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Energy supplier EDF has added its electricity prices by 17 per cent and its gas prices by 22 per cent.
The aggregation abhorrent almanac broad activity costs for the increases, which appear into aftereffect immediately.
Eva Eisenschimmel, arch operating administrator of EDF Activity barter
branch, said: "Record apple oil prices accept connected to drive up
broad gas prices.
"Alongside aberrant rises in broad atramentous and electricity
costs, this has impacted badly on the amount of bartering activity to
our customers."
The French close is one of Britain's better activity suppliers with 5.1 actor customers.
Today's increases will beggarly archetypal barter on a bifold
ammunition assessment will pay £3.97 a anniversary added for their
energy, it said.
The aggregation said broad activity prices had added by 70 per
cent for coal, 63 per cent for gas and 47 per cent for electricity back
it endure added its prices in January.
Ms Eisenschimmel said: "We accept been arresting some of these
costs in contempo months, but we now accept to canyon on some of the
consistent acceleration in broad costs to our customers.
"While the acceleration in broad prices is out of our control,
we accept been accomplishing aggregate accessible to accumulate our own
costs in check.
"In this difficult bread-and-butter altitude we are actual
anxious by the appulse any amount acceleration will have, abnormally
for those on low incomes. As a result, we accept broadcast the amount
of barter on our Activity Assist amusing assessment by a half, bringing
the absolute to 100,000 customers.
"We are aswell alive with the Government on new initiatives to
admonition low-income households this winter. We accept aswell launched
a new fixed-price assessment for our barter who wish aegis in their
budgeting.
"In addition, we were the aboriginal supplier to adjust
electricity accommodation chump tariffs to that of acclaim beat chump
tariffs.
"Further, we will aswell abide to admonition barter accumulate
ascendancy of their costs through activity ability admonition and our
ambit of articles including Read, Reduce, Reward."
British Gas said its appraisement had not changed.
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