British Gas hikes its prices again

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BRITISH GAS customers will pay an average £82 a year extra for their energy after the company announced an inflation-busting price rise starting next month.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/3224570/British-Gas-hikes-its-prices-again.html#ixzz154PZi5qM

I'm glad I'm on Fixed Price 2011.

webbit

http://www.centrica.com/index.asp?pageid=47&type=media

go to this link all contact details of BG media team including e mail and phone numbers bombard them with complaints

pKaTz

Im on the essentials tariff.
How do i find out what sort of situation I am in, and if I will be better to move, as my tariff isnt on the comparison sites

penrhyn

There will be no rise in the essentials tarrif until next April.
BG man coming on 5Live round about now.

pKaTz

so i will be ok on the essentials over the winter. thats good

dalek

Have earnings and benefits gone up by the same % to cover the increases by all firms?

NO!

Is everyone supposed to freeze to death?

Not if you are a Millionaire in the Cabinet !!

We are all in it together *roll eyes*


Is this a photo of the Queen feeling the cold? I doubt it!!

British Gas hits eight million customers with seven per cent price hike

Household bills for gas and electricity will go up from 10 December and will amount to an increase of £1.50 on the average weekly dual-fuel bill.

British_Gas

Phil Bentley our Managing Director has been explaining the reason behind today’s price announcement on TV and radio. If you would like to know more about this then please watch the following video

molerat

British_Gas_company_representative wrote: »

Phil Bentley our Managing Director has been explaining the reason behind today’s price announcement on TV and radio. If you would like to know more about this then please watch the following video

Just spin. According to Consumer Focus since 2008 retail gas prices have decreased by 2%, wholesale by 42%. About time the regulators grew some balls.

davidgmmafan

I'm not sure where I stand on this, on the one hand wholesale costs only make up a fraction of the total cost (in which case how can it be such a huge factor in prices?), on the other hand all this daft renewable stuff and smart meters have to paid for somehow(so the margin relative to the wholesale prices may be pretty low).

My hunch is this isn't as straight forward as people think it is, and I can't really join in the jumping up and down until I know some basic facts...

Pincher

E.ON FixOnline 8
Ends 1 July 2011

Electricity
Tier 1 First 900 kWh each year 21.13p per kWh
Tier 2 10.2p per kWh

Gas
Tier 1 First 2,680 kWh each year 6.214p per kWh
Tier 2 3.008p per kWh

6% Direct Debit Discount
2% Dual Fuel Direct Debit Discount
18.7% Online Discount
VAT 5.0%

Giving

Electricity Tier 2, 7.85043p per kWh inc VAT
Gas Tier 2, 2.3151p per kWh inc VAT

FIXED UNTIL 1st July 2011!!!

La La La :j

christabell

pKaTz wrote: »

Im on the essentials tariff.
How do i find out what sort of situation I am in, and if I will be better to move, as my tariff isnt on the comparison sites

Energylinx and Energy Choices both have social tariffs within their comparison.....:D