#BritishGas emailed me to suggest installing a new #GasBoiler, because mine just turned 10 years old. They didn't mention #heatpumps.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/10/gas-boilers-heat-pumps-uk-grants-report
#BritishGas emailed me to suggest installing a new #GasBoiler, because mine just turned 10 years old. They didn't mention #heatpumps.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/10/gas-boilers-heat-pumps-uk-grants-report
I've spent the morning since 4.30 (it's now 5.57) composing a reply to British Gas who finally dained to reply to my on-going two year complaint about serious overcharging. The weekend can only get better now.
WTF is happening at #Guardian ? This insane Turtle Media deal, firing reporters and AI partnership with super-shady OpenAI.
And now this *horrible* framing. #BritishGas profits have actually returned to normal after OFGEM insanely raised the energy price cap in a #CostOfLivingCrisis to help juice their profits.
The CSP should come even lower. Profits should come even lower. THAT will help drive economic growth
#PeopleNotProfit
My daily reminder: Steer clear of British Gas! A power company that has what appears to be creative accounting. #BritishGas
I am feeling so beaten down by British Gas that I might just pay a bill I do not owe so I can sever all connection with them. I'm usually a fighter but sometimes the cost in stress is too high. Take my advice if you will STEAR CLEAR OF BRITISHGAS.
British Gas owner Centrica warns of low gas stores after cold snap – Channel 4 News
https://www.channel4.com/news/british-gas-owner-centrica-warns-of-low-gas-stores-after-cold-snap
Gas mantles get very hot.
There are still British Gas employees whose job it is to light Londons remaining 200-odd working gas lamps. Imagine your job title is literally serial gaslighter.
(This gas lamp in Carting Lane, London was placed over a sewer in Victorian times to encourage stagnant gas to rise and escape through the vent.
It’s the only one left which is still working.) #gaslight #gaslamp #london #sewers #history #britishgas
Behind #Israel’s ‘end game’ for #Gaza: Theft of #OffshoreGas reserves
By Betsey Piette
November 14, 2023
"In 1999, #BritishGas (BG) discovered the existence of natural gas in the #GazaMarineFields, 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza, at a depth of 610 meters below the surface. Further exploration by BG through two successful wells — Gaza Marine 1 and Gaza Marine 2 — determined the field could contain up to 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. (EgyptOil-Gas.com, April 5, 2018)
[Fast forward to 2022...]
"On June 18, [2022], Israel gave preliminary approval for the development of a gas field off the coast of Gaza, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming progress would hinge on 'preserving the State of Israel’s security and diplomatic needs' and coordination with the Palestinian Authority and neighboring Egypt. At the same time, Hamas official Ismail Rudwan told Reuters: 'We reaffirm that our people in Gaza have the rights to their natural resources.'
"Two months before Oct. 7, [2023], the Pentagon began building a $35.8 million troop facility in Israel’s #NegevDesert, 20 miles from Gaza, allegedly as a radar site to monitor for missile attacks on Israel. The base is part of a 'secret' U.S. military presence in Israel. (The Intercept, Oct. 27)
"Since Oct. 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that Israel intends to kill as many Palestinians as possible in order to pressure others to leave the Gaza Strip and move to the Sinai in Egypt.
"Netanyahu has been adamant in refusing to order a cease-fire to let in aid to stop the horrific genocide being carried out in Gaza.
"The people of Gaza are well aware, as their grandparents experienced with the 1948 Nakba, that once Israelis forcefully remove Palestinians from Palestinian land, returning is a near impossibility.
"Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians has not stopped the Israeli regime’s plans for further oil and gas exploration. On Oct. 29, Israel announced that it awarded 12 licenses for exploring additional offshore natural gas fields to six companies, including #BritishPetroleum and Italian energy giant #Eni. These awards show that Israel has no intention of letting the genocide it is carrying out against Gaza’s people interfere with its ongoing theft of Palestinian resources."
Read more:
https://iacenter.org/2023/11/15/behind-israels-end-game-for-gaza-theft-of-offshore-gas-reserves/
#BigOilAndGas #BP #BG #Genocide #LandTheft #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #Genocide #BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes #KamalAdwanHospital #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #StopArmingIsrael #IDF #GenevaConvention #HumanRightsViolations #NoWar #WorldWarBibi #GazaGasFields
ICYMI - From 2011: Secret memos expose link between #BigOil firms and invasion of #Iraq
Paul Bignell, Tuesday 19 April 2011
"Five months before the March 2003 invasion, Baroness Symons, then the Trade Minister, told #BP that the Government believed British energy firms should be given a share of Iraq's enormous oil and gas reserves as a reward for #TonyBlair's military commitment to US plans for regime change.
"The papers show that Lady Symons agreed to lobby the Bush administration on BP's behalf because the oil giant feared it was being 'locked out' of deals that Washington was quietly striking with US, French and Russian governments and their energy firms.
"Minutes of a meeting with BP, #Shell and BG (formerly #BritishGas) on 31 October 2002 read: 'Baroness Symons agreed that it would be difficult to justify British companies losing out in Iraq in that way if the UK had itself been a conspicuous supporter of the US government throughout the crisis.'
"The minister then promised to "report back to the companies before Christmas" on her lobbying efforts.
"The Foreign Office invited BP in on 6 November 2002 to talk about opportunities in Iraq 'post #RegimeChange'. Its minutes state: "Iraq is the big oil prospect. BP is desperate to get in there and anxious that political deals should not deny them the opportunity.'
"After another meeting, this one in October 2002, the Foreign Office's Middle East director at the time, Edward Chaplin, noted: 'Shell and BP could not afford not to have a stake in [Iraq] for the sake of their long-term future... We were determined to get a fair slice of the action for UK companies in a post-Saddam Iraq."'
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html
#BigOilAndGas #EndlessWars #BPKnew #Oiligarchy #AbolishTheMonarchy #NoWar #IraqWar #ShellOil
Yes we use #Hive. We had British Gas install our previous boiler and kept it under a service contract for years but since our last boiler was fitted (by a different contractor) we have had no contract with BG. We have never paid for Hive plus. All well till this morning when the house overheated. Thermostat still at 18.5.
nothing like a great british gaslighting. ofgem wants us to accept the raising of the price cap by 10% because fossil fuel pimps only increased their profits last year by £750million. such hardship.
#endFossilFuels #ofgem #britishGas
@lindasgoluppiart
I had years of problems with BG and even when I switched supplier they NEVER settled what they owed me. Happy to write that off to be rid of them. I'm now with Octopus, my bills are much lower and always right. Plus they don't hoard my money and not let me have it back!
I have a discount code somewhere, would you like me to try and find it for you?
ETA Found it. You will get £50 credit!
https://share.octopus.energy/fun-grove-436
Other energy companies are available.
British Gas made a serious mistake with my bill. They attempted to overcharge me nearly £4000. for my studio. They sort of rectified that mistake which they put down to the changeover to their new accounting software. I feel things are still not right but am drowning in their wield way of billing. I'm not a mathematician but maybe someone can explain to me what's going on in this June statement? #Mastodon #Fediverse #BritishGas
The old #BritishGas is no more - it was broken up at privatisation and all the bits are owned & operated by different companies
I worked there decades ago thru privatisation and breakup - it was overmanned but consistent in the old days - and returned profit to the Exchequer every year.....
Being Left should not be a form of nostalgia - there is no going back (and BTW we need to stop consuming gas altogether within the next few decades to combat the #ClimateCrisis )
Buy back British Gas
Under #Labour plans, #GreatBritishEnergy won’t sell direct to UK households - this is a missed opportunity
Please buy back British Gas as the retail wing of the new company, so it can give us cheaper bills.
63% of the population want to buy back #BritishGas. It is normal for households to be able to buy energy directly from a publicly owned company in other countries like France and Sweden.
#BritishGas owner doubles boss’s pay to £8m – despite qualms over previous rise
Details of #ChrisOShea’s ballooning package emerge in #Centrica’s annual report after company reports bumper #profits
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/26/british-gas-owner-doubles-bosss-pay-to-8m-despite-qualms-over-previous-rise
#Greedflation
#BritishGas chief's pay package jumps to £8.2m
The boss of #Centrica, the energy giant which owns British Gas, has seen his pay package rise by almost £4m
I wonder what #thatcher would think about the ballooning of pay within privatised utilities.....?
So, I've had an e-mail from British Gas. My monthly direct debit has increased from £114.25 to £278.96 with effect from 01 March.
Has anyone's income increased by more than double? Mine certainly hasn't.
It seems my mistake is not holding #BritishGas shares.
#BritishGas sees its profits for 2023 increase 10-fold to £750m
The supplier said the jump from £72m in 2022 was due to regulator #Ofgem allowing it to recover losses of £500m it racked up in the aftermath of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
While #oil and #gas firms made record profits when #energy prices spiked, suppliers that took on the customers of bust retailers made hefty losses
#Centrica, #BritishGas's parent company, said its profits fell 17% to £2.8bn