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Correspondent, theo leggett. net zero means hydrogen and solar... centrica says it is focused on clean energies of the future, but right now it's making bumper profits because of high oil and gas prices. they soared last year after the invasion of ukraine and the company, which owns british gas, is reaping huge benefits. last year it made £3.73 huge benefits. last year it made £3.3 billion, that's more than three times its profit from 2021. it also paid £1 billion in tax. like other energy companies it has come under fire for making big profits at a time when many consumers are struggling t...

Of vulnerable customers. here's our business correspondent, theo leggett. net zero means hydrogen and solar... centrica says it is focused on clean energies of the future, but right now it's making bumper profits because of high oil and gas prices. they soared last year after the invasion of ukraine and the company, which owns british gas, is reaping huge benefits. last year, it made £35 billion — that's more than three times its profit from 2021. it also paid £1 billion in tax. like other energy companies, it has come underfire for making big profits at a time when many consumers are stru...

Like other energy companies, it has come under fire for making big profits at a time when many consumers are struggling to pay their bills, and that's despite the government's decision to extend the energy profits levy — a special tax on energy businesses that was expanded last month. i don't think centrica is profiteering. it has to be remembered, particularly with upstream gas and oil extraction, that this a very difficult and challenge activity which is already pretty highly taxed in this country. british gas, which supplies energy to households and businesses, accounts for only a fractio...

Which was expanded last month. i don't think centrica is profiteering. it has to be remembered, particularly with upstream gas and oil extraction, that this a very difficult and challenge activity which is already pretty highly taxed in this country. british gas, which supplies energy to households and businesses, accounts for only a fraction of centrica's profits. the parent company isn't allowed to sell energy more cheaply to its own operation than it does to other suppliers. that makes it difficult to pass on the benefits of bumper profits to british gas customers. and there's another probl...

It is not working, it is hurting the vulnerable the worst and we need to see a whole review of britain's broken energy system. the boss of centrica has a different view. chris o'shea said the company invested £75 million last year in supporting customers of british gas, an that they've "been able to provide much needed stability and support". let's hear now from an independent energy consultant on whether centrica is making unfair profits. no, i don't think centrica is profiteering. these record profits are driven by its upstream business. that is the production of gas, primarily and also its...