British energy giant, British Gas, have broken into the wrong house. Couple David Houghton and Abby Simpson came home from holiday to find their locks picked by the company, a perfectly legal thing for British Gas to do if the couple had owed money.Houghton has been fighting British Gas since he cancelled the contract his flat had with the company, and switched to EDF. British Gas continued to bill him from then on, but Houghton received an apology from the CEO, and thought the matter resolved.British Gas switched the couple's metre to a pay-as-you-go unit, and left a note. The couple nextdoor were actually the one to owe British Gas money. The company has apologised, reimbursed the couple and blamed the mix up on Royal Mail. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
British Gas, having recently come under fire for raising gas and electricity priced by 15%, has reported annual profits of £571m up from the previous year's £95m. It's parent company, Centrica, also reported a 40% rise in it's profits to £1.95bn.Chairman Roger Carr said: "Centrica delivered very strong financial results during another challenging year for UK energy retailers."The average gas bill for British Gas customers has risen by 76.7% since 2003 - bringing them up to an average of £653. Electricity bills have risen by 74.3% to £413.Source: news.bbc.com
A couple of years ago we had a new house built. It was officially a conversion from a little chef restaurant, but in actuality there isn't much left of the original building. When it came to having the utilities connected, I expected it to be a simple and relatively inexpensive job, as we already had gas, water and electric supplies to the building. Boy was I wrong, the site surveyor from British Gas turned up, took one look and began sucking air through his teeth, "Gonna cost you a fortune for a gas connection mate, seeing as there is no gas here"
"Yes there is" I replied, that nice big 2 inch pipe is full of it",
"No its a dead pipe", was his expert reply. I promptly disproved this theory by glibly walking over too it, turning the valve on and listening to the high pressure rush of esca
BRITISH GAS LAUNCHES GREENEST ENERGY TARIFF 9 August 2007: British Gas has announced it is launching two new green energy tariffs, Zero Carbon, which will be the greenest tariff available on the domestic market and Future Energy. British Gas has launched the tariffs, in response to the increasing demand for green energy products. Householders signing up to the Zero Carbon tariff will: • reduce their household energy carbon emissions to zero through Kyoto compliant offset schemes which will meet the new Defra requirements • help fund a direct increase in investment in renewable energy generated in the UK • contribute to the new British Gas green fund which will: o invest in developing new renewable technologies such as wave power o oversee a programme to help schools in the UK reduce their CO2 emissions Gearóid Lane, Managing Director British Gas New Energy said,â€Our new tariff responds to consumer demand for truly green energy solutions. It is essential that customers have con
British Gas announced today it is launching two new green energy tariffs, Zero Carbon, which will be the greenest tariff available on the domestic market and Future Energy. British Gas has launched the tariffs, which will be available from 31 July, in response to the increasing demand for green energy products.
Householders signing up to the Zero Carbon tariff will:
* reduce their household energy carbon emissions to zero through Kyoto compliant offset schemes which will meet the new Defra requirements
* help fund a direct increase in investment in renewable energy generated in the UK
* contribute to the new British Gas green fund which will:
o invest in developing new renewable technologies such as wave power
o oversee a programme to help schools in the UK reduce their CO2 emissions
Gearóid Lane, Managing Director British Gas New Energy said, ”Our new tariff responds to consumer demand for truly green energy solutions. It is essential that customers have confidence in green ener
We know the weather around the world is changing, and we, human being are responsible for that, we are heating the planet, particularly through the use of fossil fuels. We need to implement more green energy around the world!And I have for my readers from UK good news, British Gas that is a British-owned company, and also they provide gas, electricity and home repair services to millions of customers in Scotland, Wales and England has announced it is launching two new green energy tariffs, Zero Carbon, which will be the greenest tariff available on the domestic market. Attention UK readers, this press release is for you:BRITISH GAS LAUNCHES GREENEST ENERGY TARIFF9 August 2007: British Gas has announced it is launching two new green energy tariffs, Zero Carbon, which will be the greenest tariff available on the domestic market and Future Energy. British Gas has launched the tariffs, in response to the increasing demand for green energy products.Householders signing up to the Zero Carbon
Pollution, you know, is a big problem for us and for the entire hearth. Every day, new environmental alarms are launched by scientists. Fortunately, in the last years something is moving in the right direction. Take for example the new Euro5 and Euro6 normative for car's emissions (in all the Europe), or the Kyoto Protocols. Another interesting example is surely the new green energy tariffs from British Gas: it now sells, for the entire domestic market, an energy obtained only with "green...
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British Gas launched a ‘New Energy’ business yesterday, which among other things will install household solar panels. UK suppliers of solar panels – particularly solar hot water – are young and fragmented and they must be worried.
PR is one driver, of course, but the main reason behind British Gas New Energy is that it will be incredibly profitable. People don’t use solar because it saves money; they use it because it feels green. On top of paying for expensive technology that takes decades to pay back, customers are prepared to pay an additional mark up that allows big margins.
The problem is that customers – corporates and homeowners alike – tend not to focus too carefully on environmental outcomes when they buy feel-good (which is why carbon offsetting is such a murky industry – there is not much demand for clearer information). Sanyo, Google and Tesco could surely have found greener uses for their cash than vast photovoltaic arrays. But they do look good, don’
flangracneig pgoramian This is going to be rather a dull post, I’m afraid. All about money and gas suppliers. But it kinda made me angry, hence why I’m blogging about it. If you don’t like it, spam my forum or something.
This morning, the postman came and dropped a few letters through the box. None for me (no further Premium Bond wins, early birthday cards, or train tickets for London this weekend), but one from my mum, from British Gas.
She has this “Price Protection” Plan - quite simply, should the price go up, then she sticks with the old price. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and the phone salesman said things like “loyal customer” and “free” and “bonus”. Of course, there was one thing the salesman forgot to mention - can you guess what it is readers?
From the letter:-
“You may have heard recently that British Gas has dropped it’s prices recently by 17%. As you are part of our price protection sch
Will npower come back with a vengence?
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