Gas & Electricity
Help at hand to stay warm this winter
Pensioners and vulnerable householders across Great Britain are being urged to take advantage of the help available to keep warm this winter.
Small energy suppliers dominate the best buy tables
Consumers are being urged to make a new resolution to get a more competitive energy deal, and to start looking outside of Britain's big six suppliers in order to do so.
Households hit by New Year energy bill horror
2013 could bring a chill to households with the arrival of a hefty winter energy bill warns MoneySupermarket.
npower joins 'Energy Bill Revolution' campaign
RWE npower has joined a campaign calling for warmer homes and lower energy bills. The 'Energy Bill Revolution' is asking the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make the UK’s homes super-energy efficient.
7 million over 50s already struggling with heating bills
As Britain braces itself for an especially cold winter this year and energy prices reach record levels, new research from Saga amongst 8,500 over 50s shows that over half (58%) are worrying about the costs of heating their homes this winter and more than 7 million (35%) are already struggling with heating bills.
Over quarter of households at risk this winter
The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group has today announced that, under the current definition, an estimated nine million people could fall under the ‘fuel poverty' criteria by 2016.
E.ON to raise prices January next year
E.ON has announced that it is hiking its gas and electric prices by 8.7% from 18th January.
Cold snap could cost consumers an extra £7 a week on energy bills
With more snow expected this weekend, uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service, warns that the cold snap could cost cash-strapped consumers an extra £7 a week on their energy bills, adding to the misery of recent energy price hikes.
EDF Energy customers to be hit with price hike this Friday
EDF Energy is the last of the big six suppliers to implement a price hike this side of Christmas - E.ON has frozen its prices for the rest of this year.
EDF Energy launches new Blue +Price Promise
EDF Energy is today (30 November 2012) launching Blue +Price Promise June 2014 which will give customers the chance to fix their energy prices for the next 19 months at a competitive price – with the freedom to leave at any time without paying an exit fee.
The cost of heating a home is now 63% higher than five years ago
Rocketing energy prices have forced the cost of heating a home up by 63% since 2008, with consumers now having to shell out an eye-watering £587 a year just to keep warm, according to analysis by uSwitch.com.
Ofgem secures £1.7 million for consumers following E.ON error
Ofgem has secured a commitment from E.ON to pay back around £1.4 million to approximately 94,000 consumers who were incorrectly charged exit fees or overcharged following price rises.
Switch to LED lighting and save on energy bills
With electricity bills rising by 7% in the last year alone, and set to rise again this winter, one of the latest moneysaving tips is to switch from halogen to LED lighting.
Homeowners urged to take action now to reduce rising energy bills
Thinkinsulation.com is encouraging customers to review the energy efficiency of their homes after British Gas and SSE raised their energy prices.
Gas giants owe bill payers £486 million "cash on float"
The UK's energy bill payers who fail to proactively monitor their energy usage and billing fall into two distinct camps, but share common ground in their apathy, says MoneySupermarket.