Households should brace themselves for energy price hikes, not just over the coming year, but over the next five years too, with one energy expert predicting bills could double.
Any customer who signed up to a Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) contract on their doorstep, by phone or at a shopping centre could have a mis-selling claim against the company, according to Trading Standards.
Npower has today become the latest provider to only offer tariffs charging a single rate, but customers who use very little energy could end up paying more.
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.
Consumers who received recorded phone messages from Npower could get compensation after the regulator found the energy giant guilty of breaching rules.
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.
4 December 2012
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