Renewable energy supplier Bulb has launched a smart pay-as-you-go energy tariff, which allows customers to use a smartphone app to top up their…
Continue ReadingOfgem Reveals New Measures to Help Vulnerable Energy Customers
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From December energy suppliers will be required to grant emergency credit to prepayment customers who are struggling to top up their meters and…
Continue Reading1 Million Pensioners to Receive £140 Warm Home Discount
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Nearly a million pensioners will receive £140 discounts on their electricity bills to offset the cost of heating their homes this winter.
Continue ReadingScottish Power to Take On Customers of Failed Tonik Energy
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130,000 customers of the failed supplier Tonik Energy will be transferred to Big Six supplier Scottish Power after a competitive process selection run…
Continue ReadingOctopus Wants to Make the UK the “Silicon Valley of Energy”
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Rapidly-growing supplier Octopus Energy has unveiled plans to construct a new tech hub in Manchester and double its workforce across the UK by…
Continue ReadingOctopus Energy Lets Customers Lease a Discounted EV to Trial Vehicle-to-Grid Technology
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Octopus Energy is offering its customers the chance to lease an electric vehicle at a discount and use it to trial new vehicle-to-grid…
Continue ReadingSuppliers’ Failure to Pay Green Energy Subsidies Could Drive Up Bills
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A shortfall in the Renewables Obligation (RO) buyout fund could be distributed to all suppliers, leading to higher household energy bills.
Continue ReadingGovernment to Fund Green Gas Plants with Levy on Gas Suppliers
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A carbon tax levied on gas suppliers will fund the construction of biomethane ‘green gas’ plants which can help to decarbonise the UK’s…
Continue ReadingAround 470,000 households moved to a new electricity supplier last month, down 17% from the August before, as the coronavirus crisis continues to…
Continue ReadingSmall supplier Igloo Energy will hike its bills by 10.9% from October, partially reversing a springtime cut to gas prices.
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