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Standing charges for water increased by over 40% in July-Portsmouth Water
rightfoot_shifter
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in Water bills
So I just had my metered half-year bill from June to Dec 2025. Absolutely stunned by the following (increased in July):
Retail Standing charge was 4.99452p/day is now 7.48219p/day= 49.8% increase
Wholesale standing charge 15mm was 3.1589p/day is now 4.5644p/day=44.5% increase
Water used was £0.8812/m3 is now £1.1205/m3=27% increase
The water company won't give me a straight answer to justify the increases above the 26% agreed with Offwat. Don't they regulate the standing charges too??
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Yes Ofwat regulate the standing charges.Yes Ofwat approved these increases.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.2 -
What? even the standing charge increase of close to 50%?!0
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Yes, all approved by Ofwat.rightfoot_shifter said:What? even the standing charge increase of close to 50%?!N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.2
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