Kopek Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) Jeezus, how many millions would that cost him? Someone else is responsible to get the water to the edge of your property ( and the loop under your wall?), after that to get it into your property, does the 750mm still apply? as long as it is not somewhere you are going to dig your spuds in? ( Not to mention your Herring pond Derek.). I think that you can ask for the lead to be removed back to the mains, free, then up to you to get it into your house? Edited January 5, 2022 by Kopek 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Trevor535 said: They don’t have to. They are allowed to set their own prices In which case they don't operate in a monopoly and so have to be competitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor535 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, A fool and his money..... said: In which case they don't operate in a monopoly and so have to be competitive. You can run a monopoly, and still not be allowed to set your own prices. Just ask Manx Gas. They would have put their prices up far more than they have far earlier than they did if they had been allowed. This is a bit like people saying steam packet fares should be lower without realising that they are bound to do certain things by government that if they could ditch would result in lower passenger fares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Trevor535 said: You can run a monopoly, and still not be allowed to set your own prices. Just ask Manx Gas. They would have put their prices up far more than they have far earlier than they did if they had been allowed. This is a bit like people saying steam packet fares should be lower without realising that they are bound to do certain things by government that if they could ditch would result in lower passenger fares That's true, but the government has decided that the restrictions placed on the a monopoly are what's best for the people of the island, that's what they are elected to do. If MG were still allowed to charge as much as they like we'd all be paying too much for gas. If the Steam Packet were allowed to decide their own schedule we'd probably have next to no passenger sailings in November or January for example. ETA I'd rather have the government, who in theory at least have our best interests at heart, decide fair service standards and pricing, than a private company who has the best interests of their shareholders at heart. Edited January 5, 2022 by A fool and his money..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 For what it's worth; Royal Dutch Shell just announce record profits, largely driven by gas prices, prompting calls for a windfall tax by campaigners who claim that consumer's gas prices are set to double between April 2021 and April 2022 (Sky News). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 You just beat me to it. What a major profiteering exercise it appears/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Non-Believer said: For what it's worth; Royal Dutch Shell just announce record profits, largely driven by gas prices, prompting calls for a windfall tax by campaigners who claim that consumer's gas prices are set to double between April 2021 and April 2022 (Sky News). The profits on gas & oil are being generated by those multinationals who extract it & refine it not by companies buying it like the electricity & gas suppliers in UK & IOM which is why the latter are going bust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 4 hours ago, Non-Believer said: For what it's worth; Royal Dutch Shell just announce record profits, largely driven by gas prices, prompting calls for a windfall tax by campaigners who claim that consumer's gas prices are set to double between April 2021 and April 2022 (Sky News). Closely followed by industry statement saying windfall taxes will adversely effect their competitiveness in the market place! Anyway here is a claim that container sized nuclear plants will produce the lowest cost energy of all: https://bit.ly/3f0VoGQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 14 minutes ago, Banker said: The profits on gas & oil are being generated by those multinationals who extract it & refine it not by companies buying it like the electricity & gas suppliers in UK & IOM which is why the latter are going bust But they're not going bust on the IoM, that's the point. Why in God's name the Government would want to prevent them from going bust is a mystery to me. They should have refused their initial increase and then offered to buy them for next to nothing, the offer would be taken up sooner or later and we'd finally be rid of the blood sucking, profiteering bastards. Yes energy prices would still be on the up, but would be based on what that energy costs rather than what profit MG has decided to make this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 I have visions of Ms Cox being called before the MG/Ancala Board and being asked to explain her failure to have the last rise in charges approved and implemented. Like something out of SPECTRE in James Bond... 😂 And told to try again under pain of something nasty and terminal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Some more support for low income households https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/lump-sum-payments-to-assist-with-winter-heating-costs/ however no matter what government do there’s always some complaining that it’s their fault gas prices are high!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 It's more what the government hasn't done when it comes to developing our own renewable energy generation capacity (just under 30% of global electricity generation by the end of 2020) Now a sizeable chunk of the island's population is dependent on very expensive natural gas to heat their homes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Two years, says Ms Cox..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I’m not sure why IOM residents expect to be protected from global price increases in commodities with tax payers money? UK consumers are expected to get c50/60% increase in bills from April 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Blonde Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 So what's the current guesstimate for the new MEA tariffs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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