MSE News: EDF to raise energy prices by a massive 10.8%

sleeplessnight

wantanswers wrote: »

Oh, and do you know what really gets my back up in amongst all this crap jobdone1.....

I've recently been informed that some local 'chairs' (2) are claiming up to £12,000 per annum as clothing allowance, wonder if they buy nice warm coats with their allowance whilst they sit in their little limousines ?

Old people are dying jobdone1 and this is going on under our very noses daily!!! :(:(:(

Someone needs to get a grip!!!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

'Want' - this is one that really generates the bile. How much would these crafty thieving 'Bravo Alpha Sierra Tango Alpha Romeo Delta Sierra' need in the way of extra clothing allowance - should they need to visit our troops in Afghanistan? Perhaps they could save some of the extra clothing allowance- they would undoubtedly demand, by asking a bunch of our Professional Soldiers, on tour out there, if they would mind sharing the few Flak Jackets they possess, with the visiting dignitary. 'No problem Sir. Yours is the one marked with a big yellow X'

Very, very, seriously.Yet another case of the 'little people' being systematically robbed. It seems you simply establish a bunch of 'no brainers' - pay them a retainer of £50K a year, and call them 'The Remuneration Committee'. No matter what the business or organisation. Then, at the annual general meeting. The first item on the agenda 'Directors Remuneration'. With figures suggested by the Directors, for the Remuneration Committee to propose. (That is if you wish to remain on the 'Remuneration Committee!') Even 'Alice in Wonderland' would never be so brazen as to set up such an obscene scenario.

I suppose, as we drift rapidly into a 'third world' status. There will come a time, when, eating rats & dogs, will sharpen our taste for vengeance against the perpetrators of our downfall. Half looking forward to it!

sparklyangel

Hi i opted to switch a month ago to blue price promise after martins email suggested a switch and they are in the process of switching me over.

Does this mean when I join EDF that this price applies to me i am so confused

kind regards

sparkly x

wantanswers

@ post 42

This is the question posed to me very recently:

"Should the Chair of XXX receive a £8,580 and her vice chair £4,280, Clothing allowance. A total of£12,860?"

When old folk are 'dying' because they cannot heat their homes, especially on nights like tonight these Chairs should:

"hang their heads in SHAME" and rest assured it will be brought to the attention of relevant public .....one way or the other!!!!

spot1034

sparklyangel wrote: »

Hi i opted to switch a month ago to blue price promise after martins email suggested a switch and they are in the process of switching me over.

Does this mean when I join EDF that this price applies to me i am so confused

kind regards

sparkly x

If you have signed up to a fixed price deal (which I think you have) the price quoted at that time is the price you will pay for the duration of that product. It doesn't matter that the switch has not yet been completed.

Pincher

Just had a quick look back. EDF Fixed Price 2015 was available early 2011. It is £1,018 for medium usage, which just beats Scottish Power Online Fixed November 2013 (£1,030 medium usage). At this point in time, it is looking like amazing value, since it should cover three winters even now.

So you shouldn't moan about EDF too much.
They gave you a good deal, and you didn't grab it.

By vigillantly checking the deals, I am so far ahead of EDF Fixed Price 2015, but I am expecting to have paid more by 2015 overall. If only E.On had matched this deal in 2011, it would have saved me a lot of work.

wantanswers

Fuel facts
· Together, Cornish households spend around £1.2 billion on energy each year.

· Since 2004 the average household energy bill has rocketed by 140% a year (from £522 to £1,254).

· Eight out of ten people say that the rising cost of energy bills has had an impact on their disposable income.

· 25% of Cornish households are in fuel poverty, according to the NHS.

· Infants living in fuel-poor homes have a 30% greater risk of admission to hospital, according to Save the Children.

· Winter cold weather costs the nation more than £850 million a year in additional primary, secondary and acute care provision.

· There is a difference of nearly £300 in the annual fuel bill issued by the most expensive and the cheapest energy supplier on the UK market.

· 41% of people say they have never switched energy supplier.

How to join us
To see if you can save money on your energy bill, join up at Cornwall Together by visiting https://www.cornwalltogether.com, where you can also register your interest as a business. It's not necessary to be a Cornish resident to join.

The first energy auction closes on 28 October 2012, after which Cornwall Together will be able to identify best value deals for members.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1tHKstMXVI

peter999

Pincher wrote: »

Just had a quick look back. EDF Fixed Price 2015 was available early 2011. It is £1,018 for medium usage, which just beats Scottish Power Online Fixed November 2013 (£1,030 medium usage). At this point in time, it is looking like amazing value, since it should cover three winters even now.

So you shouldn't moan about EDF too much.
They gave you a good deal, and you didn't grab it.

By vigillantly checking the deals, I am so far ahead of EDF Fixed Price 2015, but I am expecting to have paid more by 2015 overall. If only E.On had matched this deal in 2011, it would have saved me a lot of work.

Is that a mistake, EDF can't have been fixing in early 2011 to 2015 ?

If your general comment is directed at me, I'm very annoyed at EDF and am now looking at switching & fixing to Scottish Power, which I would never have done before. I have never ever looked at switching before & never checked other energy company tariffs before.

I have now checked quotes with uSwitch & Energyhelpline.

peter999

wantanswers

@ post 48

I'm pretty annoyed myself as I said previously I was 'Cold Called' by EDF just a few days ago and no mention was made of fixing until 2015. Quotes in my possession are proof they did not!:mad::mad:

spot1034

If I understand correctly, the 2015 deal was some time ago and will have looked expensive relative to other deals at that time, but as it turns out will have been a good long term buy. The Blue April 2014 deal (which I'm on) isn't that much more, but was a no brainer a couple of months ago, still being available when SSE began the present round of price rises. However it runs out sooner.

peter999

wantanswers wrote: »

@ post 48

I'm pretty annoyed myself as I said previously I was 'Cold Called' by EDF just a few days ago and no mention was made of fixing until 2015. Quotes in my possession are proof they did not!:mad::mad:

But is that a brand new tariff since price rise yesterday ?

I think they update & replace fix tariffs on day of price rise.

EDF advisors told me know they don't know when price rises happen. I spoke to EDF on Thursday.