Get it back in our hands, with proper, democratically-consulted safeguards against bad management this time.

Let’s get rid of the shareholders.

Privatisation has been bad for everybody apart from the very rich. The country has gone to the dogs since things were privatised.

All utilities should be owned by the public.

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.

Returning power ownership and production to the British people is the only way to guarantee cost and infrastructure control. Give power back to the people.

We don’t want more choice. We just want better service, of benefit to both individuals and companies, serving the economy as a whole, not just shareholders.

these are necessities not luxuries, so the price needs to be reasonable

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

Energy profits should be invested in energy re-vitalisation, not to line the pockets of company bosses and shareholders.

Power we need and it’s only by sticking together that maybe something can be done. This is not what I and millions like me paid into. Please continue with your message.

De-rail the current gravy train. Too many bosses and not enough productive staff.

Investment in power is woeful. The profits are intolerable.

Time to draw the line in the sand methinks.

I prefer the country’s energy supply in the hands of politicians and not capitalists, but the margin is very slight.

Keep up the good work. We are on an electric key meter. Not many companies do it so it makes it hard to change.

Services by the people for the people. Bring the energy and water companies back into public ownership.

Give back something I used to own, which was sold without my permission.

Take back the assets that formerly belonged to the British people. They were fraudulently sold by Mrs Thatcher to the benefit of her friends in the Conservative party.

These industries should never have been privatised in the first place.

It’s about time this issue was brought to the fore.

Profiteering on this scale should be illegal. It’s the unacceptable face of capitalism and must be stopped.

I have been saying we should re-nationalise the industry for years.

The present system is inefficient and screws the consumer. It’s time for a change.

This petition should highlight the need for more social responsibility to be shown by this selfish and one-eyed government.

I totally agree with this petition. For years it has been increasingly difficult to heat and light my home and it isn’t getting any easier.

The shameless boss of energy giant SSE is set to walk away with £15million as a golden goodbye, after his company was fined £4.5million for ripping off customers.

Let’s start putting people before profit.

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

It’s a disgrace – pure greed. We need to have energy re-nationalised.