Gas & Electricity
£131 price hike hits British Gas customers this Friday
Price rise misery will hit almost 8 million British Gas customers this Friday (23rd November), says uSwitch.com. The country’s biggest energy supplier will increase its prices by 9.2% or £131 for gas and electricity, resulting in its average standard dual fuel bill soaring from £1,340 to £1,471 a year.
Utility statements top Britain’s most baffling bills
Electricity bills top the nation’s list of the most baffling bills with 36% of people saying that they find them hard to understand, closely followed by gas and water bills.
EDF Energy reveals its winter energy price hike
EDF has followed SSE, British Gas, npower and Scottish Power’s lead by introducing an energy price rise this winter. The increase of 3.9% will add £50.37 to its customers’ bills, and will take effect on 3 January.
Big energy companies must put customers in control
Reforms to make the energy market competitive and work in the public interest unveiled as part of the Annual Energy Statement 2013.
As energy bills soar, suppliers battle it out to offer cheapest fixed price tariff
With four of the big six energy companies announcing inflation-busting price hikes and the remaining two expected to follow suit, many consumers have been turning to fixed price energy deals to shield themselves.
The lights are on but no-one’s home
As the clocks go back and the days get shorter, a national survey by retailer ledhut.co.uk has found that more than 60% of us are leaving lights on when we go out – with an embarrassing one in ten admitting we do it “all the time.”
Savvy buyers could save by going green with a new home
Redrow Homes is keen to make homebuyers aware of the energy saving qualities of its new homes and advise them of the potential for cost savings.
npower increases household energy tariffs
npower has announced its electricity and gas prices will increase by 9.3% and 11.1% respectively from 1 December.
Co-operative Energy announces price increase
Energy provider Co-operative Energy has announced it is to increase its gas and electricity prices by an average of four-and-a-half per cent.
British Gas increases household energy prices
British Gas, Britain's biggest energy supplier, has today announced that it is putting its prices up by 9.2% or £131 for gas and electricity, despite pledging in May to use cold weather profits to keep its prices steady for as long as possible.
Over 6 million homes could be cold this winter as energy costs bite into household budgets
UK consumers estimate they will spend an average of £613 on energy over the next six months - but Gocompare.com estimate average bills could be £867.21.
Callouts for broken boilers increase by 72%
AA Home Membership has reported a rise in the number of callouts for boiler-related problems as householders start to switch the heating on after a long, hot summer.
SSE is first of ‘big six' to announce 8.2% energy price hike
SSE customers should brace themselves for higher energy bills as the ‘big six' energy provider announces its plans to raise gas and electricity prices by an average of 8.2%.
Boiler bother leaves householders facing £314 bill
As Britain braces itself for another winter, over six in ten households (64%) are already due to have switched their heating on.
First Utility lays down the gauntlet by pledging to freeze prices until March 2014
While the big six suppliers slug it out to offer consumers the best fixed price energy deals, small supplier First Utility has leapt forward by offering its customers a price freeze.