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Nightmare stories aka energy bills

Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:46 am

So we are on Octopus. Our bills last year were £110 per month.
In January they revised it to £210
Today I got an April revision of £309

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Re: Nightmare stories aka energy bills

Post by arqueturus » Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:57 am

Jeebus!

That really is a nightmare.

I was extremely lucky to get a fixed rate locked in the week before October that lasts for two years but I'm seriously worried about the bump up that will happen then.

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Post by Raid » Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:29 pm

Bloody hell, that April payment is only slightly lower than the quarterly bill I received in February (covering the most expensive months of the year). I'm a single-person household, granted, and the house is modern with good insulation, but I do spend 90% of my week here.

I too am locked into a tariff that doesn't end until the middle of next year, and I'm taking the time to be mindful of my energy usage. I'm really rather hoping that this energy cost crisis is over with by the time I get to the end of that contract.

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Post by Alan » Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:50 pm

Mine went from 100/m to 180/m on Bulb. We’re electric only, has your gas went up more than your electric or have I just been lucky so far? :|


My mum’s on around 1800 a year and they offered her a2 year fixed tariff if she’d go up to 5,500 a year!
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Post by Hatredsheart » Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:40 pm

I'm on the cheapest tariff with my supplier, in April it'll cost 30% more per unit but 100% more per month standing charge.
I'm at a loss how maintaining the supply etc has doubled in cost in a single year.
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Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:05 pm

so put in context - I have a family of 3 including myself and we live in a 4 bedroom detached. I work from home so I use electricity throughout the day. We have a gas hob.

It is what it is - there is no point trying to find a "cheaper deal" as none will exist now. Just have to grin and bear it but if it hits £400 per month than I will need to make savings elsewhere and the obvious one will be buying cheaper food or eating less, which on the whole, could actually be beneficial for the waistline.
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Re: Nightmare stories aka energy bills

Post by Achtung Englander » Fri Mar 18, 2022 2:06 pm

arqueturus wrote:
Fri Mar 18, 2022 11:57 am
Jeebus!

That really is a nightmare.

I was extremely lucky to get a fixed rate locked in the week before October that lasts for two years but I'm seriously worried about the bump up that will happen then.
you should be alright as wholesale prices hopefully should come down by then
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Post by eny » Fri Mar 18, 2022 3:53 pm

It won't get better, it will get worse. The market charges what the market will stand. No-one is on the streets protesting or invading the energy company's offices, people are moaning about it on SM and in the pub, but paying anyway, just moan and pay up, so they are charged more whilst getting paid less, because people moan, but take it, and take it, and the greedy will carry on, because avarice is never sated, wanting more is never enough, and we keep allowing it, moaning, but accepting it. The parasites and the parasitised. The abusers and the abused. The entitled being entitled, and the bottom letting it happen.

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Re: Nightmare stories aka energy bills

Post by Animalmother » Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:22 pm

Hasn't every single on of these Edwin energy companies reported record profits the past couple of years?

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Post by eny » Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:52 pm

Yep. Also, the standing charge doubling is to pay for the guarantee system protecting consumers from the companies that crashed....quite how that is the customers fault and why we should be paying for it like this is another matter, and hasn't been clearly explained.
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Post by Sly Boots » Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:41 am

We've gone from £124 pm to £274 p/m... that was a nasty shock this morning. We're basically on the bread line as it is so not sure where this leaves us.

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Re: Nightmare stories aka energy bills

Post by Mantis » Sat Mar 19, 2022 11:53 am

Just had an email through saying that mine is going up by £460 a year, so about £38 a month extra. That isn't too bad but then I only live in a small two bed flat with all electric storage heaters and I try to keep my usage fairly low in general.

I feel for all the families in larger houses who face really crippling rises. It is a shame that we have had a government that hasn't really been all that interested in actually governing for the last decade.

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Post by Animalmother » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:13 pm

What's supposed to happen to people who can't afford the increases, tough shit and sit in the dark?

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Post by eny » Sat Mar 19, 2022 1:41 pm

The thing is, there is nowhere for them to go. I am unemployed due to rheumatoid arthritis, and have budgeted this last year at £40 a month, just electric, no gas. I don't have TV, shower twice a week because it takes me so long and offset that by not using the cooker those days, keep clothes washing to a minimum, no heating, and no hot water bar boiling a kettle for washing up. Even on current low usage, I still have to pay double my standing charge from now on. They want to double my DD, but I have told them I don't get any more in benefits, so back to £40, and I will not have a smart meter installed, so I give them readings when the bill comes. It is a diabolical situation, and the government is just not recognising the standing charge issue at all, especially as that is not covered by the (fucking ridiculous) price cap bullshit. I'm glad they have given themselves a £2000 pay rise though, every little helps eh?
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Re: Nightmare stories aka energy bills

Post by Raid » Sat Mar 19, 2022 2:43 pm

Oh, the MP's salary increase isn't really an issue.

They can expense their utility costs.

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