Janice Small, a press and marketing consultant
and member of the candidates list, says foreign energy companies such as EDF are making money out of British
consumers and pensioners whilst getting subsidies from the French
Government.
In light of the recent hikes in energy prices, let’s take a look at who owns the energy companies supplying the UK and who is profiteering from our misery and why OGFEM is a toothless beast and should be scrapped because an energy cartel is alive and well in the UK, fleecing us, the consumers.
Facing accusations of operating a price fixing cartel, Britain's six biggest energy companies (British Gas, Scottish & Southern Energy, EDF, E.ON, Scottish & Npower) agreed to disclose the minutes of its board meetings which are held every two months following OFGEM's investigation into price rises which started in January. All have denied that they discuss the pricing or product strategies at these meetings. The allegations followed the raising of prices by Npower, EDF and British Gas within two weeks of one another - a classic sign of 'price fixing'. There are concerns that under the auspices of Energy Retail Association meetings, members agreed on matters such as price fixing through the raising and lowering of tariffs within weeks of one another.
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