British Gas will raise gas prices by 18% and electricity by 16% (that is 25% increase in 7 months)

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British Gas, owned by Centrica, is putting up its domestic gas and electricity prices from 18 August. Gas bills will rise by an average of 18% and electricity bills by an average of 16%.  The change will affect nine million households with the average dual fuel customer paying an extra £190 a year.

It was only last December that they increased the price by 7% that is 25% increase in costs in 8 months.

The company blamed the rising wholesale cost of gas, which has gone up by 30% since last winter.
British Gas managing director Phil Bentley said its bills were being driven higher by the fact that the company buys 50% of its gas on the international wholesale market. "We are buying in a global energy market and have to pay the market rate," he said.  "Rising wholesale costs is an issue facing all energy suppliers," he added.

The company said it had been selling energy at a loss for the past three or four months.  "After we put these prices up we will be making a fair return," Ian Peters, a British Gas director told BBC News. "We are investing in the future energy supply of the UK... and energy efficiency in our customers' homes," he added.

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Gas prices jump for holiday

Gas prices have climbed from an average of $3.29 in Des Moines to $3.39 in time for the holiday weekend.

Thei increase follows a jump in the price of crude oil, which climbed from around $90 per barrel a week ago to $95 at the end of last week.

Gas prices rose from $2.99 to almost $4 per gallon beginning Jan. 1 through Memorial Day, but then fell back as tensions eased in the Middle East and OPEC gave assurances of more supply.

The national average gas price as the weekend began was $3.57 per gallon. A year ago, Iowa’s average price stood at about $2.67 and the national average was $2.77.

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