For many UK consumers, rising energy prices are placing a significant strain on their household budget. At the same time, consumers are becoming more and more concerned about the environmental impact of their energy use, and are looking for alternatives that reduce their carbon footprint. Unfortunately, these are often competing goals – energy from renewable resources is often more expensive,

Customer service has never been a top priority for energy suppliers. After all, you need energy, and the majority of the large suppliers’ are controlled by one group – so if you switch, chances are you’ll be rolling the same pockets. But just how bad the state of customer service is in the industry has never been fully known, until

First of all, let us start this article by saying that for some dual-fuel customers, bills will work out cheaper than on a standard energy tariff. But according to new research conducted by Make It Cheaper, some consumers will find energy bills higher on dual-fuel tariffs, as reported by The Guardian. According to industry experts, consumers who use price comparison

Do you trust your energy company? For the overwhelming majority of energy customers, the answer is no, according to a new study. Consumer group Which? has found that just one in six consumers (18%) trust energy companies to act in customers’ best interests, which is a huge blow to energy companies who are already struggling to claw back confidence lost

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that developers of UK renewable energy projects will be able to apply for Government support soon, under a new EMR (electricity market reform) package. Applications can be submitted between the 14th and 27th of October, according to the DECC, and as published under the final framework for CfDs. CfDs are a

Solar power has been a sound concept for over 200 years and the first developments of this technology were made in the 1860s, but it is only now that we are seeing its application among homes across Great Britain. In the news this week, The Courier is reporting that farmers in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, could be in for a windfall on

News has just emerged that Power NI and SSE Airtricity have frozen household electricity prices until 2015, bringing a sigh of relief to customers before the winter hits. Power NI has more than 567,000 household customers giving it 72% of the energy market while SSE has a 20% share, which means a large majority of UK households will benefit from this