This autumn’s energy price hike will be too big for the industry to deal with and require a “massive shift” by the government to slice £1,000 off the bills of the poorest and most vulnerable, Keith Anderson has warned. The Scottish Power chief executive was one of a number of industry bosses giving evidence to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee. He revealed that his company had received 8,000 calls last week alone from customers worried about soaring energy bills.
Looming bill rises too big for industry to handle, warns Anderson
