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Energy Prices: The Truth

Hannah Barnes asks where the money from your energy bills goes. Do the energy companies have anything to hide, and are customers are being ripped off?

Hannah Barnes asks where the money from your energy bills goes. Do the energy companies have anything to hide and are customers are being ripped off? She visits Jane, an energy customer in Brighton, and finds her in a cold house waiting as long as she can to turn on her heating. Jane isnot alone - there are thousands like her who cannot afford to pay their bills. So why are they going up and are each of the different reasons given by the big six energy companies valid or are we paying too much.

Contributors:
Audrey Gallacher - Director of Energy, Consumer Futures
Reg Platt - Senior Research Fellow, IPPR
Omar Rahim - former energy trader and Editor, Energy Trader Daily
Keith Anderson - Chief Corporate Officer, Scottish Power
Alan Whitehead - Labour MP and member of the House of Commons, Energy and Climate Change Select Committee.
Stephen Fitzpatrick - Managing Director, Ovo Energy.

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Thu 21 Nov 2013 20:00

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