U.K.'s Rudd Promises `Relentless' Pressure on Energy Companies
Amber Rudd, U.K. energy secretary, right, and Stephen Crabb, U.K. secretary of state for Wales, arrive for the first weekly cabinet meeting of the new Conservative government in London, on May 12, 2015.
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U.K. Energy Secretary Amber Rudd pledged to be “relentless” in putting pressure on energy utilities to deliver fairer prices to consumers.
Too many consumers suffer from “woeful” service from gas and power suppliers, Rudd said Monday in a a speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, northwest England. She said she would give the Energy Ombudsman additional powers to investigate “systemic issues in the industry, not just individual complaints.”