Renewable supplier Good Energy is launching a new time-of-use tariff aimed at drivers of electric vehicles, providing cheap off-peak electricity.
Continue ReadingEcotricity to Source Geothermal Electricity
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers Renewable Energy
Renewable energy supplier Ecotricity has reached a “pioneering” agreement to purchase electricity derived from the hot granite rocks in Cornwall, marking the first…
Continue ReadingTyne and Wear Village to Be First on Public Gas Grid to Use Hydrogen
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
More than 650 homes in a small village near Newcastle will become the first in the UK to be heated with a mixture…
Continue ReadingHouseholds on standard variable energy tariffs will pay an average of £200 more for their gas and electricity in 2021, new research from…
Continue ReadingA wind-swept Boxing Day helped wind power set a new record, providing more than half of the country’s electricity across a day for…
Continue ReadingE.ON Infuriates 1.5 Million Customers by Taking Payments Early
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
E.ON customers were left furious when the energy supplier took their January bill payments 11 days early—and on Christmas Eve. Around 1.5 million…
Continue Reading5.5 Million Households Switched Electricity Supplier in 2020
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Energy Suppliers
The electricity market was less active this year, with many lives and finances thrown into disarray by the coronavirus crisis.
Continue ReadingWholesale gas prices are rising sharply in the UK this winter, threatening households and businesses with higher fuel bills during the coldest months.
Continue ReadingNearly 200,000 “forgotten” properties, mostly in rural areas, are unable to access broadband speeds judged the minimum necessary for a modern household, Ofcom…
Continue ReadingEDF Fined £6m for Misleading Grid about Electricity Generation
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
EDF will pay £6 million after the energy regulator discovered it “frequently inflated” the minimum amount of power one of its plants could…
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