electricity

[cappy]

got a letter yesterday from electricity co telling me they are putting my monthly direct debit up from 40 pounds to 50 pounds from etc ......reading further down the page i discoverd at there reading last week i was 19 pounds in credit ......as i guess i am about half way through the priciest ie winter time of the year......i rang the poor bloke on the complaints and gave him both barrels ........by the time i had diuscussed the situation he was as upset as i sounded ...and agreed that it was a wrong thing to do ....and reverted to the former figure......after i informed him another 10 a month times 12 plus the nineteen he already had did not go down well with me ....same as the water company last month.......bloody thieves .......just watch out for them all cappy ....no quarter given.....

[Keith Tindell]

Hi Cappy, I had the same problem, but I switched both gas and electric to OVO, my monthly payments came down immediately and by a. Goodly amount, also they pay 3 percent on any amount you have in credit, that's as good as anything I can get on my investments at the moment. Might be worth a look see, and 25 £ for new customers, kt

[j.sabourn]

Cappy had another 6 solar panels put up a few months ago and the last 2 monthly bill was in credit usually was about 140 dollars with 6 panels. However since than have had everything going when necessary air conditioning extra beer fridges etc etc, so waiting to see what the next one is. Temperature yesterday was 41 degrees, today only 27 degrees so the A/C gets a respite. Make about 12 kilowatts a day. Today only 7.5 kilowatts it being cloudy. The gas bill is the killer as heats the hot water and cooking by gas, next time have to renew the gas heater will get a solar one, am sure the roof can bear it. Anyhow being an Englishman only get a shower when I need it, not like these Aussies who get showered 3 times a day. Cheers JS

[Louis the fly]

Re nationalize all the utility companies which are now in foreign hands , essentials of life. Plough profits back into the services not into the pockets of shareholders.
Railways taken back into public ownership to provide clean , modern trains with affordable ticket prices.

[cappy]

if i could ever see anything nationalised that worked apart from costing the nation as a whole billions ...i might agree .....at the moment we have choices ....once nationalised the same lefties you so diligently follow louis ..put the unions in charge... hospitals without electricity ... answer no water no gas no electrics ever increasing wages for the bully boys ...i remember before....we couldnt go to work or bury our dead no thanks old lad ....everythings nationalised in russia though ie... from liverpool to lincs to leningrad...could this be you.....doubt it you cant complain there ....cappy

[Ivan Cloherty]

Re nationalize all the utility companies which are now in foreign hands , essentials of life. Plough profits back into the services not into the pockets of shareholders.
Railways taken back into public ownership to provide clean , modern trains with affordable ticket prices.

Aaaaaaaah!! Utopia !! put the cork back in the bottle Louis, the rose tinted spectacles are being overworked....Happy New Year!

[Louis the fly]

If you try something over and over again and it still does not work what do you do ?

Answer; Try to convince the public that it is actually working while they are paying an exorbitant amount for a third rate service which is getting worse.
Privatisation has been a total failure , paying more while receiving less.

[cappy]

i guess that is like your recent comment on what you were paying for your tele provider compared to all the rest of us .....you were paying more and getting less ....thank the lord you are only in charge of your own decisions and not making them for others.... now off to leningrad and wave your red flag ....happy new year louis.....cappy

[Keith Tindell]

At least if you are not happy with your supplier you can move to another one, if you did not like the the nationalised situation it was tough titty. as i said in post to Cappy, i moved and got a better deal, kt

[Louis the fly]

Instead of making schoolboy comments address the issues your post started.
The big five utility companies are running a cartel charging maximum prices and making maximum profits for themselves and shareholders.

Rail passengers are squeezed like sardines onto dirty unreliable trains. In the event of a rail accident or sudden stop all the standing passengers would be flung about the carriage or through the windows. Rail fares are one of the highest in Europe with profits paid to the franchise holders and shareholders not reinvested into a safe modern rail system.