Cambourne – A hidden charge

It has come to my attention that each home in Cambourne gets their gas via an independent gas transporter (IGT). Basically this means the gas comes through pipes owned by an independent company.

This is rather than the normal method via TRANSCO owned pipes and is now resulting in ALL Cambourne homes being charged extra.

Recently gas suppliers such as Powergen started adding an extra “IGT” charge.

Checking my bills it seems this IGT charge first appeared in September 2005 for £1.64 a quarter, presumably for part of the period.

My latest bill in March and the latest June 2006 has a figure of £9.97 plus VAT for the quarter.

Powergen were covering these charges from the normal gas pricing until last year
They are now billing customers directly and is listed separately on your gas bill.

It results in a higher charge of £42 per annum whichever way you look at it.

A Cambourne Tax

No matter how much gas you use, these admin charges can rise without any price controls.
I have written to our MP to see if he was aware of this rip off.

This is now pointed out to new Powergen customers but some companies are hiding it in the billing.

Looking back to a bill in 2000 when we moved here it states quite clearly that the gas transportation company is TRANSCO unless otherwise stated, and nothing else is stated.
This bill was from Eastern Energy which has transformed to Powergen

Our meter point references start 74 which means apparently that we have always been supplied by an IGT.
Despite the original bills stating otherwise