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MSE News: Government's cheap energy plan unveiled
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So I now have to subsidise those too thick or idle to sort out a decent energy tariff for themselves.
This is in addition to the smug lot over on the green board with their roof mounted ecobling and FIT payments, not forgetting the lentil munchers who believe that windmills are the answer to our energy needs and will affect climate change.
I thank you!That gum you like is coming back in style.0 -
Dohhh...I'll just go away and start another discussion about this with an original subject line...can we merge them by some means or other?Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0
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GREAT I COME OFF MY BLUE PLUS IN 2014 APRIL.
Looks like i will be in for a massive rise in my bills then but the energy company claim its the cheapest but lik many of you have said this will just encourage price rises via the back door.
I have just done a price compare via energy help line with my current tariff, put the units in what i have used over the last year and the difference was from a £2 save right up to a £557 increase. So why people can't do this for themselves and have to get the government to do it for them with force and end up making the consumer savvy be penalized is just wrong.0 -
Two queries here:
Will there still be Economy 7? If not, I'll be hundreds of pounds dearer.
In Scotland we always pay a higher rate for any tariff. Will our rate go down, or will everyone else come up to join us?0 -
Nice spin by the government there.
Essentially trying to say there were an impossible 400 tariffs to choose from, and now we we limit customer choice to a choice of just 4 tariffs.
But that is a maximum of 4 tariffs per supplier, which to compare apples with apples, we would need to multiply by the number of suppliers (lets assume the 'big 6' plus the 'little 8'- although there are probably more than that)and that would still result in a baffling 50+ choice of tariffs for a customer to still chooose from.0 -
This is bad news for "moneysavingexperts" who follow Martin's advice and switch! Now we will pay more! The cheapest tariffs will go up to compensate energy companies for having to move customers who never switch onto cheaper tariffs.0
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Two queries here:
Will there still be Economy 7? If not, I'll be hundreds of pounds dearer.
In Scotland we always pay a higher rate for any tariff. Will our rate go down, or will everyone else come up to join us?
There are no plans to make a single, UK wide, pricing plan; the regional variations, particularly in the price of electricity, will still apply.0 -
Two queries here:
Will there still be Economy 7? If not, I'll be hundreds of pounds dearer.
In Scotland we always pay a higher rate for any tariff. Will our rate go down, or will everyone else come up to join us?
Economy 7 will still exist.
Scotland used to have the cheapest electricity in the UK, 30 or more years ago! Now the North of Scotland Hydro area is one of the most expensive areas in the UK, and especially for the Economy 7 tariff. I've raised this with my MSP and have got the usual answer of higher transmission costs in rural areas! But I suspect the real answer is as few people have mains gas, more rely on electricity to heat their homes, so with less competition the power companies can charge more and make a bigger profit!0 -
just watched martins clip and he even says that the savvy swticher will be the one's that will pay more.
So what next government regulation on car insurance home insurance life insurance etc etc. So the savvy who compare can be forced to pay more on this to,
Makes my blood boil.0 -
20 November 2012
<OFGEM’s Response to government proposals to ensure a better deal for energy consumers>Ofgem’s Chief Executive Alistair Buchanan said: “Ofgem welcomes that Government shares our vision of a simpler, clearer, fairer energy market for consumers and we will work closely with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to deliver the most radical change to the retail market for a decade.
“These proposals – based on Ofgem’s Retail Market Review (RMR) - will put an end to consumers being bamboozled by complex tariffs and deliver choice that consumers easily understand. We are also proposing much simpler information for consumers such as making suppliers give consumers their cheapest tariff on their bill. Ofgem is also going to enforce fair treatment of consumers using licence standards backed by fines.”-ends-So, no round of applause on this thread then.Warning: In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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