Centrica's British Gas pays 2.7 million pounds for overcharging customers

LONDON (Reuters) - Centrica's British Gas, Britain's largest energy supplier, has paid 2.65 million pounds after it wrongly overcharged some customers, regulator Ofgem said on Wednesday.The money was paid in refunds and compensation to affected customers and to Ofgem's charitable fund used for schemes such as making homes more energy efficient.Britain's energy suppliers are under scrutiny from the government, with Prime Minister Theresa May pledging in October to impose controls to tackle what..