An overhaul of Britain’s electricity system will allow smart meters to send half-hourly updates on customers’ usage, paving the way for Uber-style pricing…
Continue ReadingRising Energy Bills Increase Interest in Green Home Upgrades
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills
Soaring gas and electricity prices are increasing homeowners’ interest in efficiency upgrades that can slash their energy consumption and bills, according to a…
Continue ReadingOctopus customers to be paid to decrease energy usage during peak times
Written by Fergus Cole in Energy Suppliers
Octopus Energy is launching a trial scheme with the National Grid in which households will be paid to restrict electricity usage during peak…
Continue ReadingGreen Homes Grant Installations Saving Households £3.9m on Energy Bills
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills
Insulation and low-carbon heating systems installed under the government’s underachieving Green Homes Grant are saving homeowners £3.9 million annually on their energy bills…
Continue ReadingEDF and Scottish Power are the first energy suppliers to confirm price hikes this spring in line with the adjusted price cap, but…
Continue ReadingReports Suggest Energy Prices Could Remain Volatile Until 2030
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Analysts at Cornwall Insight warn that the energy price rollercoaster will likely continue until at least the end of the decade, unless the…
Continue ReadingEnergy Bills to Rise by £693 from April But Most Households Will Get £350 in Government Help
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills
Household energy bills will rise by 54% to an average of £1,971 per year from 1 April as Ofgem adjust the price cap…
Continue ReadingAround 9,500 homes remain without electricity days after a one-two punch of winter windstorms toppled power lines in northern Scotland and North East…
Continue ReadingCold Weather and Low Winds Last Year Exacerbated Energy Crisis
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
2021 was marked by stratospheric wholesale gas and electricity prices, which contributed to the collapse of more than two dozen British energy suppliers…
Continue Reading100mph gusts from Storm Malik pushed Britain’s wind turbines to generate a record 19.5GW of clean electricity on Saturday, National Grid’s Electricity Systems…
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