Gazprom launches online tool for firms to track homeworkers’ power use

Falls in workplace energy consumption during Covid-19 lockdowns were almost completely offset by hiked home use, business supplier Gazprom Energy has calculated. Last year, average...

EDF’s 12% hike leads suppliers’ response to Ofgem lifting price cap

EDF has leapt first at the starting gun fired for energy retailers two weeks ago, when Ofgem lifted its cap on regulated home tariffs.. The...

Al Gore’s fund buys 13% of Octopus Energy

An investment fund founded by former US vice president Al Gore has paid the equivalent of £483 million to take a 13% stake in...

Kwarteng seeks to calm energy chiefs, as Price Cap’s architect calls for its overhaul

Beleaguered energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng won the support of Britain’s power bosses today, reassuring them that vulnerable consumers would be continue to be protected,...

Heat & Buildings Strategy: Johnson disappoints again

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s long awaited Heat & Buildings Strategy was this afternoon greeted with similar disappointment from energy campaigners and industry as the...

Ofgem to consult in November on Price Cap reform

Britain’s energy regulator will consult in November on reform to the Price Cap mechanism regulating energy sales to 15 million UK domestic consumers. Ofgem wrote...

Regulator probes transcos’ and DNOs’ Storm Arwen response

Ofgem today announced a review of transmission and distribution networks’ responses to Storm Arwen, as thousands of homes awaited reconnection after seven days of...

Offshore rigs hit by ‘biggest strike for a generation’, says Unite

Oil and gas extractors in the North Sea were today hit by a 48-hour strike by a claimed 1,300 offshore workers, in what its...

What are the advantages of buying a new build home in the UK?

Each year, it seems like there are more new build homes popping up than the year before. Data published by Office for National Statistics...

0800 Repair dials up efficiency gong

Customer service delivery operation 0800 Repair, part of energy & waste management combine PHS, has been recognised at the prestigious National Energy Efficiency Awards. The...