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@BrickMan
Few months ago I had the genuine option of tagging on to an un licensed/unknown gas meter with a new system, on the sly, obviously. Felt bad, and decided for being a decent guy.
Now I wish I'd got the whole street onto it while the going was good. Maybe I still will. Profit?
Honestly the actual energy increase costs is one thing, the standing charge hikes are the thing that ticks me over the edge. Its like saying 'the cost of the cable in the ground thats been there for 20 years, now suddenly is twice the price to maintain now'.
Thing is, like car fuels, domestic pricing rises sharply just behind the real wholesale cost increasing (by the % ratio, so that gross profit margins are maintained), but when wholesale cost goes back down, its days/weeks/months/more than months for the domestic price to go back down. Some serious windfall there for some shareholders.