Sentences with phrase «already rising energy bills»

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Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, had already written to regulator OFGEM, amid fears it marks the first of many energy bill increases throughout this year creating further misery for householders, all blamed the rise on the «soaring cost» of wholesale energy, higher distribution costs and increased environmental obligations.

He says that the cost will see household energy bills rise by a further third in real terms, on top of the rises already seen over the past decade.