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Originally Posted by Mr K
I think you may be over simplifying/drinking too much vodka  But as far as electric/gas is concerned it's all very similar out of the pipes/wires. Why you pay different depending on which area of the country you're in or which company is bizarre. The OFGEM price cap does effectively mean most will now pay paying very similar high prices, with choice getting restricted by the day.
Go on I'll say it. Nationalise it, with the same price for everyone rich or poor, Shetlands or Cornwall, paying the same rates. The railways are going that way so why not energy? Tragedy of the current system is that the poorest with pre-payment meters pay most. Dickens would have had a field day... |
There’s nothing bizarre about it. A portion of your bill is paid by your service provider to your local distribution network operating company. They set their own costs which reflect various factors including their network topography. My DNO has particularly high costs because it covers the Scottish highlands. Some of the smallest electricity supply companies won’t sign up customers in my postcode for that reason. I suspect these are the same ones that have tried to keep their costs so low that they’ve now collapsed.