The Energy Advice Line has joined calls for small businesses to be given the same consumer protections as domestic energy users.
The call comes as it emerged that business energy users would
not receive the much-trumpeted announcement of a self-imposed price
freeze by Big Six supplier SSE.
Julian Morgan, managing director of the price comparison, switching and advice service for domestic and business energy customers, said the plight of business energy users had been ignored for too long.
He backed calls by the Federation for Small Businesses (FSB)
for a better deal for small and micro businesses. The FSB said they were
disadvantaged compared to domestic energy users and large companies
when taking out energy contracts.
"We support calls by the FSB for micro businesses to be given
the same consumer rights as domestic consumers when it comes to
energy," Mr Morgan said.
