MORE than 80,000 households in Scotland are facing the highest fuel price hikes announced so far, after EDF Energy confirmed it would raise its domestic gas and electricity tariffs by 10.8% in December.
MORE than 80,000 households in Scotland are facing the highest fuel price hikes announced so far, after EDF Energy confirmed it would raise its domestic gas and electricity tariffs by 10.8% in December.
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HELEN Mcardle
The increase means a typical dual-fuel customer paying by direct debit will see bills rise by £122 to £1251 a year, although it will remain on average the cheapest supplier of the Big Six.
EDF, the fifth major supplier in recent weeks to announce higher prices, has 81,391 cus-tomers in Scotland from a total of 3.1 million UK-wide. The price changes will take effect from December 7.
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