Consumer group Which? has called on the chancellor George Osborne to increase competition in the energy market by cutting the big six energy companies “down to...
Data released by the energy regulator Ofgem shows that energy wholesale costs have remained broadly flat over the last year, despite the big six utilities partly...
Solar power technology could deliver the same levels of electricity as the planned nuclear plant at Hinkley Point, at a similar cost and in just two...
Energy firm Scottish Power has been given an £8.5m fine by the regulator Ofgem after an investigation revealed it had mislead its customers. In an announcement...
Scotland’s renewable energy resources are helping to keep the lights on across the UK, the Scottish National Party (SNP) energy minister told the party’s conference in...
Three-quarters of the population do not believe that green taxes to blame for rising energy bills, despite energy companies linking renewable energy subsidies with recent price...
Around 50,000 consumers are believed to have switched their energy supplier following energy firm SSE’s recent announcement of an 8.2% price rise. Energy price comparison service...
On a typical energy bill of £1,500, environmental taxes add around £70. That £70 invests in the development of clean, limitless and domestically generated energy. It...
Ed Miliband has sparked intense debate in the energy sector after he used his speech at the Labour conference to pledge a freeze on rising energy...
The energy regulator Ofgem has backed calls from the industry to speed up how long it takes consumers to switch their energy supplier. In statistics released...
The energy regulator Ofgem has unveiled new standards of conduct to make the energy market simpler and fairer for customers. Its guidelines says that customers have...
The ‘big six’ energy firms collectively raked in profits of £3.74 billion in 2012 – a figure 74% higher than the sum the surplus they made...
An £18.7m project is set to begin in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, to test a large-scale battery that developers say could help power the UK. The 6...
A lack of transparency around the profits that energy companies make is undermining consumer trust, a committee of MPs has claimed. In a new report, the...
Energy giant E.ON was ordered to pay £3m on Tuesday after it was found to have sold energy-saving lightbulbs that, by law, it should have given...