Power company to boost storm payouts

Jimbuna · 12-28-13, 07:09 AM

Big bloody deal!!....these companies are making hundreds of millions in annual profits yet still had the audacity just a month ago to up their prices by on average 10%

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One of Britain's biggest power distributors says it will increase compensation payments to customers who lost power in the Christmas Eve storm.

UK Power Networks - which says 1,000 homes in Kent, Surrey and Sussex are still cut off - will increase payments for 48-60 hour outages from £27 to £75 for those affected on Christmas Day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25534151

STEED · 12-28-13, 07:23 AM

Bloody gangsters, time for people to stick them in...

Gerald · 12-28-13, 07:33 AM

Shareholders will be happy enough,

Jimbuna · 12-28-13, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Bloody gangsters, time for people to stick them in...

Certainly nothing more than a thinly veiled PR stunt.

August · 12-28-13, 06:59 PM

Payouts? Over here they just don't continue to charge you until the power is restored!

Jimbuna · 12-29-13, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Payouts? Over here they just don't continue to charge you until the power is restored!

Does that mean you have standing charges? (a set daily fee to maintain the supply).

Moonlight · 12-29-13, 07:35 AM

Why am I not surprised by this headline.

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UK weather: Energy firm at centre of Christmas blackouts accused of tax avoidance

http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/city-n...centre-2968570

August · 12-29-13, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Does that mean you have standing charges? (a set daily fee to maintain the supply).

We have all kinds of fees and miscellaneous charges in our bills but it's all based on amount of electricity used in a given month. If one uses less or none like if the power is lost and the next monthly bill is lessened proportionally.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Payouts? Over here they just don't continue to charge you until the power is restored! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.