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Electricity supplier So Energy in talks about sale as Irish owner pulls plug2
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Just hope I don't end up with British Gas… 🤔
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It's probably OVO's turn…
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I think with OVO pacing up and down the waiting room like an expectant father, Ofgem won't be looking to palm refugees from yet another failing supplier on to them. I wonder if E.on Next might be looking to expand their customer base still further, ready to compete with the other two big players.
I'm not being lazy ... I'm just in energy-saving mode.
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Aren't Eon planning to acquire OVO anyway?
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Yes, sorry. I rather hoped the 'expectant father' reference would connect to this impending merger (or 'takeover, if you prefer).
I'm not being lazy ... I'm just in energy-saving mode.
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I had forgotten that, it's been tiring day 😁
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Not seen this reported elsewhere. UK seconds from blackouts on 23rd June with bosses accused of trying to cover it up.
Never associate with idiots on their own level, because, being an intelligent man, you'll try to deal with them on their level - and on their level they'll beat you every time.
Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them.
Jean Cocteau 1889-1963
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Why am I not surprised to have guessed correctly - having read the headline - that it's an article from the Telegraph!
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Would you prefer to read it in other media - like say
Just as we have been reliant - at great cost in the past - like the record over £9700/MWh in July 2022 paid on Belgian interconnect - to keep the SE and London grid up and stable - in a similar heat wave.
And that before we got rid of last 4+ GW of GB reliable mainland coal generation in UK - of the over 10GW we have abandoned in the last 6 years UK wide.
Renewables - wind and solar combined have failed to deliver even 1% of the UKs demand in recent past. Just 0.25-0.3 GW across sequential 1/2 hr slots - last Jan. More like 0.6% of rated.
Even if doubled the installations - the theoretical capacity - at the same output factors - you'd still only get 0.5-0.6 GW.
About the equivalent of just one of the 4 turbines at the Ratcliffe on Soar coal plant shut in 2024.
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