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Fuel debt seminars to be held
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Citizens Advice has welcomed news that EDF Energy is cutting its gas tariffs, but has noted many people are still in fuel debt as they struggle to keep up with rising bills.
Commenting on the situation, the charity's chef executive Gillian Guy said: "Hopefully EDF's move will kick-start a price cutting trend among energy companies."
She added that Citizens Advice will be holding seminar's on the subject of fuel debt to coincide with Big Energy Week (January 16th to 21st), including a seminar in London attended by energy secretary Chris Huhne.
During the week there will also be events in Cardiff - with Welsh Assembly minister for energy John Griffiths present - and Edinburgh.
The difficulty in meeting fuel bills has grown due to average hikes of 14 per cent last year and Confused.com's energy analyst Lisa Greenfield said that in view of this, EDF's cut "might not seem significant enough to their customers".
By Joe White
