Energy firm warns prices to fluctuate

RAPIDLY fluctuating energy prices like those experienced throughout 2008 are likely to become the norm in the future, a leading British energy company warned today.

Scottish and Southern Energy said last year was a “foretaste of what is likely to happen as the supply of finite resources like oil and gas begins to struggle to keep pace with the demand”.

The warning comes as the Perth-based company, which owns
Scottish Hydro Electric, announced a two per cent rise in profits before exceptional items to