HOUSEHOLDS IN SCOTLAND PAYING MORE COMPARED TO ENGLAND AND WALES
Households in East Dunbartonshire are paying on average £1,864 per year, making it the 18th most expensive place in the UK for energy bills.
Out of 408 local authorities in Great Britain, East Dunbartonshire Council came out as 18th most expensive.
According to data from comparethemarket.com, households in East Dunbartonshire are already paying 31.5% more than the price cap that is set to be introduced in October this year.
The data also shows that people across Scotland are paying more on their bills than compared to England and Wales.
Commenting, SNP MSP Rona Mackay MSP said:
"People across Scotland, including in East Dunbartonshire are paying the price for sky high energy bills, despite Scotland having an abundance of resources in oil and gas and renewables. "Under Westminster control, the vast revenue from Scotland's oil and gas industry has been squandered by UK governments for decades and now it is consumers in East Dunbartonshire who are getting hammered with higher average energy bills, with bills here being the 18th most expensive in Great Britain. "This is also a result of the outrageous and expensive transmission charges that are charged in Scotland for companies to access the national grid here. "The measures announced by the Chancellor last month – welcome though they were - will barely scratch the surface of the rocketing energy bills crippling households now and in the winter months to come. "High fuel bills in East Dunbartonshire and across Scotland lies squarely at the door of the Westminster government and shows why Scotland needs the full range of powers that will come with independence." ENDS
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