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Record number of UK energy customers switched supplier in 2017

Reuters - UK Focus

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) -

* A record number of British energy customers switched supplier last year, data from industry group Energy UK showed on Thursday.

* 5.5 million customers switched in 2017 up from 4.8 million in 2016

* There are now almost 60 energy suppliers in Britain, Energy UK said

* The data comes as Britain's energy firms are under pressure to reduce bills and as regulator Ofgem prepares to issue a price cap on the most widely used tariffs

* The data does not show which companies lost or gained the most customers

* Britain's largest energy supplier, Centrica (Frankfurt: A0DK6K - news) 's British Gas, reported in November it lost 823,000 accounts in the four months from the end of June to the end of October (Reporting by Susanna Twidale; Editing by Mark Potter)