Gas & Electricity
ScottishPower latest to join price hike
In response to ScottishPower’s price rise announced today, averaging 15% for gas and 14% for electricity, Mike Stevenson, Switch with Which? says that this latest increase is yet more incentive for consumers to vote with their feet and switch to a better deal.
moneysupermarket.com: Scottish Power price rises
Commenting on price rises from Scottish Power (14 per cent for electricity, 15 per cent on gas, and 14.8 per cent on dual fuel) Scott Byrom, utilities manager at price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said:
ScottishPower announces energy price rise
ScottishPower has followed competitors and announced a price rise effective from 2nd February 2008.
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Calls to help pensioners with increased energy costs
Many people in the UK are faced with having to stretch their finances to the limit with the news that NPower, EDF energy and British Gas are hiking fuel prices by around 15 per cent, but for many elderly members of our society, this could prove a hike too far.
British Gas price hike
Scott Byrom, utilities manager at price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said: “British Gas has clearly run out of patience with customers that refuse to have an online tariff on monthly direct debit.“Before today, customers were getting a £170 shove, now it is a £300 kick.
British Gas most expensive gas supplier despite record profits
British Gas is putting prices up by 15% or £85 for gas and 15% or £54 for electricity.The price hike comes into effect immediately and will hit standard tariffs, potentially affecting over half its 16 million customer accounts and adding an extra £139 on to the average dual fuel customer’s household energy bill.
British Gas increases gas and electricity tariffs
British Gas has announced an increase to its tariffs for domestic gas and electricity, on the back of rises in wholesale gas and electricity markets, driven up by escalating energy prices in the second half of 2007.
uSwitch.com: EDF hiking prices for gas and electricity
Britain’s fifth largest energy supplier, EDF Energy, has announced that it is putting up prices from this Friday, 18th January, 2008.
moneysupermarket.com: EDF price hike
Scott Byrom, utilities manager at price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said: "These price rises from EDF Energy will be felt worst in London and the South East, as well as the South West.
SimplySwitch: EDF price rises
EDF has become the second supplier to raise prices on its standard energy tariffs. Prices will increase by 12.9 percent for gas and 7.9 percent for electricity from Friday.
EDF Energy to raise prices due to soaring costs
In response to the soaring cost of wholesale energy, higher distribution costs and increased environmental obligations, EDF Energy has announced an increase in its gas and electricity prices effective from Friday 18 January 2008.
Energy Bill must pave way for affordable energy tariffs
As rising energy prices squeeze household budgets and swell the numbers who can’t afford to keep their home warm, campaign groups today urge the government to introduce a clause in this week’s Energy Bill paving the way for low-cost energy for vulnerable households.
Unpaid bills pile pressure on household budgets
Household budgets across the country are being squeezed to breaking point with millions of bills going unpaid in the past six months alone, according to new research by MoneyExpert.com.
Regional variations in energy prices open up still further
Npower's Standard customers in the Northern England region will now pay close to £100 more than their Scottish counterparts, according to moneysupermarket.com.