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Energy news archive January - February 2011

British Gas profits from cold winter and high prices (24-02-11)

British Gas homes feeling the chill have helped boost the energy giant’s profits by 24% over the last year, from £598million in 2009 to £742million last year...

British Gas launches WebSaver 11 tariff (23-02-11)

British Gas has unveiled WebSaver 11, which offers customers a 6% discount on its standard tariff until the end of May 2012...

EDF unveils Online Saver 9 (18-02-11)

You can get a minimum 2% discount on EDF Energy’s standard rates until June 2012 if you switch to Online S@ver 9...

15 million Brits have not had an annual energy statement (16-02-11)

More than half of UK households have not had an annual energy statement from their supplier, despite regulator Ofgem making this compulsory last year...

Energy bills: Brits overcharged due to ‘defective’ meters (15-02-11)

Millions of Brits are overcharged for their gas thanks to old and broken meters, a leaked report shows...

Sainsbury’s and British Gas team up to offer new energy deals (09-02-11)

Sainsbury’s Energy and British Gas have teamed up to offer energy deals and solar panels to shoppers...

Smart meters ‘must not inhibit energy switching’: Ofgem (08-02-11)

Energy customers in the UK should be able to switch suppliers easily even if they have a smart meter, regulator Ofgem says...

EDF Energy to hike prices in March (03-02-11)

3.3 million EDF Energy customers will start paying more for gas and electricity from March...

Energy bill fears as oil prices reach two-year high (01-02-11)

The price of oil jumped to its highest level since October 2008, fuelling fears that consumers are going to be hit again by energy price hikes...

British Gas customers to get payment holidays and Nectar points (01-02-11)

British Gas tempts consumers to switch by offering online account customers flexible direct debits, payment holidays and Nectar points...

Npower owes customers £20million (26-01-11)

There’s £20million waiting to be paid out to customers of Npower, for gas bill overpayments dating back to 2007...

OFT to investigate energy supply to “off-grid” consumers (25-01-11)

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate how energy customers are treated when they are not connected to the main gas grid...

Npower worst supplier for customer satisfaction (24-01-11)

Utility Warehouse and OVO Energy get voted the best for customer satisfaction as Npower sinks to the bottom of the list...

Energy suppliers’ profits soar 50% over winter (19-01-11)

The recent price hikes from the “big six” energy suppliers have boosted their profits by 50% during Britain’s coldest winter for more than 100 years...

Energy price hikes add £560m to bills (13-01-11)

Our energy bills are £560million higher thanks to recent price hikes from five out of the “big six” energy firms...

British Gas gives £37m to vulnerable customers (12-01-11)

Poorest British Gas customers to get £50 windfall each to help with their winter bills as part of a new £37million investment...

E.ON hikes energy prices by 9% (11-01-11)

E.ON becomes the latest energy supplier to put up energy prices for the majority of its gas and electricity customers...

First Utility under fire over struggling customers (10-01-10)

First Utility is being investigated by energy regulator Ofgem over concerns it is mistreating vulnerable customers...

Get free energy switching advice (07-01-11)

Worried about your energy bills this winter? Get free advice from the Citizen’s Advice Bureau on how to save on your gas and electricity bills and be more energy efficient...

Save £300 by paying your energy bills by direct debit (05-01-11)

Get your finances back on track following Christmas by paying your energy bills by direct debit...