Household gas price changes from March 2010

10/03/2010

SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) who supply M&S Energy customers gas and electricity as Southern Electric, SWALEC and Scottish Hydro, have introduced a package of changes in prices for household gas supply.

From 29 March 2010 it will cut unit prices, adjust the ‘fixed’ charge element in bills¹ and remove the extra charges levied on its ‘single fuel’ tariffs compared with standard credit tariffs.

The effect of these changes on a typical customer using the industry standard amount of gas (20,500kWh per annum) will be to reduce SSE’s gas bills by: 4% or £30 (standard credit/direct debit); 7% or £56 (single fuel).  As a result, these SSE customers will pay around 5% less for their gas than customers of British Gas. 

Alistair Phillips-Davies, Energy Supply Director of SSE, said:

“Energy supply is still a challenging business, with significant upward price pressures which run counter to reductions in wholesale costs, but we believe this is a responsible package of measures which confirms that SSE is one of the country’s most competitive energy suppliers.  We will do everything we can to make sure customers get value for money from energy supply, with energy efficiency and customer service continuing to be top priorities.”

¹ Please refer to our terms and conditions page