Npower warns on future energy bill increases

Will Nichols
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Greg Barker contests npower's claim that policies to deliver low carbon economy are main factor behind a predicted 19 per cent rise by 2020

The ongoing row over future increases in energy bills has cranked up another notch, after RWE npower today published new research predicting that the average household bill will rise £240 to £1,487 by...

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