Millions of homeowners are paying too much for their power because of "serious faults" with the energy companies, the industry watchdog has said.
Ofgem said almost six million people who use pre-payment meters are being over-charged by an average of £320 a year.

Around 4.3 million customers not connected to gas supplies are forced into paying a premium of about £55 a year for their electricity.

The watchdog said companies must urgently address the problem, the watchdog added, in the initial findings of its eight-month investigation into the energy market.

A study last month by the National Housing Federation found that British Gas charges pre-payment customers as much as £567 more than its online direct debit customers.

Alistair Buchanan, the chief executive of Ofgem, said the findings were "not acceptable" and sought to assure homeowners that the watchdog was "demanding change".

"Initial findings from our energy market probe give us grounds to demand that companies end practices that hinder customers, especially the vulnerable, from getting the best deal," he said.

Mr Buchanan promised that Ofgem was "putting on the regulatory hobnails" and warned that "if the companies don't sort it out, we will"

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