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UK energy insiders breaking down what's really in your bill. The stuff suppliers don't always tell you.

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1/7 You're Paying for Wind Farms. You'll Never See Cheaper Bills. Here's Why 👇

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@eglynn Enjoy not being in europe next szn pal

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Energy Price Cap going up 13% in July...

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@legocrankykong wow you figured that out all on your own 😮

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@britten422 @BritishGasHelp Once it's sorted you might wanna consider switching to another supplier or a cheaper tariff - check out https://t.co/jS5AHDI89A

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Fellow united fan here so had to stop and help lol

They're required to give you a complaint reference number - it's part of their complaints process under Ofgem rules. If they keep dodging it, email [email protected] and keep screenshots of everything - the chats, this tweet, all of it.

Also if it's been 8 weeks since you first raised it you don't even need to wait for them. You can go straight to the Energy Ombudsman and they'll deal with it for free.

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The £150 pa saving is not really a genuine saving anyway, as a lot of that cost is just being shifted into general taxation so people still end up paying for it one way or another. On top of that, expected rises in standing charges over the coming months, combined with forecast wholesale price increases in Q3, could easily wipe out any benefit again.

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@donaldjmontgome @Ed_Miliband don't forget constraint payments where wind farms are paid to turn off, paid for by the billpayer.

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@IC30pips @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer Part of your energy bill actually goes towards covering other people's unpaid energy debt - it's called the bad debt charge. So the ones who pay see their bills rise to cover those who don't. Always the good citizen who's treated like shit.

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@andeckitt More on the UK energy debt crisis here if you're interested 👉 https://t.co/kKRkdISW3Y

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@andeckitt Part of your bill actually goes towards covering other people's unpaid energy debt - it's called the bad debt charge. So the ones who pay see their bills rise to cover those who don't. Always the good citizen who's treated like shit.

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@MdAbdulRohim @OctopusEnergy you can find alternative suppliers here: https://t.co/UjIcMXMBzG

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@brianbenne25702 @LookingBack22 @Lauratobin1 you could potentially find cheaper deals here: https://t.co/UjIcMXMBzG

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the marginal pricing in the system in the UK means you're constantly funding renewables but will never see saving because elec prices are tied to gas prices (even if wind is cheap and generates a lot of electricity if even a littel bit of gas is used to balance the system the wind farms get paid the same price as gas, inflating wholesale prices and in turn, your bill)

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@markjrobbo @OctopusEnergy you can find cheaper tariffs here: https://t.co/UjIcMXMBzG

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@manage1984 @AllisonPearson you could save 200+ by switching to a cheaper deal, check out our tracker or sign up to our free auto-switcher: https://t.co/UjIcMXM3K8

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