ERA response to the Moneysupermarket press release on energy prices

12th April 2007

"This research is only painting half the picture. The reality is that for every person in credit there is at least one other person in debit to their energy supplier. This is because over the course of the year people use three times more gas during the winter than they do in the summer and paying by Direct Debit conveniently spreads the cost of the bill throughout the year.

All the energy suppliers regularly review the amount of their customers' direct debit payments and people can call their company at any time to discuss the amount they should be paying.  

We at a loss to understand how these figures have been calculated as our analysis finds that these figures simply do not stack up."