electricity have fallen massively since last year's peaks, but the prices that consumers pay should not fall by the same proportion. Why? Because a sizeable proportion of the price we pay is to pay for the infrastructure to deliver the energy to our home, and this infrastructure doesn't suddenly beome cheaper if the oil price comes down. That said, I'm sure the suppliers could afford to bring down prices a bit further...
Go Swampy.:rotfl:
The Eco police will patrol with Infra Red Scanners issuing on the spot fines for those household exceeding their DCF (domestic carbon footprint)
Hysterical post... :rolleyes:
It's a win for the country, not just for the environment. Renewable energy isn't just green, it's indigenous. It means we're not reliant upon Russia for gas, for example.
Beats a '52 Vincent and a red headed girl
Absolutely, the headlines are frightening........
If only this could be relied on - ONLY going up by 8% a year. :eek:
If I was being cynical, it feels like the article is more about switching NOW and less about the impact of getting greener.
The time to switch hasn't suddenly come forward to today as a consequence of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, has it?
Mike
Its also unreliable ( windpower being the only practical option being promoted ATM)
What do you suggest we use for the 60% of the time when the wind ain't blowing?
However that costs, its all every well us doing it but it may have a knock on effect on the poor. Then where is why should we doing anything, countries like China and using massive amounts of energy and this will only get worse
Telegraph quoted this from Theresa Villiers, the shadow transport
"If Labour were really serious about green transport, they would scrap their deeply damaging plans for a third runway at Heathrow which will inflict major damage on our ability to fight climate change as well as undermining the quality of life of millions of people."
That's a myth: in fact wind power generates about 80% of the time. The country needs to have backup power, but it doesn't need to generate. The National Grid calculate we can have up to 25% of our capacity generated by intermittent source with no real problems.
To get higher than this - e.g. to the 30% target - then we need to connect into Europe. We already have interconnectors to Holland and France (importing nuclear, for example). It would make economic sense to build more of these rather than having overcapacity all over Europe.
Beats a '52 Vincent and a red headed girl