Not a moment before time. I have just moved gas supply to join electricity at Good Energy, 100% renewable provider. Not another penny to British Gas for me.

Giving the private sector monopolies is the most stupid thing, amongst many, the Tories ever did.

Privatisation has not worked for the majority of people.

The power companies were stolen from the people. Repossess them immediately.

We need a power company that the country owns not companies run by profiteers.

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

Our heating is our biggest cost nowadays.

This has been waiting to be done, so many thanks for starting this petition. Energy and water have to be in the hands of the people, not profit-making companies.

This should never have been privatised.

Let’s get the utilities out of the hands of these greedy bastards. They should belong to the community at large.

Charges are grossly disproportionate to costs. Stop these companies from becoming so powerful that it would become impossible to challenge them.

It’s about time these big companies are called to account for pricing people out of their basic day-to-day needs.

Public utilities should never be in private hands. Simple.

Privatisation of power is a broken concept. Re-nationalisation would literally bring power back to the people.

Stop the Great British rip-off. Bring back utilities and transport into our ownership.

It’s time for action. People need heat and light to survive.

It’s about time these companies were punished. They’re absolutely disgusting, the lot of them.

It’s about time the British people were helped by this government.

Things that everyone needs to survive should not be subject to profits for a few.

Nothing good ever came from privatisation.

Start with the railways, then re-nationalise gas, water and electricity. Hands off the Royal Mail too!

We need services run for citizens, not private profiteers.

It’s necessary.

Private profit should never have been put before public service.

All profit to be re-invested in the service.

All vital public services such as energy, water, transport, postal services, education and health have no place being run for profit by tax-dodging multinationals.

Our privatised utilities are a joke. The very nature of this fragmented system has the effect of pushing up costs and the evidence of anti-competitive pricing is obvious.

All utilities should be owned by the public.

Re-nationalise the energy and power industries and make government answerable to the people.

At the very least do away with a daily standing charge.