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Originally Posted by renormalised
all these price hikes are just another tax/money grab
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That's all it is Carl. Not as bad as back home though. I was running two small electric heaters in winter only where I was and I remember not beign able to afford the power bills so I had them on timers and only used what I could afford. (2h each per day)
At the time electricity bills were taxed at 80% [15 yrs ago]. Then on top there was another 60% tax on the taxed consumption itself. The whole bill was horrendous. Almost unaffordable so we're still pretty good here.
And the price wasn't linked to supply and demand or any shortage of power. France has a nuclear plant every 30 square km or so and they probably export twice as much electricity as they use. Just plain good old tax
