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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Electricity market still not competitive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research conducted by Warwick University conlcudes that the market in domestic electricity is still not fully competitive, a full 8 years after it was opened up in 1999.
The study unveiled a large range of prices within geographical areas, with companies which once held a regional monopoly sometimes charging 10% more than new entrants to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas exporters to examine prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major gas exporting countries including Russia, Iran and Algeria are to set up a &#8216;high level committee&#8217; to discuss issues surrounding supplies and pricing. The countries, who together account for around 70% of world reserves, say that they have no plans to set up a price fixing cartel similar to Opec.
Read more at BBC News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Gas Slashes Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troubled energy giant British Gas has announced large cuts in the price of it&#8217;s energy. From March 12th, customers on standard tariffs will see their gas costs cut by 17%, while electricity bills will be cut by 11%.

The company claims that the move will save the average customer £163, and make them the cheapest UK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4m Customers Leave British Gas</title>
		<link>http://www.gaselectricity.co.uk/blog/british-gas/4m-customers-leave-british-gas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New figures show that the British Gas customer leak continues apace, with the energy giant losing another 4 million customers in 2006.
Such is the extent of the company&#8217;s loss of customers that it now has under 50% of the market for the first time - a dramatic fall off for the once-dominant energy supplier.
The main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ofgem warns energy companies over prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy regulator Ofgem has warned supply companies that they would &#8216;go after&#8217; any who failed to pass on lower wholesale gas prices to their customers.
Wholesale prices have recently dropped around 20% from their high point, and as new supplies come onstream the regulator says it is optimistic that further cuts will be in the offing.
While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Npower announces third price rise this year</title>
		<link>http://www.gaselectricity.co.uk/blog/npower/npower-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Npower&#8217;s six million customers face higher bills from October ater the company announced a new round of price rises, the third this year.
From October 1st, gas prices will go up by 17.2% while electricity will be 9.9% more expensive.
This latest price increase follows two previous ones this year, in January and March, and the company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poor hit hardest by energy cost increases</title>
		<link>http://www.gaselectricity.co.uk/blog/energy-news/poor-hit-hardest-by-energy-cost-increases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coalition of charities and consumer groups have said that the poor are disproportionately affected by spiralling energy costs, with a higher percentage of low-income households using pre-payment meters which can cost up to £173 a year more than the same amount of energy paid for by direct debit.
The coalition, which includes Citizen&#8217;s Advice, Age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter fuel supplies &#8216;uncertain&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.gaselectricity.co.uk/blog/energy-news/winter-fuel-supplies-uncertain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The owners of British Gas have warned of possible winter fuel shortages, saying that supplies are set to be &#8216;uncertain&#8217;.
The last few years have seen pressure on UK supplies, leading to higher prices, as the country&#8217;s own reserves were used up more quickly than expected, and supplies from Europe not operating at full capacity as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powergen Price Rise Arrives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As widely predicted, Powegen have again raised their prices by a substantial amount - 18.4% for gas and 9.7% for electricity. The new tariff will take effect from Monday.
Powergen are the last major UK energy supplier to implement a second price hike this year, following rises of 25% and 18% in March.
Powergen&#8217;s parent company has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Powergen prices under pressure as profits drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s 6 million customers of Powergen are bracing themselves for further price rises after parent company E.ON announced a significant dip in UK profits. Pre-tax profits for UK operations fell by 26% to £304m in the first half of the year.
Despite double-digit gasd and electricity price rises from Powergen in March, the company says that [...]]]></description>
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