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    Ofgem ended the rip-off last October, after finding £500m of overcharging of pre-payment and electricity-only rural consumers. "We have the lowest median price for gas in Europe and we have below average prices for electricity ... Now that doesn't make me complacent, but my view is that there's essentially two markets. There are the people who switch in a keen way and get better deals. And then there are the people who don't switch and my concern, to be totally honest, is that they have been left behind and that's why we're proposing these legislative changes." In a new Energy Bill to be announced in the Queen's Speech next month, Ofgem will be given power to intervene more closely in the market, particularly in the way suppliers deal with generators amid signs of what Mr Miliband termed "market abuses". Full Article at The Independent
    We have the lowest median price for gas in Europe and we have below average prices for electricity ... Now that doesn't make me complacent, but my view is that there's essentially two markets. There are the people who switch in a keen way and get better deals. And then there are the people who don't switch and my concern, to be totally honest, is that they have been left behind and that's why we're proposing these legislative changes.
    Ed Miliband – Ed Miliband SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
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Miliband promises crackdown on soaring utility bills
  1. I'm very clear that we need tougher regulation on behalf of the consumer ... We can't rely on a markets-only policy to protect the consumer any more.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  2. The best way of getting a better deal for consumers is to have tough regulation and I say we need tougher regulation
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  3. The Big Six energy companies have created a fog of confusion to justify high prices, but for consumers the story is quite simple ... The suppliers get away with making huge profits while their customers pay through the nose.
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  4. I've talked in some detail to the regulator about this. Their view, in terms of looking in the round at all the costs the companies face, is that over the next six months they expect wholesale prices to fall, and I would expect that to be passed on to the consumer. So there should be price cuts for cons...
    Ed Miliband – Ed Miliband SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago
  5. This means that there is always a time lag between when prices change on the wholesale market and when they change on domestic bills
    SOURCE: The Independent 1 month ago

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