Uswitch response to new Energy and Climate Change Committee inquiry

Responding to today’s announcement by the Energy and Climate Change Committee that they are to launch an inquiry into price comparison websites, a Uswitch.com spokesman says: “We welcome the Committee’s inquiry and believe it will provide an opportunity to recognise the important role that price comparison sites play in making the energy market work for consumers.

“We are fully accredited under Ofgem’s Confidence Code, which means that consumers can compare tariffs in a fair, independent and unbiased way. We are actively working with Ofgem to update the Code so it continues to provide protection and assurance to consumers. We have been calling for all price comparison sites and collective switching schemes to comply with the Code so that everyone operates to the same high standards.

“Our mission is to help consumers save money on their energy bills and in the last year alone we have saved them £143 million.”

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Jason Wakeford

Phone: 0203 872 5612

Email: jason.wakeford@uswitch.com

Twitter: @UswitchPR

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