Scottish Power are sponsoring a fuel poverty conference, although making a astonishing £712m profit.Scottish Power has been selected to sponsor a national fuel poverty conference in Yorkshire. Fuel Poverty Action believe that it is not appropriate for a company that made over £700m last year, to be sponsoring a fuel poverty conference and said the company made millions in profit while people froze in their homes. Though, the organisers of the event say they are happy to work with any company that is willing to support it's efforts and said they are more critical of the government for not providing the funds.
Figures in 2011, claim that there could be as many as 6m fuel poor households (uSwitch, 2011).
A company spokesperson defended their sponsorship of the event: "Our support helps National Energy Action to host a very important conference that brings together a range of experts to discuss the issues of fuel poverty and ways to tackle fuel poverty. We have supported the conference previously in 2010, and we are happy to be able to help out again this year."
