{"id":62521,"date":"2017-08-02T02:19:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T19:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/price-cap-still-possible-government-warns-energy-companies\/"},"modified":"2017-08-02T02:30:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T19:30:19","slug":"price-cap-still-possible-government-warns-energy-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/price-cap-still-possible-government-warns-energy-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Price cap still possible, government warns energy companies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOfgem told to act fast to safeguard poorer households after British Gas announces 12.5% electricity price riseThe government has warned energy companies it is still prepared to legislate for an energy price cap, after British Gas announced a 12.5% electricity price rise for more than 3m households.The increase would add \u00a376 to a typical annual electricity bill, and some experts warned that it could kick start a new round of price rises from the so-called Big Six energy companies. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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