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Energy news archive September - October 2010

Scottish & Southern Energy increases prices by 9.4% (29-10-10)

Scottish & Southern Energy has announced it will increase its standard gas prices by 9.4%, from 1 December...

Get a free smart meter with First Utility’s ‘Smart as Standard’ tariff (28-10-10)

First Utility has launched its new “Smart as Standard” tariff which at an average cost of £1,070 is cheaper than the standard tariffs of all the “big six” suppliers....

Atlantic Electric and Gas launch Atlantic Fixed Price 3 (25-10-10)

Atlantic Electric and Gas, part of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group, has launched a new online tariff: Atlantic Fixed Price 3....

Warm Front insulation grants to be phased out (21-10-10)

Warm Front, the government’s scheme to provide needy households with insulation and heating grants, is to be phased out by 2014...

Online energy deals cost more as cheapest tariffs are shelved (19-10-10)

The average price of an online energy tariff is now £938 a year, following Npowers decision yesterday to pull its cheapest online deal from the market...

Npower launches new online tariff (18-10-10)

Energy giant Npower has launched Sign Online 20, a new online energy deal which guarantees to discount your bills against the standard Npower rates until December 2011...

Scottish Power launches Capped Price Energy tariff (13-10-10)

Scottish Power is promising to cap energy prices until the end of November 2012, with its new Capped Price Energy tariff...

E.ON Energy launches Track and Save 7 tariff (12-10-10)

E.ON Energy has updated its Track and Save tariff to beat British Gas Prices until December 2011...

British Gas launches WebSaver 10 and Online Saver 3 (11-10-10)

British Gas has unveiled WebSaver 10 and launched the OnlineSaver 3 energy tariff...

Slash £100 off your energy bill with EDF Energy (7-10-10)

Get a £100 bonus when you sign up to EDF Energy’s Online S@ver Version 7 tariff before the end of November...

Get cheap boiler cover in the HomeServe winter sale (5-10-10)

Avoid the stress of your boiler breaking down this winter by protecting it with cheap boiler cover from HomeServe, from as little as £9 a month...

EDF Energy launches Annual Fix 4 (4-10-10)

Now’s a good time to sort out your energy deal for the winter, and EDF has got a new fixed deal for anyone who’s worried that standard energy prices could rise...

Energy bills set to rise to fund green commitments (4-10-10)

Ofgem has warned consumers that bills are likely to increase by at least £6 a year to help raise the £32billion needed for energy suppliers to meet the governments’ green energy targets...

Npower to pay out £70million to gas customers (1-10-10)

1.8 million Npower customers will receive an average of £35 in compensation for billing problems dating back to 2007s...

Gas bills expected to jump by £80 in 2011 (30-9-10)

Consumers are warned that gas bills will shoot up before next spring because wholesale gas prices are forecast to increase by 13% in early 2011...

EDF kicks off round of electricity price hikes (30-9-10)

EDF electricity customers will see their bills rise from tomorrow, as the energy giant prepares to hike prices...

Avoid standard tariffs as fixed energy deals end (29-9-10)

Customers with fixed rate energy tariffs from EDF, Scottish and Southern and E.ON are being urged to compare prices and switch, as their current deals are pulled from the market tomorrow...

Brits pay more than they should for energy (24-9-10)

A lack of information about better energy deals means Brits are paying more for energy than they need to be...

Energy customers urged to pay bills by direct debit (23-9-10)

Cut your energy bills by switching your payment method to direct debit...

Government vows to stop “surprise” energy bill hikes (21-9-10)

Energy companies warned over imposing "outrageous" hidden price hikes...

"Turn off your TV from anywhere with EDF gadget (21-9-10)

You can now turn your appliances off from anywhere in the house with the new EDF EcoManager, and cut your energy bills in the process...

EDF offers £50 bonus for switching (17-9-10)

Sign-up to EDF’s Online Saver 7 tariff before 7 November and get a “Welcome Bonus” of £50...

"Smart meters may not help cut energy bills", says expert (14-9-10)

Using a smart meter might not actually improve the energy efficiency of your home, suggests a new study, as the gadget "doesn’t offer homewners enough useful information"...

Switch to Ovo Energy for green benefits (08-9-10)

Protect an acre of rainforest and tackle climate change when you switch to an Ovo Energy tariff...

'Don’t fall for cheap electricity top-up con’ (08-9-10)

If you have an electricity prepayment meter, don’t buy illegal top-up credit on your doorstep...

Scottish Power ups Online Energy Saver prices (06-9-10)

Scottish Power’s latest Online Energy Saver deal guarantees to be 2% cheaper than its standard prices - though some customers will see price increases...

Energy giants under investigation for consumer misselling (02-9-10)

Four of the UK’s “big six” energy suppliers are being investigated to see if they have been misselling energy contracts to the public...