Scottish & Southern hikes energy bills in UK

Scottish & Southern Energy today became the last of the UK’s six main suppliers to increase fuel bills as it hit customers with double-digit price hikes.

The group confirmed it would raise tariffs by an average of 14.2% for electricity and 15.8% for gas from April 1.

Scottish & Southern – which has 8.5 million customers – said the move came as it has faced “stubbornly high” wholesale energy costs.