The news media are saying water bills are to rise by £86 next year – HOW MUCH???
This Writer is confused.
Back in July, the regulator Ofwat was demanding that any bill rise should be restricted to £19 per year – £95 over five years – and the water companies were complaining because they wanted £144 over that period, otherwise they would not be able to address problems like sewage leaks.
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Then in October, Ofwat announced that the worst-performing water companies would have to return £158 million to customers, after they missed important targets on pollution and leaks.
This meant customers were to receive an average rebate of less than £10 – around one-tenth of the increase the regulator was recommending for water firms over the next five years.
At the same time, though, This Site reported that an incentive scheme meant only four of the privatised water companies would be allowed to put up their bills.
Now we are being told bills will rise by £86 next year alone (although the average rise over five years will be £31 – making a total rise of £155).
That’s for all the water companies. So customers will be forced to pay them everything they wanted – and more.
We’re being told that £104 billion will go towards upgrading water systems – but we’ve heard all that before, and the money went into shareholders’ and executives’ pockets instead.
What guarantees do we have that this new fleecing of customers won’t go the same way? None, that This Writer can see.
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Water bills are to rise by £86 next year – HOW MUCH???
The news media are saying water bills are to rise by £86 next year – HOW MUCH???
This Writer is confused.
Back in July, the regulator Ofwat was demanding that any bill rise should be restricted to £19 per year – £95 over five years – and the water companies were complaining because they wanted £144 over that period, otherwise they would not be able to address problems like sewage leaks.
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
Then in October, Ofwat announced that the worst-performing water companies would have to return £158 million to customers, after they missed important targets on pollution and leaks.
This meant customers were to receive an average rebate of less than £10 – around one-tenth of the increase the regulator was recommending for water firms over the next five years.
At the same time, though, This Site reported that an incentive scheme meant only four of the privatised water companies would be allowed to put up their bills.
Now we are being told bills will rise by £86 next year alone (although the average rise over five years will be £31 – making a total rise of £155).
That’s for all the water companies. So customers will be forced to pay them everything they wanted – and more.
We’re being told that £104 billion will go towards upgrading water systems – but we’ve heard all that before, and the money went into shareholders’ and executives’ pockets instead.
What guarantees do we have that this new fleecing of customers won’t go the same way? None, that This Writer can see.
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