In article , Andrew
wrote:
On 23/05/2021 22:33, Max Demian wrote:
On 23/05/2021 18:30, Andrew wrote:
On 23/05/2021 10:46, Jethro_uk wrote:

If there was any honesty in the free market mantra the Tories use to
shot on us, we should be able to buy our electricity from Spain. Or
indeed anywhere.

I'm still waiting to be able to change my water company - as promised
by their privatisation. When's that due ?

That was never offered with privatisation. You had the option to go
onto metered water and pay for what you actually use. You can always
go off grid, with your own well and private sewage treatment works, as
some rural folks have to.

There cannot be an option to switch suppliers without a National water
grid, which will never happen.

That's about how the utility is delivered, which is the same with
electricity and gas.

Competition is between the people who send out the bills.


Err, no. With gas and electricity all the inputs are fed into the
respective grid system. The users all tap into these two grid systems.
The gas and electrons could have come from anywhere on the grid.

The electrons I buy are blue ones from Scotland

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