Ed Davey warns of punitive fines if energy price-rigging claims proven

More whistleblowers come forward as gas-price scandal widens amid claims that electricity market has also been distorted The energy secretary, Ed Davey, has warned that energy firms could face swingeing fines and be forced to pay customers back through lower energy prices as the gas-trading scandal escalated with more whistleblowers coming forward and claims that the electricity market could have been rigged too. Davey pledged the government would "support the regulators taking whatever steps ne...