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The price change, equivalent to an increase of 1.50 pounds on the average fuel bill twice a week, will affect the about 8 million customers in British Gas’ standard variable rates. However, rising prices will not be applied to 300,000 customers of the Company’s most vulnerable until winter is over. In addition, 1.6 million customers on fixed price tenders will not be affected in any way.
Today’s announcement follows two years of
price declines led by British Gas totaling £ 188 per customer per year. For the vast majority of 2010, British Gas customers received the lowest electricity prices for standard one of the main suppliers. Even after the price increase comes into force, dual fuel annual bill of the average consumption of British Gas customers will be £ 108 less than in January 2009.
British Gas Managing Director, Phil Bentley, said:
“We know that rising energy prices come at a difficult time for many in Britain. Therefore we do not raise prices for our vulnerable customers, such as the poorest pensioners until after this winter. We will continue to give them extra help – including lower interest rates – saving each an average of £ 128 per year
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“But rising prices do not necessarily mean higher bills with energy efficiency without assistance available to British Gas. This year alone, we installed the boilers are more than 120,000 energy efficient and produced more 270,000 loft and cavity wall installation in the homes of our customers. We offer free cavity wall insulation to our customers who are 60 years or more, which could save them up to £ 110 each year.
“We also help our customers keep their bills as low as possible with our free online service EnergySmart ™, helping households to take control of how much energy they use, via Free real-time monitors . EnergySmart ™ can save the average household 110 pounds a year. “
British Gas
Why the change?
Since lower prices earlier this year, the wholesale price of gas rose more than 25% since the spring.
other costs, such as network costs and environmental obligations are rising too. In its market report in September, the independent regulator, Ofgem has calculated that these other costs were up 6% on fuel bill double average between February and September this year.
British Gas
record on fair pricing
British Gas is the biggest domestic energy supplier countries and buys gas and electricity in the world to deliver one third of households in the country. British Gas takes this responsibility very seriously and works hard to keep prices as low as possible for its customers.
British Gas customers have benefited from three price cuts in the past 20 months, and the cheapest electricity leading supplier for 75 of last 77 weeks. Since January 2009, these price reductions have saved the average customer £ 188 a year. During 2010, average prices of British Gas dual fuel were among the weakest of the major suppliers.
Therefore the position of British Gas’ price competitive, as well as improved customer service, the company acquired 270,000 additional customers so far this year.
Even after these increases, taking a combined average national price for all types of pay in Britain, British Gas offers the lowest electricity prices in the average standard of the main suppliers.
Helping customers reduce their energy consumption and control of their bills
In addition to working hard to limit price increases, British Gas is investing in the future homes of its customers. The company recently announced the British Gas Green Deal, an investment of 30 million pounds sterling in the homes of British Gas customers, permanently reduce their energy consumption. It begins in the first quarter of next year.
British Gas is also the first national rollout of smart meters for homes and businesses, with almost 200,000 installed to date, enabling customers to stop the Bills and believes that taking control of their consumption energy information in real time. British Gas has also completed more than 270,000 loft insulation and cavity in the last year – about 230,000 were free. Each year, loft insulation can help customers save about £ 145 and cavity wall insulation can save around £ 110.
Each year, 120,000 British Gas installs energy efficient boilers, which can reduce consumption up to 30%. And over the last five years, British Gas has provided a total of 100 million energy efficiency products for its customers.
British Gas also strongly supports the government’s carbon emissions reduction target (CERT) scheme with an estimated expenditure of £ 1 billion between 2008 and 2011. And British Gas expects to spend 100 million pounds under the government of the Community Energy Saving Programme (CEPA), which will help beleaguered households save up to £ 300 on their annual energy bill.
existing customers do not want to know how high prices will affect them, Phil Bentley has produced a video to answer some of the questions most frequently asked questions.
Protecting vulnerable consumers
program
British Gas’ Essentials is the largest single program of support for vulnerable customers in the energy market, and contributes to over 300,000 vulnerable customers through lower fares and efficiency measures, including home energy audit, home insulation free and free energy saving products.
The company has spent £ 58 million on social programs in the past year – the biggest contribution of all providers (42% of the total, which is significantly more market share of British Gas). And £ 48 million has been spent on social tariffs and reduced-price Essentials customers who are elderly, disabled or low income, saving £ 122 on average annual fuel bill double.
British Gas
aid objectives through its core program, which also offers advice and support to tackle the problems of debt, maximizing revenue and providing specialist support to our charitable partners such as age of the UK, RNIB and Scope.
Investing in energy future of Great Britain
British Gas and its parent company, Centrica, will invest over £ 15 billion over the next 10 years in alternative sources of gas and electricity to ensure British Gas customers have sufficiently low emission carbon, reliable energy in the future.
British Gas recently announced an investment of £ 15 million in solar technology for schools in the nation.
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