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britain s largest energy supplier, centrica, is to reveal record profits today on the back of a surge in wholesale gas prices linked to the war in ukraine, just weeks after suspending the forced installation of prepayment meters over concerns of its treatment of vulnerable customers. many families are struggling to pay their energy bills, with a quarter losing sleep over it. centrica s boss chris o shea has been urged to waive his bonus. kathryn porter is an energy consultant and founder of watt logic. by by any one s numbers, £3 billion, it is a huge amount of money and it s going to mean a huge amount of criticism today as well from people across the board. is centrica profiteering in your view? board. is centrica profiteering in your view? no, i don t think the are in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, - in your view? no, i don t think they are profiteering, the - they are profiteering, the record profits are driven by its upstream business, produc ....
Its own resources. the alternative to that is importing, and then we are even more exposed to international crisis. in more exposed to international crisis. . ., , u, crisis. in october, centrica warned that crisis. in october, centrica warned that the crisis. in october, centrica warned that the uk - crisis. in october, centrica warned that the uk had i crisis. in october, centrica. warned that the uk had just nine days of gas storage capacity. germany has 89, france 103, the netherlands 123. talks have broken down with the government. how vulnerable is britain to gas shortages in the future? we ve alwa s shortages in the future? we ve always operated shortages in the future? we ve always operated what - shortages in the future? we ve always operated what is - shortages in the future? we ve always operated what is called | always operated what is called always operated what is called a just in time approach to gas procurement since centrica closed a facility in 2017. the reason ....