中国石化新闻网讯 据《泰晤士报》本周三报道，德国公用事业公司意昂集团 (E.ON)将于下周宣布，会对其英国业务进行裁员，裁员人数约500人，原因是这家能源巨头公司试图在英国政府实施价格上限之前削减成本。

《泰晤士报》引用消息人士的话说，这家公司在英国有9,400名雇员，裁员不包括前线呼叫中心的员工。

E.ON是英国六大能源供应商之一，但在正常办公时间以外未对此发表评论。

英国政府要求能源监管机构（Ofgem）设定价格上限，以对抗它所称的“掠夺”能源价格。

竞争和市场管理局发现，从2012年到2015年，E.ON每年平均向一些英国家庭收取14亿英镑（合18.4亿美元）的超额费用，这促使了政府采取行动。

詹晓晶摘自《泰晤士报》

原文如下:

German utility E.ON to announce about 500 UK job cuts

German utility E.ON (EONGn.DE) will announce about 500 job losses next week in its British business, the Times reported on Wednesday, as the energy giant tries to cut costs before the British government imposes a price cap.

The redundancies exclude frontline call center staff, the Times said citing sources. The company employs 9,400 people in the UK.

E.ON, which is one of Britain’s big six energy suppliers, did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.

The British government asked energy regulator Ofgem to put the price cap on to combat what it has called “rip off” energy prices.

The Competition and Markets Authority found that utilities had overcharged some British households a total of 1.4 billion pounds ($1.84 billion) a year on average from 2012 to 2015, prompting the government to act.