Edward Davey's response to the British Gas energy tariff announcement
Edward Davey, Secretary of State for Energy, responds to the announcement by British Gas that the company is to raise its household energy tariffs.
Energy Secretary Edward Davey said:
鈥淭his is extremely disappointing news for British Gas鈥檚 customers, and the company will need to justify this decision openly and transparently.
鈥溁使谔逵齛pp competition we鈥檝e introduced to the energy market means people have a choice. 皇冠体育appy can look for the best deal available; including from smaller suppliers, with the confidence that switching will make an immediate difference to their bills and force the Big 6 to compete on price.
鈥淚 recently wrote to energy companies asking them to publish their costs of delivering the Energy Company Obligation. Today鈥檚 announcement shows why that鈥檚 necessary, because British Gas鈥檚 ECO numbers just don鈥檛 add up when you look at what other energy companies are saying about their costs.鈥�