TOPIC: Energy Bills - Paying Too Much?

Question Five

 

OIL or GAS - Does NI have a choice?

Are we in Northern Ireland paying too much for our energy?

What can we do?

More competition?

 

Comment

In a word, Yes! It’s outrageous! We are out of sync with the rest of the UK, there is no competition, they can charge what they want, we have no say. Our main problem is that most of our houses are run on oil and there is no regulatory body. So is there anything we can do?

Well actually there is one thing we could do. It doesn’t tackle the main issue but it might help us reduce our oil bills a little.

Most companies give reductions for bulk buying. In the Causeway U3A we have 900 members and we could put in a bulk order. This could potentially reduce our bill by around £30 per delivery. Any volunteers to organise it?