MSE News: British Gas boss: The only way is up on prices

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Been saying this for years so have to agree with this part. It's just that us tariff tarts have gotten used to unrealistically out of kilter lower prices at the expense of standard customers and it's now going to stop, apparently.
Seems unlikely that he'd be saying they are trying to routinely act unlawfully and fitting a non-condensing oiler is now usually not lawful, except in special cases.
To answer his rhetorical question, yes I can easily relate to a kWh and it makes it quite easy to do things like comparing the cost of electricity and gas or other fuels for heating. the different energy content per unit volume for gas at different times makes it a little fiddly but the variation isn't huge.
I'm more concerned that British Gas have eliminated themselves as my supplier with their smart meter rollout, using an insecure system without anything remotely close to adequate privacy controls via things like monthly minimum reading intervals.
I'm more interested in ensuring that a meter modem does not know what appliances are using, so it cannot relay that information, than in enabling it. But a meter telling devices when it is desirable to reduce power usage or when rates change at grid-level forecasting and operating response windows would be of significant interest to me.
Also, the more savvy you are now with perhaps less-than-perfect-efficiency equipment, then the payback cost of upgrading (e.g.) the boiler will be very very long, and is this worth it when the old equipment still works?
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I want Lucy Worsley to do a documentary. Not just in mansions and castles, ordinary people who sleep in barns as well please. This will give her a chance to wear her nighties again.
They had fireplaces. Most modern houses now don't have chimneys, so people have to rely on gas or electric for heating.