UK: Millions switch to cheaper gas

Millions of households abandoned their old suppliers in search of cheaper energy last year, leaving former monopoly British Gas with less than half of the gas market, energy regulator Ofgem said.

British Gas saw its gas market share fall to 48 percent in October 2006, while five former regional power companies also now supply less than half the markets they used to control, as consumers tried to sidestep last year’s price hikes.
Scotsman