{"id":45542,"date":"2017-02-25T13:59:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T06:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-truth-about-falling-gas-prices\/"},"modified":"2017-02-25T14:14:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T07:14:30","slug":"the-truth-about-falling-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-truth-about-falling-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"The truth about falling gas prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFor many of EDF\u2019s five million customers they have actually gone upIn December one of the \u201cbig six\u201d energy firms, EDF, had some good news for consumers. In a press release it said it would be \u201ccutting gas prices again ahead of the coldest winter months, and will hold back electricity price rises until March\u201d. It added that \u201celectricity costs have been rising for some time, but gas prices are not facing the same pressures. The company believes it is right that prices reflect this\u201d.The response was generally positive. The Mail said the company was \u201cbreaking ranks\u201d with rivals on gas prices, in a move that would \u201cput pressure on the remaining big six\u201d. The Guardian focussed on the fact that, after March, electricity prices would jump 8.4%, but dutifully reported the gas price cut. The BBC went for a straight \u201cEDF to cut gas bills, but raise electricity prices\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/blog\/2017\/feb\/25\/truth-about-gas-prices-edf-customers-gone-up\" target=\"_blank\">The truth about falling gas prices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; For many of EDF\u2019s five million customers they have actually gone upIn December one of&#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-45542","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-bQy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38302,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/edf-to-cut-gas-prices-but-hike-electricity-tariffs-in-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":45542,"position":0},"title":"EDF to cut gas prices but hike electricity tariffs in 2017","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Other suppliers are expected to follow suit and customers are being urged to lock into cheap fixed-price deals EDF Energy is to cut gas prices for almost 1 million customers, but has warned that electricity bills will rise from the spring.Experts said they expected other providers to follow suit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47721,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-free-market-helped-big-six-energy-firms-to-rack-up-huge-profits\/","url_meta":{"origin":45542,"position":1},"title":"How free market helped big six energy firms to rack up huge profits","date":"March 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Privatisation was meant to cut costs by allowing us to switch suppliers. 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