i'm joined by david cox, an independent energy analyst. companies may be up to? good evening. what is _ energy companies may be up to? cmc evening. what is suggested is that energy companies are increasing the direct debits of everyone, or a lot of people buy at more than is necessary to pay the next year —— what the next year's bill will be. if you think about it, you have a monthly direct debit which is basically meant to be your annual bill divided by 12 — so it's the same every month for the coming year, and they are meant to take last year's consumption, which is on your bill so you can check that, apply the new tariffs which we know the new price cap tariffs or whatever that ofgem capped on the 1st of april, then multiply the two together and it should give you your annual bill the next year — divided ljy annual bill the next year — divided by 12, and that should be direct debit. i5 by 12, and that should be direct debit. , ., ., , ., ., by 12, and that should be direct debit. , ., ., ., ., debit. is there an obligation on ener: debi

i'm joined by david cox, an independent energy analyst.s is happening at e.0n, how likely is it that other energy companies are seeing the same sorts of arrears? i energy companies are seeing the same sorts of arrears?— sorts of arrears? i think they all will be. essentially _ sorts of arrears? i think they all will be. essentially they - sorts of arrears? i think they all will be. essentially they will. sorts of arrears? i think they all will be. essentially they will all| will be. essentially they will all be suffering. any company selling gas and electricity to consumers is finding that that levels of customers in arrears and bad debt levels are rising and they will go up levels are rising and they will go up even more come 0ctober levels are rising and they will go up even more come october when the next price cut adjustment is made. this is dramatic stuff and all the bad debt eventually has to be recovered and it will eventually be recovered and it will eventually be recovered from consumers. the e.0n bus is calling for the government

i've been discussed and nauseum from historians like karen cox's new book to karen danny and david blight and others. so one of the things i would like to do tonight in my brief remarks it's to talk about a site that's important for understanding the african-american memories that diversities. it's a site of wine that doesn't always get looked at the african-american porch. this is an important site of civil war memory because it's where porches in the black. really were oral tradition is has been shared of the civil war and it passes down from generations and it's through these familial stories told on porches or at the churches or at schools that are then reinforced in segregated spaces like the church the classroom as well as fraternal orders and women's organizations and then more formally within the african-american press with the advent of radio radio program that then gets recorded and put on vinyl and then played in classrooms and then we have now current day documentaries television series and others, but we still have this undercurrent of the porch that remains a central place t