UK energy bills are soaring to record highs
The price cap should be on the energy producers (wholesale) as well as the retailers.<p>This is just naked profiteering at the energy producer stage for those that aren&#x27;t using natural gas as their sole energy source.<p>It isn&#x27;t costing any more to produce electricity from nuclear, coal, hydro and renewable sources and yet these are being priced at the same rate as gas [0].<p>So, for example, British Gas (BG) and EDF are profiteering massively since they use no, or very little, natural gas.<p>All energy companies in the UK are required to publish their energy source mix. Here for example are the six largest producers[0]. There are many more smaller producers and associated retail suppliers that use them and many are focused on &#x27;green&#x27; sources:<p><pre><code>              Nuclear Coal  N.Gas  Renew Other Non-Gas Market Share[7]
    EDF[1]     62.1%  1.3%   7.5%  29.0%  0.1%   92.5%   18.52%
     BG[2]     35.0%  0.0%   0.0%  65.0%  0.0%  100.0%   23.70% (a)
    EON[3]      5.7%  3.5%  43.5%  43.7%  3.6%   66.5%   14.07%
    NPOWER[4]   6.9%  4.2%  52.6%  31.9%  4.4%   47.4%   24.07%
    SCOT PWR[5] 6.0%  4.0%  46.0%  40.0%  4.0%   54.0%   10.00%
    OVO&#x2F;SSE[6]  0.0%  0.0%  49.6%  50.4%  0.0%   50.4%   18.50% (b)
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So these six represent by far the majority. In fact adding up these market shares comes to 108.86%! That is because these companies supply both electricity and gas, sometimes separately, so one customer may get electricity from supplier A and natural gas from supplier B. That customer would be counted twice.<p>(a) British Gas is a trading name of Centrica which was formed when the original British Gas plc was split in a de-merger in 1997.<p>(b) OVO bought SSE in 2020.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.energycompanynumbers.co.uk&#x2F;who-are-the-big-six-energy-suppliers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.energycompanynumbers.co.uk&#x2F;who-are-the-big-six-e...</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.edfenergy.com&#x2F;fuel-mix" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.edfenergy.com&#x2F;fuel-mix</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.britishgasplus.co.uk&#x2F;fuel-mix" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.britishgasplus.co.uk&#x2F;fuel-mix</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eonenergy.com&#x2F;About-eon&#x2F;Fuel-Mix" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eonenergy.com&#x2F;About-eon&#x2F;Fuel-Mix</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;npowerbusinesssolutions.com&#x2F;company&#x2F;fuel-mix" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;npowerbusinesssolutions.com&#x2F;company&#x2F;fuel-mix</a><p>[5] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scottishpower.co.uk&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;performance&#x2F;fuel-mix" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scottishpower.co.uk&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;performance&#x2F;fuel-mi...</a><p>[6] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sse.co.uk&#x2F;v3&#x2F;assets&#x2F;blt09078e271abddd45&#x2F;blt04622618eb198f78&#x2F;614c39b8ee502d0e1337de29&#x2F;energy_fuel-mix.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sse.co.uk&#x2F;v3&#x2F;assets&#x2F;blt09078e271abddd45&#x2F;blt04622618e...</a><p>[7] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theenergyshop.com&#x2F;energy-suppliers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theenergyshop.com&#x2F;energy-suppliers</a>