New renewable capacity and control room reforms will enable Britain’s power system to run without fossil fuels for stretched of time by 2025,…
Continue ReadingCustomer satisfaction with energy suppliers fell in the first quarter of 2021, with consumers particularly annoyed by poor telephone and online customer service…
Continue ReadingLow-Carbon Heating Installations Must Increase 40-Fold for Net Zero
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
Annual installations of low-carbon heating systems in homes must increase from 26,000 per year to 1.2 million by 2030 if the UK is…
Continue Reading11 million households are expected to face an additional £100 on their energy bills this autumn, as the energy price cap is adjusted…
Continue ReadingDungeness Nuclear Power Station Will Not Return to Service
Written by Lauren Smith in Nuclear Energy
The Dungeness B power plant in Kent will shut permanently, seven years earlier than planned, after owner EDF judged it beyond repair.
Continue ReadingMore and more suppliers are offering green energy tariffs, but consumer confusion means that some people are reluctant to switch to one.
Continue ReadingThousands of Customers of Failed Green Network Energy Still Waiting to Be Transferred to EDF
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Thousands of customers of collapsed supplier Green Network Energy (GNE) are still waiting for EDF to set up their accounts, four months after…
Continue ReadingQuarter of Young People Don’t Understand Their Energy Bills
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers Household & Bills
One in four young people struggle to understand common terms used in energy bills and as a result, may be paying too much…
Continue ReadingBusiness Energy Brokers to be Required to Disclose Commission
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Energy brokers will have to disclose how much commission they stand to earn from the contracts they sell to businesses, under new rules…
Continue ReadingPolice in West Midlands have uncovered a huge Bitcoin mining operation running on stolen electricity, with the miners ducking thousands of pounds in…
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