Scottish Power is the third of the energy companies to raise prices Scottish Power has announced increases its price of gas and electricity standard Interior next week.The company said electricity bills rise by 8.9% on average, while customers of gas price increase by an average of 2%, affecting approximately 2.5 m people across the United Kingdom.
He argued that the increase was due to an increase of 26% of the price of energy wholesale since spring.
British Gas and Scottish and southern energy increases have already announced.
Last month, Scottish and Southern Energy has stated that it would be established in gas rates by 9.4% at the beginning of December.
British Gas customers also face an increase of 7% of the electricity and gas bills this winter.
Continue to read the main storywe have done our utmost to keep energy prices as low as possible as and as long as possible "end quote Raymond Jack Scottish Power FED said he maintained pending price."
S the nPower have yet to make announcements of price change.
Scottish Power, which has its headquarters in Glasgow, belongs to the Spanish energy company Iberdrola.
He said the increase was the first in more than two years and that approximately 600,000 (20%) of households that he provided will not be affected because they were on the fixed or covered transactions.
Society said it would freeze prices for another 60 000 customers on its packaging fresh start to the end of the month of March.
A total of 1.6 million people in England is affected by commodity, just like the 750,000 in Scotland and 150,000 customers in Wales.
"Increase the distrust.Raymond Jack, Director of Scottish Power energy retail, said: "understand us that times are difficult for many people, and we have done our utmost to keep energy prices as low as possible as and as long as possible."
"During the past two years, our customers energy prices have decreased and we commit ourselves to be fair to customers and providing value for money in the long term."
He said that the increase is not only the result of wholesale energy costs.
"The growing burden of non-energy costs facing Britain, including meeting government environmental costs and social programs and the cost of distributing electricity on the national grid, energy suppliers has also placed more pressure on energy bills rising", he said.
However, the Watchdog Consumer Focus said businesses energy should have reduced their prices on large costs were lower.
Scottish Director, Marieke Dwarshuis said: "this last series of price increases will still increase mistrust that consumers feel towards energy suppliers."
"Companies need to give answers on why customer price was cut by less than 10% of large costs have been so low for a long time, but vendors are quick to hike prices as soon as large costs begin to creep up energy.
