Energy Guides

Green energy suppliers

How do you know which ‘green’ energy supplier is the greenest? This guide assesses the credentials of the main green energy suppliers in the UK.
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4 reasons to love your prepayment meter

Despite prepayment customers paying higher gas and electricity rates than other customers, a prepay meter could be the perfect way to pay for your energy...
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Switching energy suppliers

• Moving house: Sort out your energy supply in four easy steps
• Switching energy suppliers
• Switching FAQ
• When should I switch energy suppliers?
• Energy switching problems
• Energy suppliers’ exit charges

Cutting your energy bills

• How much is the average electricity bill?
• How do I find the cheapest electricity deal?
• How to figure out your energy bill
• Annual energy statements explained
• Energy Performance Certificates explained
• 10 top tips to reduce your energy bills
• Cut the cost of winter energy bills

Energy tariffs

• Energy tariff options
• Online energy tariffs
• Fixed price tariffs
• Capped energy tariffs
• Green energy tariffs
• What are feed-in tariffs?
• Green energy suppliers

More energy tariffs

• How do I find the cheapest electricity tariff?
• Economy 7
• Prepayment meters
• Social tariffs
• Capped energy tariffs
• Should you cap your energy prices?
• How much will the cold snap cost me?

Energy bill management

• How to read your electricity meter
• Consign your prepayment meter to history
• Energy payment methods
• Online account management
• Guide to paying your bills by direct debit
• What is a smart meter?
• What is an electricity monitor?

Energy efficiency

• How to get energy-efficient with the Green Deal
• Get paid with the Renewable Heating Incentive
• Can you get free solar panels and cut your energy bills as a result?
• Insulation grants: Are you eligible?
• 10 top energy efficiency tips

Energy prices

• Energy price hikes: Are energy firms ‘lining their pockets’?
• Are energy prices going up or down?
• Energy price rises
• When will energy prices fall
• Top tips for comparing gas prices
• Top tips for comparing electricity prices

Energy regulation

• Energy regulators
• Ofgem
• Energy Ombudsman
• Consumer Focus
• Who supplies my gas and electricity?
• Will Ofgem force energy companies to lower their prices?

Energy saving grants

• How you can get a boiler replacement grant
• Warm front
• Insulation grants
• Can I get a heating grant?
• Energy efficiency grants
• Heating grants
• Can I get a grant for double glazing?

Compare Home heating oil

• Heating oil prices
• About home Heating oil

Boilers

• Getting the cheapest boiler service quote
• Oil boilers: Is it worth taking out insurance cover?
• Boiler maintenance cover - is it worth it?
• Boiler servicing - the lowdown
• Which boiler is right for me?
• Do you need a new boiler?
• Boiler insurance guide

Other guides

• Ovo Energy: ‘Working hard to keep costs down’
• First Utility: ‘The main appeal is to save money’
• How to get out of fuel poverty
• 4 reasons to love your prepayment meter
• What’s the difference between a smart meter and an electricity monitor?
• HomeCall+ has gone bust: What now?