MPs call on competition watchdog to probe energy giant merger

Planned SSE-npower deal seen as bad for UK consumers with new entity along with British Gas holding almost 50% of energy share, warn MPsAn influential group of MPs has called on the competition watchdog to investigate the merger of two of the UK’s biggest energy companies, warning it threatens to be a bad deal for households.The intervention by the business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) committee adds to the mounting pressure for an inquiry into SSE and npower combining to create