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

cootuk

looking at EDF blue tariffs not including the daily standing charge which is increasing 3-4p/day:-

April 2014 elec 11.69p/kwhr to Nov 2016 15.46p/kwhr
April 2014 gas 3.57p/kwhr to Nov 2016 4.47p/kwhr

Bang goes another years pay rise just on fuel costs

Minimum 25% increases coming up for many of us

Mr_K

Good. Looking forward to my next BG dividend, always very healthy.

worried_jim

We'd best get fracking pronto.

Butterfly_Brain

We have just started the process of opening up our fire places and BG can go hang. We are going to Ebico for electricity and trying to save for solar panels

sveedy

DragonQ wrote: »

I meant shut it down, considering these wind farms are supposedly pumping out more than enough energy anyway.

what happens when the wind does not blow and we don't have enough coal fired stations to fill the gap?

nande2000

They should be investing in energy storage technology, to use up every last drop of renewable energy. Last I heard was that liquid air storage was looking promising, but there is always pumped storage hydroelectric. Still it won't happen as prominent Tory supporters stand to gain Billions with fracking.Wonder if the water companies will start charging for supplying gas from the tap too )

sveedy

nande2000 wrote: »

They should be investing in energy storage technology, to use up every last drop of renewable energy. Last I heard was that liquid air storage was looking promising, but there is always pumped storage hydroelectric. Still it won't happen as prominent Tory supporters stand to gain Billions with fracking.Wonder if the water companies will start charging for supplying gas from the tap too )

yes - energy storage is a way forward but I don;t think we are ready to be turning off the coal stations just yet. other than the pumped hydro storage the other techs are not yet mature enough. the government should be investing heavily in this research though.

i think a few tory/lib/labour supporters stand to gain billions from the windfarms too...

Mobeer

jamesd wrote: »

Did Ian Peters really say "upgrading people to non-condensing boilers"? Not "condensing" but "non-condensing"?

quote the original:

Household consumption is falling, and there's a lot we're doing to help that happen – from insulating homes through to upgrading people to condensing boilers

lstar337

cootuk wrote: »

Bang goes another years pay rise just on fuel costs.

At least you'll get a pay rise. Heaven knows how I and many others will absorb the rises.:(

DragonQ

I don't actually know if I'll get a pay rise yet. I get paid directly from a research council and the contract doesn't specify a rate for the final year which I'm about to enter, just "to be decided". The last 2 years were both increases of 2% so hopefully that continues.