Millions of energy customers will be hit with a price hike today, as Eon becomes the last of the big six firms to wallop its customers with a jump in their bills.
Energy deals promising savings and free energy often leave consumers out of pocket, despite what their ads claim, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found.
Households that switched to a cheap, fixed energy tariff before the big six suppliers hiked prices this winter will have saved serious cash, research shows.
Households may not receive bank statements or other bills in the new year, as postal workers are threatening not to deliver letters sent via private firms.
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), whose customers were hit with bill hikes of 9% last month, says its half-year profits have jumped 38% to nearly £400 million.
14 November 2012
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