well why can't profits be filtered from the top to the masses below, for the benefit of all, instead of ALWAYS from the bottom, is this a case of "let them eat cake"?

That IS fantastic news! I've been on a prepayment meter for roughly 14 years, have ALWAYS said that I'm paying over the odds! I couldn't get anyone to listen, plus I live in a poorly insulated, sub zero, substandard Housing association house. I call my meter the beast as it is constantly hungry for more. I spend on average £20 a week JUST for gas, in the Winter. And trying to get any sense out of the energy companies, all they say is complete jargon, learnt parrot fashion, posed with a REAL problem, they are completely stumped! It is completely immoral to prey on the less financially advantaged as those fat cats at the top with their luxury yachts in Marbella! But then we must keep paying for those business lunches somehow!!