Gas & Electricity
Location, location, location …and your energy bill
Where you live can determine how much you pay for gas and electricity, warns Switch with Which?, the home energy switching service from consumer champion Which?
Pre-payment customers missing out on £862.5 million in savings
Commenting on today’s Budget proposals to increase spending on social tariffs and treat prepayment customers fairly, Paul Schofield, head of utilities price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said:
Fuel poor not benefiting from social tariffs
Britain’s 4.5 million fuel poor are paying the price for the Government, energy industry and regulator’s lack of ‘joined up thinking’ on fuel poverty, according to uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service.
Brits feel ripped off by energy giants
The gas and electricity price rises of the past two months from five of the big six energy providers have left Brits fuming. Ninety-five per cent say they are being ripped off by energy companies.
Switch off your gadgets on E-day
Consumers are being asked to switch off unused gadgets and stop wasting electricity on the 27th February – the UK’s first national ‘E-Day’.
Ofgem fines National Grid £41.6m
Energy regulator Ofgem has fined National Grid £41.6 million for a breach of competition law that restricted the development of competition in the domestic gas meter market.
Elderly urged to apply for help heating and insulating their homes
People receiving Pension Credit are being urged to apply for grants to help insulate their homes against the cold and rising fuel bills.
British Gas increases the price of its cheapest tariff
Commenting on British Gas increasing the price of its cheapest tariff by £138 for a medium user, Scott Byrom, utilities manager at price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said: "For British Gas to increase the price of its Click Energy 4 product for existing users by 18.6 per cent is extremely disappointing.
What a difference a day makes
Britain’s largest energy supplier, British Gas, has finally felt the need to put prices up for online customers – three weeks after hitting the majority of its customers with a 15% price increase.
E.ON latest energy supplier to increase prices
In response to E.ON’s price rise announced today - 15% for gas and 9.7% for electricity - Mike Stevenson, Switch with Which? , urges people to review their energy payments and not to hesitate to switch to a better tariff if they could get a better deal elsewhere:
E.ON hikes energy bills by 15% for gas and 9.7% for electricity
Britain’s third largest energy provider, E.ON – formerly known as Powergen - has announced that it is putting up prices from 8th February.
moneysupermarket.com: Energy market inquiry
Commenting on the Commons Select Committee’s energy market inquiry, Scott Byrom, utilities manager at price comparison site moneysupermarket.com, said: “Instead of the Commons Select Committee wasting taxpayers’ money on an investigation into the justification for energy bills of over £1,000, the Government should actively promote the massive savings that people can make.
uSwitch.com welcomes investigation into UK energy market
uSwitch.com welcomes news that there is going to be a Select Committee investigation into possible anti-competitive behaviour in the UK’s energy market.
Utility companies still failing on customer service
A new report from national charity Citizens Advice reveals that gas, electricity and telecoms companies are still failing on customer service as the charity calls on companies to improve practices.
Gas and electricity – price is only part of the issue
Michelle Slade analyst at Moneyfacts.co.uk comments: “Once again we are in the situation where double digit price rises are the norm and everyone is wondering where to go for the best deal.