AN excellent programme on Tyne Tees TV on Monday evening highlighted wholesale energy prices and what the householder is actually paying for gas and electricity.

Thousands of people are paying well above the odds for their energy supply and 15 to 20 years ago I was one of them.

I more than halved my electricity bill by: 1. Having a key meter installed and that gives me a daily record of how much I am spending on electricity.

2. I switched to British Gas which only charges for electricity when you are using it.

There is no standing charge.

Some utility companies are robbing people left, right and straight down the centre, yet every government that comes into power knows what is going on, and sits back and watches it all happen.

So in the lead up to Christmas, forget about the Government and its silly carbon footprints and concentrate on making sure you are not being robbed for your gas and electricity supply.

Name supplied, Wear Valley, County Durham.