UK's EDF Energy cuts gas prices by 5 percent
Feb 11 (Reuters) - EDF Energy on Thursday moved to cut its standard gas prices by 5 percent, effective from March 24.
The announcement immediately followed one by Britain's biggest utility Centrica (LSE: CNA.L - news) which further cut gas prices by 5.1 percent on Thrusday.
"The 5 percent price reduction announced today is linked to falls in wholesale gas costs," a statement from EDF Energy said.
The cut will reduce average gas bills with EDF (Paris: FR0010242511 - news) by 31 pounds sterling and benefit 900,000 customers, the company said. (Reporting by Oleg Vukmanovic in Milan; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)