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#BritishGas thrilled to announce they have made a killing
In this case, it was quite literally!
British Gas has reported an 889% increase in #profits in the first half of the year, racking up a sensational £969 million! In contrast, British Gas only made £98 million at this point last year. British Gas owner, #Centrica saw profits rise by a whopping 1,900% to £1.4 billion and Shell made £3.9 billion in just three months.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/british-gas-thrilled-to-announce?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews

https://invidious.namazso.eu/watch?v=bW_8UYcj43I&listen=false

#Centrica triples profits!

Polio and cancer survivor & pensioner harassed about these fucking #energybills

#UKShitShow

THIS is how #Britain treats our grandparents!

RT @julianHjessop: Usual bollocks today about 'British Gas' making record profits from household #energybills... 🙄

In reality, BG's profits *fell* by 39%, on wafer thin margins.

Yes, profits rebounded at #Centrica (BG's parent), but these were made from drilling and trading, not retail...

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/john4brexit/status/1626326276280647680

Petition: British Gas boss - donate your £ 1.6 million bonus to struggling families.

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/british-gas-boss-donate-your-ps1-6-million-bonus?source=rawlink&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=rawlink&share=1ec685b0-4bfe-4831-9070-06ab83e77f75

#centrica #ceo #bonus

Profits like this would be immoral in boom-time. We are not in boom-time. Excessive profit off the back of public misery and environmental damage is criminal. How much longer will people put up with this?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/16/british-gas-owner-centrica-reports-record-profits-of-33bn

#centrica #ukpolitics #climate

Centrica profit triples to 3.3 billion, a record high because of soaring energy prices, “paving the way for a 300 million pound share buy-back, sending the company's shares to their highest level in almost four years”. Meanwhile, these companies and their governments say there’s not enough money to invest in green transition.

#nationalise #Centrica #BritishGas #profiteering

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/centricas-2022-profit-jumps-high-energy-prices-volumes-2023-02-16/

I'm with #BritishGas #Centrica and seeing the profits they made off us is disgusting. I live in a small flat with my youngest son and our gas was £23 a month last year and its already gone up to £128 a month. They are profiting off people who are already struggling financially! 128 probably doesn't seem like much but I'm a single parent and disabled so every penny counts. If it goes up again I won't be able to pay for it. Yet they're making billions! 🤬

#CostOfLiving

RT @StevenOpenshaw
#FossilFuels comps #Centrica #BP & #Shell are profiteering obscenely from the war in #Ukraine, while reneging on their #ClimateEmergency promises.
They are contributing significantly to the #CostOfLivingCrisis.
@RishiSunak & the @Conservatives must impose a proper #WindfallTax.

#Centrica announces obscene profits from charging too much to supply gas, and installing prepay meters for those who can't pay.
What's HM govt doing?
Feeding public money into their profits, while the Tory folk buy the shares.
#GeneralElectionNow

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1626133426897051650

British Gas owner Centrica has posted huge profits after energy prices soared last year.

Centrica's full-year profits hit £3.3bn for 2022, more than triple the £948m it made the year before.

The figures come after British Gas was criticised over its use of debt agents to force-fit prepayment meters in the homes of vulnerable customers.

(Now watch for the shareholder buybacks)

#BritishGas #Centrica #WindfallTax #Energy #ClimateCrisis

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64652142

@ChrisMayLA6 Prepay meters *could* be a way to help hard-up people budget. BUT they should be offered not compelled and the offer made attractive by a hefty discount on the standard tariff rather than a surcharge as at present. Customers get help with their budgeting and suppliers have fewer bad headlines and legal cases. #Centrica

So why are courts able to issue these warrants?

https://apple.news/A0SfjSghSQe-SFRs2mk2Yvw
#PrepaymentGas #BritishGas #Centrica

This story is horrifying, but realistically is anyone actually surprised that #BritishGas have broken into the homes of vulnerable people to fit #PrePayment meters? It takes evidence from journalists to make #Centrica act rather than listening to its customers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64491243

"Centrica plans battery storage, solar and hydrogen at former gas power plant"

#Centrica #Battery #Energy #Solar #Hydrogen

https://www.edie.net/centrica-plans-battery-storage-solar-and-hydrogen-at-former-gas-power-plant/

"Nearly half of the carbon offsets held by energy company Centrica on behalf of its UK business and residential customers have such a poor reputation that the EU banned them from its own emissions trading scheme in 2013."

"Centrica, which owns British Gas, says it is committed to a cleaner and greener future."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Centrica #EU #Emissions #CarbonOffsets

https://news.sky.com/story/half-of-centricas-carbon-offsets-banned-by-eu-emissions-trading-scheme-in-2013-12708141

RT @TheGreenParty: These two screenshots are linked.

While a few profit, the rest of us pay.

#Centrica #EnergyCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/catherinerowett/status/1552675306854555654

RT @TheGreenParty: These two screenshots are linked.

While a few profit, the rest of us pay.

#Centrica #EnergyCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/GreenPartyMolly/status/1552644316815818753

RT @Miatsf@twitter.com

Energy company #Centrica made an additional £1bn profit in the last 6 months, whilst millions of people can't afford to heat their homes.

Our economic system is currently enabling this, but it doesn't have to be this way.

Government should:

1/ https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1552544599578640385

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Miatsf/status/1552557658187743233