Energy Twattery

[Borin' Baggie]

If Centrica (and shareholders) get penalised for an upstream profit of £1.3bn in the first six months of this year, do Centrica (and shareholeders) get a bonus from the government for the £577 million full year loss last year or the £1.1 billion loss the year before? Context matters.

You mean like how Centrica (and shareholders), and other upstream companies (and their shareholders) were provided tax cuts in 2015-2016 to cover their upstream losses due to the drop in oil and gas prices?

I agree, context does matter and the context you provided is irrelevant at the moment. When it becomes relevant then they can do something like the above. Right now we need to cover the downstream losses and their effects on consumers.