comparethemarket.com Saves its Customers Over GBP4m on Their Energy Bills as Fuel Prices Continue to Soar

PETERBOROUGH, England, January 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As energy prices across the globe have soared, savvy customers have been clicking on to UK's leading price comparison website, comparethemarket.com (http://www.comparethemarket.com/), to search for a better deal on their household utility bills and in the process have saved GBP4,695,660 in just one year.*

With rising energy prices and the coldest winter for 100 years, 2010 was a strained year for many families. Whilst the Energy Intensive Users Group and The Energy Savings Trust were continuing to report a climb in gas and electricity prices, many homeowners were looking for ways to reduce these outgoings before new price tariffs came into force and the effects of VAT going up to 20% take hold.

Jeremy Moll, Commercial Director for comparethemarket.com said: "Our customers really know what to look for when it comes to finding themselves a good deal. Energy bodies and even the energy companies themselves were reporting a rise in gas and electricity prices for a number of months which led to people taking immediate action and using comparethemarket.com as the best service for finding themselves a better deal on their energy bills."

Working with some of the UK's biggest providers, comparethemarket.com constantly compare electricity prices ( http://www.comparethemarket.com/energy/) and the best deals and rates on the market to ensure that the customer gets the greatest saving for them.