The Prime Minister has given another serious talking to the power companies. It’s all the power companies fault. Their fault that electricity prices have gone sky high. And now they thoroughly deserve a dressing down. In powerful ‘man of action’ mode, the Prime Minister, a champion of privatisation and asset stripping told the companies they had to do more about reducing the size of power bills. And we at pcbycp are right behind him.
The Prime Minister talks tough on Energy
For those who have a postal service that works and still receive a paper bill, we propose doing as we do, and that is cut your bill in half. This is easily achieved, and we urge power strapped households to re-register for a paper power bill. This is almost the same process that will be required for those amongst us who choose to celebrate the opportunity to have a non binding say on the marriage equality non binding, non referendum.
The PM demonstrates ‘Strong Leadership”.
Place the bill on a flat surface. Then, ensuring that the bill is dead flat, horizontal, and matches to the utmost perecision, the level of that flat surface, (we reccommend a table, or a very large bible) place a ruler over the bill. Selecting, a portion to, (we at Pcbycp provide a very useful template,) determine whether you’d like to slash your bill by a quarter, a third , or completely in half.
The P.M suggests that ringing the energy company is the best way to go about it. He also urged the energy companies to contact all electricity users, (those stupid enough or too poor to not get off the grid) and tell them that if they’d like to, they could change their power supplier. Into the mix, he’s told the power companies to suggest to their clients that they should look elsewhere for cheaper power. We at pcbycp applaud this initiative. It makes good sense. It is a ‘free market’, and the Liberal, National coalition wants you, the consumer to excercise that pillar of economic doctrine “freedom of choice: The P.M suggests, most ardently, “shop around”, get the “best price”, and if you have to change energy companies every year, quarterly, monthly, fortnightly, (we suggest weekly), you’ll get the best price, and rather like choosing supermarkets other than the duopoly of Coles and Woolies you might get a better deal.
Power Company executives pretending to listen to the PM
This is all sound advice, and very do-able. We also would like to suggest, that every household purchase an ‘electricity price watchdog’, (they are freely available from any Lort Smith or RSPCA pound) to bark, when bill stress is at dangerous levels.
‘Primrose’, the electricity price watchdog.
But, just for the moment, back to slashing your power bill. With the ruler as a template and guide, hold a Stanley knife, blade, or cutting device other than a chainsaw, to the edge of the ruler, and score a line across the energy bill. Then, delicately tear the portion from the rest of the bill. Voila!! Your energy bill is cut.
WE applaud the Federal Government for this far reaching initiative and like the non-binding, non compulsory, non-referendum same sex marriage bill it proves once again that the P.M and his party are dertermined to win the next election with decisive legislative action.
How poor people can reduce ‘Bill Shock’
And prove that, they’ll do anything other than have a coherent energy policy.