Fuel Crisis/Energy (Previously Meter Readings)
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danvilla2
I’m not an expert
Let’s hope Ofgem will be all over them if they try and screw over customers.
Eon owe me £90 for missed appointments, that’s going to ofgem if they don’t resolve it.
Melon Donkey
I am a little bit perplexed
mike_field
Vital Football Legend
A true double whammy - energy on production raises costs, petrol/diesel on delivery raises costs and the supermarkets won't take a hit.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
And many a small business won't be able to take a hit, and will face bankruptcy sadly. So many businesses are already on rocky ground due to the pandemic.
mike_field
Vital Football Legend
Yup, the biggest hit (which wouldn't be popular) is the major players take at least 50% of the hit themselves and cut bonuses and cut shareholder dividends to help offset, but they won't. Some businesses aren't in that position though so they'll disappear with normal folks sharing the hit.
Couldn't have been more badly timed with Covid, but if there was less energy use it makes even more of a mockery we didn't build storage as the initial hike was just pure profiteering from OPEC.
Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
Sadly this is the truth, they have a board of directors who need their 6 or 7 figure bonuses plus shareholders to answer to. The whole capitalist system is reaching breaking point for the masses whilst the "elite" clear up
Yep and business rates are returning to their full amount after the reduction during covid. VAT going back up to 20% for the hospitality sector which will hit Hotels, Restaurants, Pubs etc.
Protest group, Just stop Oil, are disrupting distribution of fuel at depos all around the country.
Sick of this fuckin lot.
Morning mate. I read this earlier. Just wish the tanker drivers would just run over them and the cops drag the bodies out of the way.
Yes, agree.
This will give the forecourt owners another excuse to hike the price.
There's a big spontaneous backlash building if this lot and insulate Britain start again.
Pangloss
Vital Football Legend
On a basic level, people submitting readings via an app are making post requests to their API (well this is one way it could be structured). It would be easy to slow the rate at which this can happen. No doubt the traffic would be intense, so they could slow this down just to preserve the app itself but I'd imagine they would have been briefed to make things go a lot slower in order to make people frustrated and not bother.
Fulford
Vital Football Legend
It's funny that this morning the Scottish Power website is up and running again. I can't get into my account but I could if I wanted to get a quote for electricity and gas as a new customer. They really don't want people to submit their meter readings and are doing everything possible to stop it happening.
Fulford
Vital Football Legend
My local Tesco seems to be increasing prices on a daily basis. There is a lot of profiteering going on with the blame being put on the war, energy prices etc etc.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
One big racket isn't it , Gas Electric water Telephones Railways and Buses should never have been privatised, it's one massive shambles now
Drives me mad. They could have been released into the modern business world, whilst remaining in control, they could have been done at a profit which should and could have then been ploughed back into the country, as opposed into shareholders pockets.
Silhillvilla
Vital Football Legend
Octopus website still sunk
