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UK Public utilities info needed

Nuggett | 05.08.2002 19:01

uk utilities and american interest The poor man exploited for all he's worth and if he aint worth nothing then give him nothing are these American energy providers welcome in the uk

uk utilities and american interest The poor man exploited for all he's worth and if he aint worth nothing then give him nothing are these American energy providers welcome in the uk

I am currently being hassled by british gas who are demanding 25.05 ireceived a telegram from them to say that someone would call to disconnect the gas supply with the police present in the next few days this is despite them not being my energy supplier
(they say it is for the period when i first occupied the property despite me informing them before occupation that i had arranged my gas provision through another supplier)

i've phoned them on more than one occasion to tell them i am not paying any money to them and if i owe any money for debt accrued i shall pay it to my new supplier
(i did not want any dealings with BG whatsoever as they played some underhand tactics in the last property asking for security deposits to the tune of 150 pounds or gas disconnected etc)

anyways after looking on the bill they had sent i noticed they were owned by Centrica and i got to thinking who are Centrica anyway so i did a little poking around (as u do)and found out they were a big american energy provider so naturally curious i decided to look up some other major energy providers in the uk and it turns out the ones i looked at were all parented by big energy companies in dallas and texas and the like

i feel that their working practice in relation to poorer members of society is not what it should be and that as a direct result of this many less well of people in the uk particularly those renting houses are being monopolised and bullied by BG ie Centrica .

i am looking for info from anyone who has experienced rough treatment at the hands of these barons particularly when you are struggling financially not just centrica but all your local utility providers .it is possible that this material will be used in forthcoming book

further to this i am wondering if anyone happens to have any collated data on uk energy suppliers parent groups ,this would save me a lot of time and messing around

on top of this if enough people respond i may instigate a petition to email mp's throughout the country demanding that local utilities should be run by local companies and should protect the interests of all members of society something i feel the American energy giants are completely overlooking at present

i know this is not a high priority for any of you just now, what with the international and domestic scenes all to fuck but i would appreciate any info that you could give me particularly with ownership of and working practices worldwide of some of the uk energy providers american parent groups

cheers in advance for any help

Nuggett! {>}

Nuggett
- e-mail: websignup@dsl.pipex.com

Comments

Display the following 6 comments

  1. watch manweb, unless its dark — dave d
  2. info on privatisation etc — union dinosaur
  3. Who owns whom — jdjd
  4. Centrica is american jdjd — Nuggett!
  5. Well...I don't want an argument — jdjd
  6. NO GRAMMAR QUEENS — Nuggett! {<<H8theG8>>}
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