Thread by @1goodtern

I'm a trustee of a charity whose electricity bill will rise from
£8k in 2019
to
£50k in 2023.

We're screwed.
This country, I mean.

You know what this means for businesses, charities, homeowners, industry, hospitals, schools?

Everything will *collapse*.

For the bots and trolls:

There is no CEO earning anything.
The charity has 9 unpaid trustees, 2 volunteers, 2 employees.
Total in last year £149k, total out £138k. Payroll for two employees £61k. Lots of fixed expenses for buildings, site and maintenance.

I'm a trustee on three other boards, all affected the same way.
Organisations that rely on premises are in big trouble.

It's like most people are just ignoring the iceberg we're approaching, hoping the climate crisis will melt it before we smash head first into it.

Oh, also that £8k to £50k rise will be after efficiency savings and the installation of solar panels and air-source heating. Add another £10k if we had the same energy usage.

Phew.
Someone has come up with the solution.
As you were folks, no need to worry.
🙏🙌

Also going to gather sticks and oily rags and use them for lighting. 👍

Going to keep food cool by dragging blocks of ice down from the frozen north.

Please feel free to add other brilliant suggestions.

For those saying "why do you need £50k of energy?", it's to provide heat and lighting to 14 buildings and cook meals for 60 people a day.
The new price we've been given by our existing supplier is **62p per kWh**. We can't get a new company to quote more than a fraction lower.

The new rate starts on September 9th.
This isn't a year away, this is *now*.