493,000 households moved to a new energy supplier last month, a fifth (21%) more than December 2019, according to data from ElectraLink.
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 ReadingSmall supplier Yorkshire Energy has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus economic crisis and has ceased trading.
Continue ReadingOctober Saw Quarter of a Million Smart Meter Installations, a 2020 High
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Energy suppliers installed a nearly quarter of a million smart gas and electricity meters in homes and businesses in October, after months of…
Continue ReadingOfgem Investigating Scottish Power for Smart Meter Rollout Failures
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
The energy regulator is investigating Big Six supplier Scottish Power over alleged failures to meet its obligations to install smart meters for customers…
Continue ReadingThe energy regulator has issued final orders to three suppliers over unpaid bills to the Renewables Obligation (RO) and Feed-in Tariff (FIT) schemes,…
Continue ReadingMedium-sized energy supplier iSupply has paid out more than £500,000 in customer refunds and goodwill payments after unfairly blocking switching.
Continue ReadingRenewable energy supplier Bulb has launched a smart pay-as-you-go energy tariff, which allows customers to use a smartphone app to top up their…
Continue ReadingOfgem Reveals New Measures to Help Vulnerable Energy Customers
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From December energy suppliers will be required to grant emergency credit to prepayment customers who are struggling to top up their meters and…
Continue Reading1 Million Pensioners to Receive £140 Warm Home Discount
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers Government Policy Household & Bills
Nearly a million pensioners will receive £140 discounts on their electricity bills to offset the cost of heating their homes this winter.
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