Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister, commenting on the announcement that E.ON will pay £12m to customers following an Ofgem investigation into mis-selling, said:
“This is yet more evidence that Britain’s energy market is broken. E.ON is just the latest in a long line of energy companies to be found guilty of misleading the public. The energy giants must know that if they mistreat customers already facing a cost-of-living crisis there will be a very heavy price to pay.
“That’s why the next Labour Government will undertake the biggest overhaul of our energy market since privatisation. Our plans will break up the big energy companies, put an end to their secret deals and make tariffs simpler and fairer. And until these reforms kick in, we will put a stop to unfair price rises by freezing energy bills until 2017, saving the average family £120.”
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