“Unsurprising that British Gas has lost customers to smaller, more competitive suppliers” – Which? response to British Gas owner Centrica losing almost 250,000 customers
Which? executive director Richard Lloyd said: “With potential savings of up to £400 to be made by switching away from the Big Six suppliers, it’s unsurprising that British Gas has lost customers to smaller, more competitive suppliers. However, with 89% of people still with the Big Six, we’re a long way off seeing the shakeup that this market really needs.”
Notes to Editors:
- On 4 March 2016, Which? calculated that people on standard tariffs could save £400 a year by switching away from a Big Six provider to the cheapest dual fuel deal on the market
- In Cornwall Energy’s latest independent assessment into the competition in British household energy supply markets, it found that the Big Six suppliers accounted for 89% of the domestic energy market
- 416,000 people have signed the Which? petition for Fair Energy Prices – the highest number of signatures ever on a Which? campaign petition whi.ch/1LAKSn
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