observer Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Thought the Gov regulators were in buisiness to ensure competition and force prices down with the artificial energy market? I hear British Gas has just made 98% profit and prices are due to go up again - would Dick Turpin be proud of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianR Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 supply and demand isnt it. Apparenlty we used more gas so they made more money. If apple sell more ipads wouldnt you expect them to make more money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Adrian, Obs knows nothing about supply and demand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 One area where the ombusman seems to be in favour of the supplier rather than the consumer is United Utilities ability to charge businesses for the water that drains from the roof of industrial premises and enters the UU drains!! For my unit, we use about ?25.00 a quarter in water and waste water via the sink drains, loo etc. (so very little) but UU charge us ?400 every 6 months for the water that runs off the roof and because we are on an estate, we also get charged for the drainage to shared parking areas too! The scheme was backed by the water watchdog! Lets hope it doesn't come to domestic premises too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 ?400 every 6 months for the water that runs off the roof and because we are on an estate Thats theft Baz, can you get a refund as you can prove their has been less rain this year, They have imposed a hose pipe ban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 why not collect the rainwater in barrels and sell it to UU as they seem to be a bit short of water at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 It is theft Kije..... pure and simple. As I said, we don't use a tenners worth of water a month, but get charged the exhobitant amount because the unit and its overall footprint is above a certain size! They initially wanted ?1200 a year but we argued them down! Now bear in mind that that amount of money is charged to every one of the ten units on our small estate and you can see why their profits are so much! It is called "surface area charging" google it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 A crime against business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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