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5 Live Investigates: Commercial Energy
23 Apr 2012 | Filed under: EnergyHere’s a link to a BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates podcast on Commercial Energy. It discusses alleged mis-selling of energy and the relationship with BES. 5 Live Podcast link Whilst I cannot comment on the allegations discussed in this podcast, (and you can draw your own conclusions), it is worth commenting that Auditel do come [...]
Shale Gas
10 May 2011 | Filed under: EnergyGas prices have historically tended to track the price of oil. With prices so high now that extracting Shale gas from rock using the ‘fracking’ process has become viable, global gas prices are becoming de-coupled from oil prices. This was mentioned in presentations at the Energy Event that I attended last week in Birmingham. This [...]
What should you do if you are receiving free gas (or electricity)?
10 Mar 2011 | Filed under: EnergyOccasionally, we some across clients who appear to be receiving free gas or electricity. In reality, there is no such thing as a free lunch and there are generally two common reasons for this. Either the supplier has ‘forgotten’ to bill the supply or the meter is what is called ‘shipperless’ and has not been [...]
Smart Metering being rolled out
19 Jan 2011 | Filed under: EnergyA number of electricity suppliers, including British Gas are rolling out the installation of smart meters ahead of them becoming mandatory. Customers accepting the offer to have these installed ‘free’ should get more accurate billing but to obtain half hourly data for AM&T (monitoring and targeting of energy usage), there will be an extra cost. [...]
Recession and Winter Weather – Impact on Gas Contracts
06 Dec 2010 | Filed under: EnergyHaving today just attended a review meeting with one of our major gas suppliers, I now have a better understanding of why ‘take or pay’ clauses have to be imposed. Fixed price gas contracts are priced based on the annual quantity. The AQ is fixed by National Grid (TRANSCO) and is based on historic monthly [...]
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