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\"DSC_1715\"<\/a>Over the last year or so as everyone knows oil and gas prices have fallen dramatically, why not domestic energy prices?\u00a0 This is the question raised this week on the news.\u00a0 This is particularly true of the “big six”.\u00a0 But my experience of domestic energy prices with one of the 30 odd small suppliers the price of natural gas I pay has dropped a bit but not electricity.\u00a0 This is very odd since the wholesale prices of energy have dropped if not to record levels certainly to the lowest levels<\/a> for 2 years.<\/p>\n

Its hard to think of any other reason for a lack of fall in domestic energy prices other than the big six are taking the opportunity to make excessive profits.\u00a0 The best thing to do is to shop around.\u00a0 Some of the domestic energy prices of the small suppliers are \u00a3300\/year cheaper for both gas and electricity combined.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last year or so as everyone knows oil and gas prices have fallen dramatically, why not domestic energy prices?\u00a0 This is the question raised this week on the news.\u00a0 This is particularly true of the “big six”.\u00a0 But … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,17],"tags":[185,74,34,184],"class_list":["post-6742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-costs","category-one-thing-we-have-learnt-this-week","tag-domestic-energy-prices","tag-energy-costs-2","tag-oil-prices","tag-wholesale-prices"],"yoast_head":"\nOne thing we have learnt this week - domestic energy prices - The oil lamp - shining God's light on peak oil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=6742\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=6742\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=6742\",\"name\":\"One thing we have learnt this week - 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