{"id":2450,"date":"2016-01-23T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/outrage-as-loyal-energy-customers-overpay-by-300\/"},"modified":"2016-01-23T14:06:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T07:06:19","slug":"outrage-as-loyal-energy-customers-overpay-by-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/outrage-as-loyal-energy-customers-overpay-by-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage as loyal energy customers overpay by \u00a3300"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAround 70% of people are paying way over the odds on one of the big six standard tariffsBritain\u2019s biggest energy suppliers are coming under increased pressure to cut prices amid growing outrage that the 70% of customers on standard tariffs are overpaying to the tune of \u00a3300 a year. This week E.ON became the first of the big six providers to announce it would cut gas prices by 5.1% for customers on its standard tariff, from 1 February. The cut, which compares with a 45% fall in wholesale gas and electricity prices, means the company\u2019s direct debit customers on the standard tariff will see their bill fall by \u00a332 to \u00a31,047 a year, saving an equivalent of three weeks\u2019 gas use.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/jan\/23\/loyal-energy-customers-overpay-300-big-six-standard-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\">Outrage as loyal energy customers overpay by \u00a3300<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Around 70% of people are paying way over the odds on one of the big&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Dw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4079,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/npower-cuts-its-gas-prices-but-experts-slam-trivial-reduction\/","url_meta":{"origin":2450,"position":0},"title":"Npower cuts its gas prices, but experts slam &#039;trivial&#039; reduction","date":"February 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The 5.2% cut mirrors that of its \u2018big six\u2019 competitors, but not the 51% fall in wholesale gas pricesEnergy firm npower is the latest of the \u201cbig six\u201d to announce a cut in gas prices, with customers set to see bills reduced by an average of 5.2%. 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