Energy prices ‘could fall soon’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7724218.stm
The UK's second biggest energy company says it is "optimistic" that domestic prices could be cut early in 2009.
Scottish and Southern Energy said the reduction could come if wholesale gas and electricity prices continued their downward trend.
The hint came as it announced half-year pre-tax profits fell 54% to £302.6m.
The firm, one of the big six suppliers which all increased prices twice this year, last raised gas prices by 29.2% and electricity by 19.2% in August.
The energy companies have come under pressure to lower bills after recent falls in the wholesale prices of gas and electricity.
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