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• Final four energy firms to cut bills

  - 2009-02-12

  MILLIONS OF households could be on track for lower energy bills as the last four of the big six suppliers pledged to follow the lead of British Gas and Scottish & Southern SSE. Facing a grilling from MPs about record electricity and gas charges yesterday, executives from Scottish...

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• HOT TO BEAT THE BIG CHILL RISING ENERGY COSTS MEAN MORE AND MORE

  - 2008-11-02

  PERSONALLY, I've never really cared about heating bills. I don't like the numbers: those six-digit gas meter reading figures do my head in, as does the sprawling customer account number, as does the gigantic phone number for emergencies. As a rule, I treat my unopened letters from British Gas as...

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• COMPANY WATCH

  - 2008-04-06

  BRITISH Energy shareholders will be waiting to see if rumours of a GBP9 billion bid from France's EDF turn out to be true. The Livingston-based nuclear energy company effectively went on the block when the government decided to sell its stake. Shares rose 7- per cent on Friday amid reports...

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• BRITISH GASP

  - 2008-01-27

  BRITISH Gas is set to announce pounds 800million profits for 2007 - 800 per cent up on the previous year. The staggering figures emerge after the company put bills up by 15 per cent - leaving hard-pressed families facing hikes of around pounds 130 on energy bills...

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• SCOTTISH GASP

  - 2008-01-27

  SCOTTISH Gas is set to announce pounds 800million profits for 2007 - 800 per cent up on the previous year. The staggering figures emerge after the company put bills up by 15 per cent - leaving hard-pressed families facing hikes of around pounds 130 on energy bills...

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• Is it time to pull the plug on your energy supplier?

  - 2007-10-20

  As a price war rages, now is the perfect time to switch providers, says Rob Griffin There has never been a better time to search for cheaper gas and electricity. The UK's biggest energy suppliers are locked in a fierce price war and consumers are benefiting from reduced...

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• Your Money: Better deal a click away

  - 2007-09-30

  HOWARD Corlett has slashed his energy bills by pounds 180 a year by switching providers. Howard, 34, an actor and presenter from South London, was originally with Scottish Power on a fixed deal for two years, paying pounds 60 a month for gas and electricity. When that...

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• GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILLS_Scottish Power and EDF join the cost-

  - 2007-06-17

  Millions of consumers can look forward to cheaper fuel bills after EDF and Scottish Power implemented long-awaited price cuts last week. Customers of Scottish Power will benefit from a reduction of up to 16.5 per cent in gas costs and up to 5.5 per cent for electricity. Households using EDF...

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• 'I've cut my bills'

  - 2006-02-11

  THE SINGLE PERSON: "I'm only at home during the evenings and some weekends, so I don't use a huge amount of energy," says Camilla Ives from Croydon. SimplySwitch's verdict was a surprise: it said Camilla could reduce her annual bills by pounds 200,. Previous suppliers: British Gas,...

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• Scottish Power, British Gas Supplier Offer Joint Bid for Power Station.

  - 1999-03-14

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 14 -- Electricity giant Scottish Power is linking with gas supplier Centrica to bid for Drax power station. Drax, owned by National Power, is expected to fetch UKpound 2 billion because of its size and modern coal-burning...

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