As we head towards a forecast £1 per KWh for electricity in April 2023, and will definitely be paying 52p per KWh for electricity and 15p per KWh for gasContinue readingOfgem has banned energy suppliers from backbilling for energy supplied over twelve months ago
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The solution to the energy crisis may be to link tariffs to useage (low use = low unit prices)
When I saw that a KWh of electricity will probably cost £1 from April 2023, I was very frightened, because, really, that’s game over for the UK economy. The forecastContinue readingThe solution to the energy crisis may be to link tariffs to useage (low use = low unit prices)
Electricity, Electricity is a Luxury, a Luxury, I just can’t afford anymore
I wrote this song on the 17th May, but things have gotten a lot worse since then… Electricity electricity is a luxury, a luxury, I just can’t afford anymore.I usedContinue readingElectricity, Electricity is a Luxury, a Luxury, I just can’t afford anymore
Octopus Boss wants UK taxpayers to bailout the energy sector
Octopus Boss Greg Jackson says that he, and other bosses of energy supply companies in the UK favour a Deficit Tariff Scheme which would freeze the energy cap at £1,971Continue readingOctopus Boss wants UK taxpayers to bailout the energy sector
The Cost of Living Crisis has just started
You may think things are bad in the UK at the moment, but, it’s going to get a lot worse in the coming six months. Inflation today is 10.1% measuredContinue readingThe Cost of Living Crisis has just started
How are poor folk going to cope this Winter?
I thought I’d write this article to let you know how I’m going to cope this Winter. I’m one of those poor folks that you keep hearing about. I haveContinue readingHow are poor folk going to cope this Winter?
EMERGENCY: We need a plan to FREEZE the unit cost of electricity and gas to domestic and business users
Last week, Liberal Democrat Leader, Ed Davey came up with a plan to freeze the unit price of gas and electricity paid by UK consumers, while Ex Prime Minister GordonContinue readingEMERGENCY: We need a plan to FREEZE the unit cost of electricity and gas to domestic and business users
Lucky me, everything I did to reduce my reliance on The National Grid was down to “luck”
Fourteen years ago, I became terrified by the rising price of natural gas in the UK. The costs associated with central heating were getting to be unaffordable, and, anyway, theContinue readingLucky me, everything I did to reduce my reliance on The National Grid was down to “luck”
It is not the energy crisis that will kill the old and vulnerable this winter, it’s the hysteria happening right now.
The facts of the energy crisis are that the average dual fuel bill for gas and electricity will, in October 2022, be double that paid by folk before April 2022.Continue readingIt is not the energy crisis that will kill the old and vulnerable this winter, it’s the hysteria happening right now.
What happens to UK electricity prices in 2023?
Cornwall Insight’s prediction of a rise in the energy price cap to £3,582 a year from this October (a rise of 82%), and a further rise in January 2023 toContinue readingWhat happens to UK electricity prices in 2023?