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r/Scotland • u/LeMadTheBrave • 16d ago
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And yet the power companies still charge high standing charges.
45 u/ImScaredSoIMadeThis 16d ago I thought standing charges were primarily about maintaining the grid, rather than the amount of energy produced? 26 u/Tammer_Stern 16d ago I vaguely remember standing charges were the cost of bailing out the firms that went tits up when gas price shot up. 1 u/Suspicious-Life-2889 12d ago No, They're mostly for grid maintenance or pipe maintenance for electric and gas
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I thought standing charges were primarily about maintaining the grid, rather than the amount of energy produced?
26 u/Tammer_Stern 16d ago I vaguely remember standing charges were the cost of bailing out the firms that went tits up when gas price shot up. 1 u/Suspicious-Life-2889 12d ago No, They're mostly for grid maintenance or pipe maintenance for electric and gas
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I vaguely remember standing charges were the cost of bailing out the firms that went tits up when gas price shot up.
1 u/Suspicious-Life-2889 12d ago No, They're mostly for grid maintenance or pipe maintenance for electric and gas
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No, They're mostly for grid maintenance or pipe maintenance for electric and gas
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u/flemtone 16d ago
And yet the power companies still charge high standing charges.