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LETTER: Is daily standing charge rise just plain profiteeting?

LETTER: Is daily standing charge rise just plain profiteeting?

Dear Editor,
I was contacted last night by my energy supplier to inform me the EBSS (energy support scheme) was ending on 31st March.

Based on the last twelve months they estimate, based on usage, my Electricity Costs from April 2023 to March 2024 would reduce by £21-14 and Gas would increase by £2-27.

March 23, 2023
READER’S LETTER: Why is Cheshire paying higher electricity prices?

READER’S LETTER: Why is Cheshire paying higher electricity prices?

Dear Editor,
On the BBC text site overnight, it was reported that Electricity cost 4p per unit more in North Wales, Cheshire and parts of Merseyside (the old MANWEB area).

In our area we pay 36p per unit, with 34p being an average and 32p in the lowest parts of the Country.

October 14, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Geothermal energy will boost Crewe residents

READER’S LETTER: Geothermal energy will boost Crewe residents

Dear Editor,
At a time when everyone is worried about the ever escalating energy prices, it is good news that Crewe residents could be the beneficiary of cheaper clean energy.

August 27, 2022
READER’S LETTER: Are CEC wasting council taxpayers’ money?

READER’S LETTER: Are CEC wasting council taxpayers’ money?

Dear Editor
Labour-run Cheshire East’s Energy Company has lost a whopping £151,000.

It is bad enough that local council taxpayers have recently been forced to pay large increases in the energy costs for their home… they also now have to bail out the council run Energy Company as well!

October 26, 2021
Man dies in industrial incident at Bishop’s Wood, Nantwich

Man dies in industrial incident at Bishop’s Wood, Nantwich

A man involved in an industrial accident in Bishop’s Wood in Nantwich yesterday has died, police have confirmed.

Emergency services including police, paramedics, air ambulance and fire crews were called to the scene at Bridle Hey at around 1.45pm on Thursday 13 August.

August 14, 2020
Scottish Power chiefs ‘sorry’ as Nantwich hit by power cuts

Scottish Power chiefs ‘sorry’ as Nantwich hit by power cuts

Electricity bosses have apologised after Nantwich was hit by two major power cuts this week.

And they revealed the two incidents were not connected, and just “coincidence”.

January 7, 2016
House fire in Nantwich sparked by tumble dryer

House fire in Nantwich sparked by tumble dryer

A house blaze in Nantwich was sparked by a tumble dryer, fire crews say. The fire broke out in a three-storey town house on Capel Way, Nantwich, last night (April 8) at 10.40pm.

April 9, 2014
UPDATE: Nantwich Red Cow pub blaze – town centre road reopens

UPDATE: Nantwich Red Cow pub blaze – town centre road reopens

Fire crews are battling a blaze in a town centre pub in Nantwich. The fire broke out in a ground floor cleaning cupboard of the Red Cow pub on Beam Street and spread.

February 22, 2013