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Proposals Could Allow Energy Networks to Switch Off Your EV Chargers and Electric Heating in Emergencies

Controversy has erupted over proposals that would allow electricity network companies to automatically disconnect low-carbon technologies in consumers’ homes to prevent the grid…

Sep21

Huge Tesla Batteries Used to Balance UK Grid for the First Time

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

The National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has used huge Tesla batteries to balance supply and demand on the UK’s power grid for…

Sep18

Electricity Switching Down 17% in August

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Energy Suppliers

Around 470,000 households moved to a new electricity supplier last month, down 17% from the August before, as the coronavirus crisis continues to…

Sep17

Igloo Energy Hikes Bills by £86 a Year

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Small supplier Igloo Energy will hike its bills by 10.9% from October, partially reversing a springtime cut to gas prices.

Sep15

Councils Top Up Rural Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

Written by Lauren Smith in Broadband

17 local authorities in England will contribute £22.2 million to a scheme helping rural residents connect to gigabit-capable broadband.

Sep14

UK Needs to Add 100GW of Renewable Power and 30GW of Storage for Net-Zero Goal

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy

The UK must deploy an additional 80GW of solar power and 20GW of wind power, backed by 15 to 30GW of battery storage,…

Sep11

Nuclear Clean-Up Bill Has Increased by £3bn, Spending Watchdog Says

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

Estimates of the cost of cleaning up a dozen of the UK’s earliest nuclear sites have increased by £2.7 billion since 2017 and…

Sep10

Bristol City Council Sells Off Energy Supplier

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Energy Suppliers

155,000 domestic customers of Bristol Energy will be transferred to Together Energy after the council-owned supplier was sold for £14 million.

Sep08

Brits Spend More on Tech Bills Than on Utilities

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Mobile

You may gripe about your energy and water bills, but you’re likely spending more each month on tech services, which you might think…

Sep07

Octopus Energy to Take on Customers of Effortless Energy

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Octopus Energy will take on the 2,500 domestic customers of Effortless Energy after the small supplier ceased trading.

Proposals Could Allow Energy Networks to Switch Off Your EV Chargers and Electric Heating in Emergencies

Huge Tesla Batteries Used to Balance UK Grid for the First Time

Electricity Switching Down 17% in August

Igloo Energy Hikes Bills by £86 a Year

Councils Top Up Rural Gigabit Broadband Vouchers

UK Needs to Add 100GW of Renewable Power and 30GW of Storage for Net-Zero Goal

Nuclear Clean-Up Bill Has Increased by £3bn, Spending Watchdog Says

Bristol City Council Sells Off Energy Supplier

Brits Spend More on Tech Bills Than on Utilities

Octopus Energy to Take on Customers of Effortless Energy

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