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Zero standing charge tariffs. Are there any?

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  • MWT
    MWT Posts: 10,723 Forumite
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    We are literally paying to recoup their losses. 
    We are paying to cover the cost of taking on their customers and providing energy at short notice, together with protecting the customers' account balances, but we are not paying to recoup their losses thankfully or the bill would be a lot worse...

  • I stand corrected, but it is a temporary thing was what I was trying to get across as well.
  • MWT
    MWT Posts: 10,723 Forumite
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    I stand corrected, but it is a temporary thing was what I was trying to get across as well.
    Agreed, but I'd be more comfortable on the timescale if the Bulb situation had been brought to a close with a final decision on how the costs of that debacle is to be handled.

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