Charities warn against not paying energy bills

[celeste]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62435432

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People are being warned of the consequences of not paying their energy bills, as a campaign to refuse payment gathers supporters.
The Don't Pay group, which is demanding a reduction of bills to an affordable level, says more than 80,000 people have pledged to cancel their direct debit payments from 1 October.

This is the date the price cap - the maximum amount suppliers can charge customers in England, Scotland and Wales for each unit of energy - increases.

Analysts are forecasting the typical customer is likely to pay £3,358 a year from October, up from £1,971 a year in April.

Don't Pay says millions of people won't be able to afford their energy bills this winter - and that its campaign is the only way to force the government and energy companies to take action.

The group also says it won't take any action unless one million people sign up and it is "consulting extensively" with legal and personal debt experts.

[celeste]

We are with Eon and haven't received a bill since February,  my son phoned and was told we had cancelled - which we hadn't,  and there was nothing in writing from them - they said they were investigating,  if we are landed with a large bill we may have to contact the ombudsman.

[ExileSteve]

This winter will see at least a quarter of the adult population unable to afford their “energy” bills, and they will simply not pay because they cannot. The politicised Dibble and the politicised Courts will come down had on those who are unable to pay, most likely cutting off their supply and handing them ‘fines’ they can not possibly afford. This could be the touch paper for a popular uprising.


Gosh, let’s hope not, eh?

[celeste]

Got the bill and it was large as expected,  they'll have to be patient and wait a while.

[ExileSteve]

Got the bill and it was large as expected,  they'll have to be patient and wait a while.

Perhaps they might have to go and **** themselves?

[lozflan]

I have opted to pay for only energy used,no cushion for winter.
These summer months,the bills are pre crisis level,the money stays in my bank not theirs. Still paid monthly.

[St Chads Lad]

It's OK, no need to worry about paying bills, we're all gonna die,  apparently.
"End of the world warning as humanity on the brink of ‘mass extinction’- new timeline"
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1654402/end-of-the-world-warning-new-timeline-sixth-mass-extinction-event-found-ipcc-climate


  Give me a break. 

[St Chads Lad]

At a time when fuel bills are going through the roof and the country is starting to suffer from the policies that they imposed on us at the behest of the deluded and neo-Malthusian Greens, what do you think that the UK energy regulator Ofgem is considering as a priority? Is it securing as best it can the best deals for fuel, or being realistic about the possibilities of coal or calling for more fracking or even agitating for nuclear? Is it defending the customers of the various energy companies or making the case to government for tax and duty reductions on fuel?


Is it [censored]. It’s trumpeting about the expansion of Ofgem’s diversity and inclusion empire according to a post by the blogger Nanny Knows Best. Yes at time when there are said to be some Britons who are worrying about whether they will physically survive the winter Ofgem are wasting taxpayers money on yet more useless diversity guff. This sort of thing, at a time like this is morally indefensible. It looks like public sector [censored] when everyone else is struggling. It would be bad enough waste at the best of times but now when things are bad it’s utterly revolting.

[ExileSteve]

At a time when fuel bills are going through the roof and the country is starting to suffer from the policies that they imposed on us at the behest of the deluded and neo-Malthusian Greens, what do you think that the UK energy regulator Ofgem is considering as a priority? Is it securing as best it can the best deals for fuel, or being realistic about the possibilities of coal or calling for more fracking or even agitating for nuclear? Is it defending the customers of the various energy [size=78%]companies or making the case to government for tax and duty reductions [/size]

Is it [censored]. It’s trumpeting about the expansion of Ofgem’s diversity and inclusion empire according to a post by the blogger Nanny Knows Best. Yes at time when there are said to be some Britons who are worrying about whether they will physically survive the winter Ofgem are wasting taxpayers money on yet more useless diversity guff. This sort of thing, at a time like this is morally indefensible. It looks like public sector [censored] when everyone else is struggling. It would be bad enough waste at the best of times but now when things are bad it’s utterly revolting.

What we really need is for the ‘Don’t Pay’ campaign to really take off. The last I heard they had fewer than 100,000 signatories, which will get them absolutely nowhere; the “energy” companies will simply cut them off and obtain CCJ’s against all of them. But if ten million or more sign up, the game changes. Big style.