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

Jimbuna · 12-29-13, 07:38 AM

Sadly it's not just power companies, you can add the likes of Amazon, Starbucks and many others to the list.

Catfish · 12-29-13, 07:44 AM

'Greedy power companies' ??

It is their right to make 'hundreds of millions', after all they provide you with energy and also have alot of employees to pay.

This is nothing but competition and capitalism, you bl**dy communists !

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.

Jimbuna · 12-29-13, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by August

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.

Sounds as complex as our suppliers agreements.

swamprat69er · 12-29-13, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by August

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.

Up here in Ontario it is the same.

Catfish · 12-29-13, 11:43 AM

In our system, the thing is not what something might be worth, but what people are willing to pay for it, and if with clenched teeth.

Here in Germany, all the privatized companies do what they want.
Raise of 10 percent ? No problem - energy was just a 15 percent raise.
If you do not consume so much energy or water, they just raise the basic price, the price you pay without consuming anything, just the baseline fee that you are connected to the system at all.

In german automotive repair facilities one hour meanwhile costs about 100 Euros plus VAT, sometimes more. No one can tell me that whatever they do there, is really worth THAT price.
Sad thing is some have not the knowledge, or get too old to do it themselves any longer. Then, instantly, the 'take what you can' rule applies.

Another nice thing is the mayor of a bigger town recently privatized the water systems, to pay back debts (he himself caused) and so in a way sold the table silver.
Miraculously, he was found sitting in the directorate of the company the facilites were sold to, one year later.

If all that goes on there will be social unrest, and soon. And, with a reason.

Herr-Berbunch · 12-29-13, 02:35 PM

I'd recommend all you UKers to to Ecotricity instead of the usual big six.

They plough 100% into renewable energy where only one or two of the others even meet the basic legal minimum (something like 6%) and their customer service is consistently rated the best.

Jimbuna · 12-29-13, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I'd recommend all you UKers to to Ecotricity instead of the usual big six.

They plough 100% into renewable energy where only one or two of the others even meet the basic legal minimum (something like 6%) and there customer service consistently rated the best.

That company is on my list of things to look into after the new year actually.

I put it on after watching the other big wigs take the pee out of the parliamentary energy committee.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	'Greedy power companies' ?? It is their right to make 'hundreds of millions', after all they provide you with energy and also have alot of employees to pay. This is nothing but competition and capitalism, you bl**dy communists !

12-29-13, 11:43 AM	#13
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	In our system, the thing is not what something might be worth, but what people are willing to pay for it, and if with clenched teeth. Here in Germany, all the privatized companies do what they want. Raise of 10 percent ? No problem - energy was just a 15 percent raise. If you do not consume so much energy or water, they just raise the basic price, the price you pay without consuming anything, just the baseline fee that you are connected to the system at all. In german automotive repair facilities one hour meanwhile costs about 100 Euros plus VAT, sometimes more. No one can tell me that whatever they do there, is really worth THAT price. Sad thing is some have not the knowledge, or get too old to do it themselves any longer. Then, instantly, the 'take what you can' rule applies. Another nice thing is the mayor of a bigger town recently privatized the water systems, to pay back debts (he himself caused) and so in a way sold the table silver. Miraculously, he was found sitting in the directorate of the company the facilites were sold to, one year later. If all that goes on there will be social unrest, and soon. And, with a reason.