MSE News: More energy deals with NO standing charges finally on the cards

MeteredOut

I amazed people still fall for those click-bait headlines.

Hoenir

booneruk said:

born_again said:

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1989225/octopus-energy-676-daily-charge-ditched

An absolutely hideous article. I dismay at how poor journalism can be

"Octopus Energy customers given £676" - an absolute
 "Energy customers on a two-year fix would make a saving of £676 IF the charges were scrapped today." -  an IF

Also just as dim, how can anyone think "energy suppliers must offer zero standing charge tariffs" means a free lunch where there's suddenly zero SC along with no increase in unit price.

SMH

That's truly shocking. Goes a long way of explaining the poor level of debate these days. When those in the mainstream media have absolutely no clue what they are writing about. 

born_again

MeteredOut said:

I amazed people still fall for those click-bait headlines.

Bad enough on social media, but when this is a main stream media outlet. They really need regulator to hammer them for total miss information.

I just feel for the staff who have to field calls emails etc from "Outraged" from Daily Express. Over why they have not had their refund 🤬

merchcon55

When I first came to UK in early 1990s, I seem to recall Electricity being charged a much higher kWH rate for the first 2 KWH each day, and then a lower KWH rate for any usage after the first 2 KWH. I will assume that gas had a similar formula, but I do not remember there being a Standing Charge.

Perhaps this would be a good compromise? Say you go 2 weeks away on holiday - while away, you would not be charged daily standing charges for Elec and Gas, which at the moment you are. 

I'm thinking - as others have mentioned - law of unintended consequences. I'm sure many who want no standing charge don't appreciate that their unit charge will go considerably UP.

EDIT: I've read back a few pages and note that a current supplier has this sort of pricing structure. Just interesting to note that at one time, this was the default way of charging - in the days where if you lived in Manchester, Norweb was your one and only choice of supplier. 

Scot_39

born_again said:

Have to laugh at the media & how they get things so wrong..

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1989225/octopus-energy-676-daily-charge-ditched

But under the new plans, suppliers must offer zero standing charge tariffs to households. It means that Octopus Energy customers on a two-year fix would make a saving of £676 if the charges were scrapped today.

As people will stop reading at that point, & think this is gospel & start moaning when they do not get the savings quoted🤷‍♀️🤣

I referred to that in another post today- but didn't dare give it credence by including the link - or support the site by driving traffic to it..

Even by Express standards it is a truly woeful article.

But then maybe many of their readers or the author do have second properties lying empty all year who wont pay any  inreased unit costs.  

Spoonie_Turtle

born_again said:

MeteredOut said:

I amazed people still fall for those click-bait headlines.

Bad enough on social media, but when this is a main stream media outlet. They really need regulator to hammer them for total miss information.

I just feel for the staff who have to field calls emails etc from "Outraged" from Daily Express. Over why they have not had their refund 🤬

There is IPSO but they're … not great at holding publications to account.

Clause one of the Editors' Code of Practice is Accuracy
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/

dealyboy

Spoonie_Turtle said:

born_again said:

MeteredOut said:

I amazed people still fall for those click-bait headlines.

Bad enough on social media, but when this is a main stream media outlet. They really need regulator to hammer them for total miss information.

I just feel for the staff who have to field calls emails etc from "Outraged" from Daily Express. Over why they have not had their refund 🤬

There is IPSO but they're … not great at holding publications to account.

Clause one of the Editors' Code of Practice is Accuracy
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/

Accuracy is a fundamental tenet of press standards, ipso facto.

born_again

dealyboy said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

born_again said:

MeteredOut said:

I amazed people still fall for those click-bait headlines.

Bad enough on social media, but when this is a main stream media outlet. They really need regulator to hammer them for total miss information.

I just feel for the staff who have to field calls emails etc from "Outraged" from Daily Express. Over why they have not had their refund 🤬

There is IPSO but they're … not great at holding publications to account.

Clause one of the Editors' Code of Practice is Accuracy
https://www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice/

Accuracy is a fundamental tenet of press standards, ipso facto.

Apology on page 6 in font size 1 🤣
Wonder how that works on internet sites? Do you have to search for Apology 🤷‍♀️🤬

badmemory

Is the editors code of practice the reason they don't seem to have editors any longer.

GingerTim

The Reach titles have essentially given up on being newspapers.