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Customers ‘unhappy’ with energy price hikes (30-10-08)

Following gas and electricity price hikes earlier this year, UK customers are growing increasingly unhappy with their energy suppliers, according to the results of a survey published this week...
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Increase in unpaid energy bills (28-10-08)

The number of unpaid energy bills is soaring as price rises take effect, figures from MoneyExpert.com revealed last week...

Ofgem gives advice on the best energy deals (23-10-08)

Energy regulator Ofgem today launched Energy Best Deal, a campaign to give low income customers information on how to get the best deal on their energy...
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Gas prices plummet but consumer bills still high (21-10-08)

Energy suppliers are failing to pass on falling oil and gas prices to customers, Gordon Brown and Consumer Focus have warned...

Not just energy, M&S Energy (16-10-08)

High street giant Marks & Spencer has confirmed it will now sell gas and electricity alongside its food and clothes as part of a new deal with Scottish & Southern Energy...

Energy price hikes to blame for increased inflation (14-10-08)

Higher gas and electricity bills have pushed inflation over the 5% mark for the first time in 16 years, official figures revealed today...

Consumer Focus goes live (09-10-08)

New energy watchdog Consumer Focus went live last week, taking over from EnergyWatch...

Energy bills are ‘unfair to some’ says Ofgem (07-10-08)

Energy providers must stop charging different rates to customers that pay by direct debit or pre-payment meters, Ofgem said yesterday...

British Gas launches Click Energy 6 (01-10-08)

British Gas’ cheap online energy tariff, Click Energy 5 has been replaced by Click Energy 6, meaning cash-strapped consumers will no longer be able to get the highly competitive Click Energy 5 rate as prices increase by 45% for gas and 20% for electricity...

British Gas boiler offer (01-10-08)

Energy giant British Gas has just announced a new boiler offer, only available for a limited period...

Energy boss tells critics to stop ‘whingeing’ (30-09-08)

Head of energy provider EDF, Vincent de Rivaz, has told critics of nuclear to ‘stop whingeing’ about the company’s £12.4bn takeover of British Energy...

Energy Providers Worst for Customer Satisfaction (25-09-08)

Energy providers are the lowest performing of all industries when it comes to customer satisfaction, scoring lower than insurance companies, mobile phone operators and even banks...

Hutton fights for energy security (23-09-08)

Coal and nuclear power stations are crucial for Britain’s future, Business Secretary John Hutton told Labour conference...

Government plan to tackle fuel poverty (18-09-08)

The Government unveiled their long-awaited plans to tackle fuel poverty last week, announcing that over £910 million will be invested in energy efficiency measures through energy suppliers...

Children encouraged to ‘Green Up’ (16-09-08)

British Gas launched a TV campaign yesterday, in conjunction with ITV, to support its Generation Green schools initiative, encouraging children to become more energy efficient around their homes...

Energy Efficiency at Heart of Government Plan (11-09-08)

Today the Government will launch its much awaited fuel poverty package, worth £1 billion...

Fuel Poverty Faces One in Four (09-09-08)

One quarter of the British population will experience fuel poverty by 2009...

Energy Suppliers Profiting from Crisis (05-09-08)

Energy suppliers increase dividend payouts while millions suffer in fuel poverty...

Scottish Power Deals the Final Blow (01-09-08)

Scottish Power becomes the last major energy supplier to increase prices for domestic customers...

npower customers faced with price rises (01-09-08)

npower, the UK’s fourth-largest energy provider, raised gas prices on Friday by 26% and electricity by 14%, meaning that its 6.6 million British customers will now pay an average £222 more for their annual household fuel bills...

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