Picket against gas price hike

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 27 April 2011 14:41

1pm, Thurs 28th Apr, Queen’s House, Queen Street

The Socialist Party is to hold a picket of the Utility Regulator in Belfast tomorrow (28/04/11) at 1pm, over its approval of a 39% price increase by Phoenix Gas. The Socialist Party is calling for the Assembly Executive to use its powers to overturn this price rise.
 
Tommy Black, the Socialist Party’s East Belfast candidate, said:
"The huge price rise by Phoenix Gas - approved by the Regulator - is a slap in the face for ordinary people. Fuel poverty is already endemic here. The Utility Regulator is allowing a company which has made over £20 million pre-tax profit in the last 2 years to rob ordinary people."

Phoenix Gas Price Hike: Nationalise the Utility Companies!

Written by Administrator Thursday, 21 April 2011 12:10

Tommy Black, East Belfast Socialist Party candidate, has labelled the 39% price hike by Pheonix Gas “disgusting” and called for major utility companies to be brought in public ownership

Mr. Black stated:

“This price hike is a disgusting assault on working-class people. It will push the average domestic gas bill to over £580 a year, at a time when families are under huge financial pressure. Northern Ireland already has the highest rates of fuel poverty in the UK.”

Support for campaign unsettles NIE

Written by Daniel Waldron Monday, 01 February 2010 15:29

Nationalise the Utilities Campaign received a letter from NIE challenging a leaflet of the campaign. Below is the response of the campaign and the initial letter from NIE.

Nationalise the Utilities Campaign

Written by Administrator Monday, 01 February 2010 15:16

Re-nationalise NIE

How many of you as NIE customers realise that you are paying for a £24million computer and administrative system that is lying idle?

 By Warren McCullough

The quango that is the Utility Regulator set this system up two years ago to create a domestic electricity market in Northern Ireland, supposedly to introduce ‘competition’. The cost of this farce is being shouldered by households who are paying around £100 more than they were at this time last year.

Socialist Party calls for nationalisation of energy companies

Written by Administrator Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00

Press Release - 10th September 2008

‘If the Government can spend billions bailing out the banks, they can bail out hard-pressed families by taking control of the energy sector’ – Peter Hadden

The Socialist Party has called on the Government to nationalise Phoenix Gas and Northern Ireland Electricity in response to “the completely unjustifiable price increases, which are solely designed to protect the profits of these monopolies.”