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SSE loses energy customers
Scottish and Southern Energy yesterday admitted it had lost 50,000 electricity and gas customers in the UK and Ireland in the final nine months of 2011. The energy company said the number of customer accounts now stood at 9.6m. Household gas consumption by customers in the UK fell by 26.6 per cent over the period, while consumption of electricity fell by 8.3 per cent. But SSE said it expected to deliver a full-year increase in pre-tax profits in line with growth reported in each of the last three years.