I agree fully with your comments.

Abigail Wheeler, Cheltenham

People dying due to profiteering and government indifference is nothing short of corporate manslaughter.

Malcolm Palfrey, Uckfield

I support this act.

Gamal Salem, Dartford

Honesty and integrity. Be the first with these values.

Steve Brooks, Finedon

People should come before profit, and investment in renewable energy is urgently needed for the sake of future generations.

Helen Eynon, Penzance

It was, will be and is the property of those who are the property of this land. Let’s manage it so users, planet and the power industry workers get what they need.

Kay Green, Hastings

I hate being held to ransom.

Diane Hibbert, Rainworth

All utilities and public transport should be in state ownership.

John Truelove, Weston-super-Mare

Enough is enough with no pay rises and the energy companies just milking us. It’s time that fuel came back into public ownership.

Nigel Penn, Buxton

Utilities (power and water etc.) should be owned by the taxpayers who, after all, are subsidising private companies.

Margaret Gain, Stratford-upon-Avon

It’s time to turn back the tide. Private is not always best. Let’s have more pride in civic institutions.

Chris Madeley, Abergavenny

We can but hope.

Mabel Smith, Swindon

There needs to be a common policy, approach and pay structure which realistically focuses on the end consumer.

Lesley Downes, Exmouth

The essential infrastructure of a country shouldn’t be in the hands of money-making private enterprises. They should be run for the good of the people of the country.

Paul Britton, Stevenage

The energy rip-off needs to end now.

Alan Ralph, Watford

This is something that should be looked at, but it won’t be easy, as money and shareholders and government are involved.

John James, Lincoln

Vote these Tory swine out of office as soon as possible.

Karen Nadin, Newark

Everyone who remembers the privatisation of utilities foresaw this happening. Re-nationalise now without compensation.

Tom Organ, Bristol

There are too many companies offering lots of deals. The consumer can’t work out what is best for them. Often changing suppliers makes it worse. We need clarification.

Jean Coates, Harrogate

Prices increase every year and service standards drop. We need to reverse this trend for a fairer Britain.

Margaret Blackman, St Albans

Utilities should always be in the hands of the people that use them. For these companies it is like writing a blank cheque.

Jean Holmes, Worksop

Power back to the people in a not-for-profit company.

Philip Todd, Stokesley

No-one should be profiting out of the essentials of life; any surplus should be going back into the public purse.

Julia Hector, Stirling

I can’t see how paying dividends can do anything other than take money away from customer service or lower prices.

Andii Bowsher, Sunderland

Energy, rail and health are strategic resources that should be government controlled. We’ve already got health, so there are two to go.

Jim Roche, Leeds

Private profit should never have been put before public service.

Clive Rutter, Bristol

Regulator as much good as a chocolate teapot.

Steven Hearne, Doncaster

I am fully in favour of re-nationalising the power industry and the railways.

Paul Ellerington, Bedford

Utilities need to return to public ownership. We’re being ripped off.

Mike Seaman, Uxbridge

How can something so vital for human life be used to make a few richer?

Peter Sharpe, Newcastle-upon-Tyne