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Alistair Buchanan, regulator, pattern is puzzled how mean profit margins in six Great Britain suppliers to have propelled from ?65 ?90 during the last quarter photo: Heathcliff O'Malley

What are these wags at the Met Office.You may have noticed that it is a little parky today .the kind of starter central heating, uncorking a day another bottle and settle in front of the rugby.

Then fool you. According to meteorologists, you really enjoy the warmest year since 1850. Or perhaps the second warmer.In both cases, it is then sauna.Pourquoi, street, wasting your money on heating bills? Not less when they go so fast.

Alistair Buchanan has identified the tendance.Et there is not even a man of the weather. It is the energy regulator regulator, pattern that has troubled medium profit margins to power six Great Britain suppliers have propelled from ￡ 65 to 90 pounds in the last quarter.He asked his readers counter to see if "companies play it straight with consumers.

The suspicion is that they're not – for various reasons.In recent weeks, three of them - Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), British Gas & Scottish Power raised double-fuel bills by 7pc and 9.4pc.Appartenant German RWE Npower and Eon kept shtum pricing plans - while at the moment, EDF Energy the France promised a gel consumer print.

Explanation of routine for the higher bills is that they reflect an increase in prices for gasoline in bulk - 25pc himself dials since the overabundance of world gas. But corporations cannot claim there is a direct correlation between prices of wholesale and consumer pays. Bills are lower than in the mid 2008 - 7pc only when wholesale gas prices was higher than 50pc.

Something seems to go - and the index can be newly available retail Buchanan wants to examine accounts. Deconstructing the and he can get, for example, how SES lost 630 m ￡ due to "movement of derivatives" in his last semester.Or 127 million pounds of "portfolio optimization" - vaguely defined as "profits how ESS runs its activities that are not directly attributable to the production or supply".the consumers, you ask, pay were famine for loss of provider before purchasing gas derivatives?Or is there some clever regulatory game passes, whose profits of supply being off squirrelled elsewhere?Accounts are so complex, you can only request.

Ask you too if suppliers are coverage not their Paris for this winter.Storage of gas in Europe are currently filled.If the big chill, gas will be dumped on the market – with the trio reservation invoices have already raised a healthy windfall benefit of lower input prices.

Brings back us to EDF.vider lining a better than expected 5 ￡ 8bn to sell its UK electricity grid can reinvest in holding of prizes to be won with clients.Qui does not stop it raise invoices in the future.

Buchanan is already installing that four of the big six do not have to implement new rules for concession to stop put selling to consumers today, its last review could lead to an investigation of the Commission on a possible break up with six grandes.écorce Buchanan competition may be worse that its morsure.Mais is certainly turn chaleur.Demandez Met Office.

Alistair.Osborne@Telegraph.co.UK

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