Npower raises fuel prices for second time this year

The energy company npower has announced its second gas and electricity price increase in just 10 weeks.

From the end of this month its six million customers will pay 15% more for their gas and 13.4% more for electricity, adding about

Customers of npower, part of the German power company RWE, were just getting used to average price rises of 14% that came into force on January 1.

Kevin Miles, managing director of npower residential, defended the double rise in bills. “These changes follow massive increases in the cost of wholesale gas, which has trebled in price since 2003. We delayed our price increases for as long as possible, and as a direct result, npower customers have saved