Press Release: Energy Bills

KILMARNOCK AND LOUDOUN PAYING £1,635 PER YEAR ON ENERGY BILLS, MAKING IT 118th MOST EXPENSIVE IN GREAT BRITAIN

Households in East Ayrshire are paying on average £1635 per year, making it the 118th most expensive place in the UK for energy bills.

Out of 408 local authorities in the UK, East Ayrshire came out as 118th most expensive.

According to data from comparethemarket.com, households in Kilmarnock and Loudoun are already paying 21.9% more than the price cap that is set to be introduced in October this year.

The data also shows that people across Scotland are paying more on their bills than in England and Wales.

Commenting, Alan Brown MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun said:

"People across Scotland, including in my constituency are paying the price for sky-high energy bills, despite Scotland having an abundance of resources in oil and gas and renewables.

"Under Westminster control, the vast revenue from Scotland's oil and gas industry has been squandered by UK governments for decades and now it is consumers in Kilmarnock and Loudoun who are getting hammered with higher average energy bills, with bills here being the 118th most expensive in the UK.

"This is also a result of the outrageous and expensive transmission charges that are charged in Scotland for companies to access the national grid here.

"The measures announced by the Chancellor last month – welcome though they were - will barely scratch the surface of the rocketing energy bills crippling households now and in the winter months to come. I raised this in the House at the time.

"High fuel bills in East Ayrshire and across Scotland lie squarely at the door of the Westminster government and show why Scotland needs the full range of powers that will come with independence."