Small provider GB Energy Supply announce this weekend that it is to cease trading with immediate effect, due to fast rising costs for…
Continue ReadingMore Heads Turn to Smaller Providers as Big Six Hike Prices
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Independent research has shown that over the past month, five of the UK’s Big Six energy providers have increased prices for their cheapest…
Continue ReadingEnergy Supply Issues Across Europe May Hit Consumers Pockets
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A combination of various factors serving to limit energy generated from plants in several European countries could push up domestic prices, households have…
Continue ReadingScottish Power Customers to be able to Buy Energy by the Day
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Under a new scheme, major provider Scottish Power are to start offering customers the ability to buy their energy in a novel way,…
Continue ReadingOfgem Announce Measures in Response to CMA Report on Energy Market
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Ofgem has responded to the CMA’s recent two year investigation into the energy market, and revealed their proposals including supporting the call for…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas Offer Free Weekend Electricity to Promote Smart Meters
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Major energy supplier British Gas has announced that it will be offering eight hours of free electricity at weekends to nearly two and…
Continue ReadingEDF Energy’s chief executive, Vincent de Rivaz, has come out vocally in support of the campaign for the UK to remain a member…
Continue ReadingThe UK competitions regulator is set to drop a contentious claim that the Big Six energy providers overcharged customers by £1.7 billion a…
Continue ReadingCommons Committee Calls for National Grid Overhaul
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The House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee has called for National Grid to be broken up and replaced by separate system…
Continue ReadingOfgem Propose Safety Net to Protect Customers if Supplier Goes bust
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Energy regulator Ofgem has proposed a series of measures designed to protect customers’ credit in the event that their supplier becomes insolvent.
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