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Standing Charge Cut.

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It's just too high after the rise.

Overhaul of standing charge for gas and electricity could give households relief (msn.com)

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      “I'm sure if we could generate at a rate that was too cheap to meter, we'd still have standing charges.“

    That what we were told would happen when we were at school in the late sixties and early seventies, electricity from nuclear power stations would be so cheap it would not be worth metering, we would simply pay a standing charge for a connection.

    The classic example of how it can all go wrong is Sark and the imposition of a maximum price which made running the generators unsustainable.

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      “I'm sure if we could generate at a rate that was too cheap to meter, we'd still have standing charges.“

    That what we were told would happen when we were at school in the late sixties and early seventies, electricity from nuclear power stations would be so cheap it would not be worth metering, we would simply pay a standing charge for a connection.

    The classic example of how it can all go wrong is Sark and the imposition of a maximum price which made running the generators unsustainable.

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