Sinn Féin welcome Gas price reduction
Sinn Féin Economy Spokesperson, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA (South Antrim) has welcomed the announcement by Phoenix that gas prices are to be reduced by 19%.
Speaking today Mr McLaughlin said:
"I welcome the news that gas prices are set to come down and I am sure that it will be welcomed by Phoenix customers. This will benefit over 100,000 users of gas who will see significant reductions in their bills.
"Phoenix had given a commitment that if world energy prices were to fall then any benefits would be passed to the customer and this is the obvious outworking of that commitment.
“Sinn
Féin had raised a number of concerns directly to Phoenix Gas
surrounding previous price increases and explored ways in which prices
could be lowered for the benefit of the customer. This included looking
at advance buying and storage issues as well as metering and despite
this price decrease Phoenix should further explore these issues to
mitigate against any future energy crisis.”