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Top Tweets Dan Meredith @DanMeredith14 #uwcongress @UtilityWeek #energynetworks impacts on #energybills up by more than £200 between 2007-2020. Why scrutiny on Big6 but not these? SouthWestern BPO @southwesternbpo @Ofwat Outcomes for customers rather than outputs for regulators" Keith Mason #pricereview #uwcongress Mike Rigby @MikeSRigby @EdwardDaveyMP says of #Hinkley C: "extremely good value for money for customers". Eh? It's twice the cost of the current electricity price! The 5,508 LEDs on the Blackpool Tower lit up green on Wednesday 9 October to promote a collective switching scheme run in partnership with 13 local authorities. More than 35,000 households have signed up to "Ready to Switch?" since last year, saving on average £110 a year on their energy bills. ENERGY £93 The strike price per MWh agreed for Hinkley Point C between the government and EDF Energy, according to The Times this week. ENERGY 8% The average winter price hike announced by SSE this week, prompting media outrage. "Predatory" Labour leader Ed Miliband delivers a scathing attack on energy companies after SSE announces a winter price rise No nuclear subsidy, says Labour MP A Labour MP made a stand against support for nuclear this week, as speculation mounted that the government was due to announce a deal with EDF Energy. Paul Flynn, the member for Newport West, tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the coalition to "honour its own agreement and cancel all subsidies". He criticised a reported 40-year deal for the proposed Hinkley Point C power station and said financial backing from China "will inevitably result in massive future liabilities to British taxpayers". Flynn's motion had attracted no other signatures at the time of writing. Steve Hawkes @steve_hawkes21h I know we're "really close", but how many times have we been "close" to a deal on new nuclear at Hinkley in the past year? #arewethereyet Martyn Williams @MartynWilliams2 6 of first 8 PQs to @DECCgovuk on Thurs are on #fuelpoverty, bills etc. Will improving homes be in answer? Neil Marshall - NIA @niaorg11 Oct Price freeze could save c. £120 whereas cavity wall and loft insulation save £320 pa for life – solid wall and loft £620 pa Refocus debate. Tim Webb @Tim_Webb_ Well-off households hijack Green Deal to buy thousands of British Gas boilers. Undermines unpopular scheme even more Energy Institute @EnergyInstitute3h We are celebrating our 10th Anniversary since the merger of the Institute of Petroleum and Institute of Energy Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK 'I think we hit a nerve with this one…' A few responses to Cuadrilla, DECC + UKOOG since the #NotForShale launch Greg Barker @GregBarkerMP: @GreenpeaceUK A global shift from coal to responsible gas is vital to avert dangerous #ClimateChange stoking up NIMBY-ism is deeply myopic! UTILITY WEEK | 18TH - 24TH OCTOBER 2013 | 5