British households could face a bill of tens of millions of pounds to cover the administration costs of the controversial £200 energy bill…
Continue ReadingEnergy Bills Could Remain above £2,000 Until at Least 2024
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills
A new forecast suggests household energy costs could remain well above £2,000 until at least 2024, undercutting the Chancellor’s loan scheme to ease…
Continue ReadingRule Change Means 300,000 People with Disabilities No Longer Eligible for the Warm Home Discount
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy
Nearly 300,000 people with disabilities will no longer receive the Warm Home Discount from this year, while an additional 750,000 households on housing…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas Doubles the Emergency Credit on Prepay Meters to £10
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Britain’s largest energy supplier has doubled the emergency credit available to customers on prepayment gas and electricity meters following the recent massive hike…
Continue ReadingGovernment plans 8 new nuclear reactors to boost UK’s energy independence
Written by Fergus Cole in Nuclear Energy
Up to eight more new nuclear reactors could be built on existing sites over the next eight years in order to improve the…
Continue ReadingOctopus announces plan to give 5,000 electric blankets to customers struggling with bills
Written by Michael Quinn in Energy Suppliers
Octopus Energy has said that they will be giving out 5,000 electric blankets to customers, amidst the rising cost of gas and electricity.
Continue ReadingScramble to Submit Meter Readings Crashes Energy Supplier Websites
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Major energy suppliers British Gas, EDF, E.ON, SSE, Scottish Power, and Bulb all suffered web outages on Thursday as tens of thousands of…
Continue ReadingMinister Grant Shapps has pushed back against the government’s reported plans to massively increase onshore wind farms, describing turbines as “eyesores” on Sky…
Continue ReadingThird of Brits More Likely to Install Heat Pumps to Reduce Reliance on Russian Gas
Written by Lauren Smith in Household & Bills Oil & Gas
The need to ditch Russian gas has made a third (33%) of Britons more likely to replace their gas boiler with an electric…
Continue ReadingCampaigners Call for End to Discriminatory Electricity Standing Charges
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
The practice of recouping the cost of energy supplier failures through higher standing charges disproportionately impacts low-income households, campaigners Fuel Poverty Action have…
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