iansheff Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Well it is that time of year again and BG have started the ball rolling who will be next to fleece their customers. Do they do it now because people will not be using as much gas for heating and so the bill will not seem to have gone up as much? British Gas, the largest of UK energy supplier, said that 4.1 million of its customers would be affected by the price rise. It will cost customers about another £60 a year so that is over £240m extra for BG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Well it is that time of year again and BG have started the ball rolling who will be next to fleece their customers. Do they do it now because people will not be using as much gas for heating and so the bill will not seem to have gone up as much? British Gas, the largest of UK energy supplier, said that 4.1 million of its customers would be affected by the price rise. It will cost customers about another £60 a year so that is over £240m extra for BG. An inevitability, BG import 44% of the gas via pipelines from Europe. The value of the pound has tanked 12% compared to the Euro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANGELFIRE1 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 An inevitability, BG import 44% of the gas via pipelines from Europe. The value of the pound has tanked 12% compared to the Euro. I blame Brexit. It always strikes me as odd that we have a multitude of gas suppliers, all selling the same gas out of the same pipes but at different prices. As for the price rise, what's new about that, we expect it don't we. Angel1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magilla Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I blame Brexit. "costs facing energy suppliers rose 7.9% primarily because of higher wholesale costs" - Correctomundo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calahonda Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 They’ve never been the best value, a friend and his wife had dual fuel with them costing circa £1800 p/a, they switched supplier and now paying £600 p/a less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Its not as simple as just blaming it on rising costs. Centrica the British Gas owners profits have gone down 17% so they have to make it up from somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I wouldn't be surprised if the Smart Meter rollout is also costing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I wouldn't be surprised if the Smart Meter rollout is also costing them. Apparently that is also what they have stated as being part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calahonda Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I wouldn't be surprised if the Smart Meter rollout is also costing them. No meter readers, no telephone meter reading staff, they are not installing them to save us money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Well today it says EDF Energy is to increase its standard variable electricity tariff by 1.4% - £16 a year - from June. So why is BG increase 4% higher, if EDF can manage with such a low increase why can't BG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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