Highlands and Islands SNP MPs Angus MacNeil, Drew Hendry and Ian Blackford met with SSE this week to discuss how they can work together with the electricity provider to put an end to the unfair additional charges.
Residents of the Highlands and Islands are still paying a 2p surcharge on electricity despite the fact that the area continues to have some of the highest fuel poverty figures in the UK.
SSE have previously stated that the additional charges are a result the varying regional costs associated with transporting electricity in different parts of the country.
Concerns over unfair electricity prices
21 August 2015
The current pricing structure means that remoter areas always going to face greater costs per customer because of the remoteness of the areas and the diverse terrain.
SSE has asked energy regulator Ofgem to introduce a national pricing structure so that there is one standard charge for every customer across the UK.
MP Angus MacNeil said the Western Isles has the highest fuel poverty figures in Scotland.
Mr Macneil said: "The Scottish average is 27% and this is even lower south of the border.
"Yet residents of the Highlands and Islands are still being asked to pay an extra 2p for every unit of electricity used. This is grossly unfair and all electricity consumers should be charged the same price per unit.”
An SSE spokesperson said: “SSE has a policy of charging its retail customers according to the underlying costs it takes to supply them, but if we can change the underlying costs, the problem goes away.
"As this is an issue which affects all suppliers and also impacts other regions in GB, such as Merseyside and north Wales where costs are even higher than the north of Scotland, it requires an industry wide solution.
"SSE will continue to lead the campaign for ‘national’ pricing to address the issue which we believe is simpler, but more importantly, fairer.”