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- Our Green Star energy meter is anything but smart Tue, 10 Apr 18, 4:00pmWe’ve been losing income from our solar panels since it was installed
- Fight the power of the frackers by changing energy supplier | Letters Sat, 7 Apr 18, 1:37amHoward Hardman suggests dumping the big six to stop the drilling; Austen Lynch says Lancashire’s fracking wells won’t provide much of an energy dividend; Neil Anderson on France’s tidal power station successThe news...
- The weakness of price caps is clear. Energy markets need bolder action Sun, 1 Apr 18, 4:00pmThe big firms have raised tariffs to within a pound of the prepayment-meter maximum. What price government promises of savings now?Many of the 5 million vulnerable households who already have their energy bills capped will...
- Smart meters: customers say they can’t get firms to install them Mon, 26 Mar 18, 6:00pmEach month energy suppliers are putting 400,000 smart meters into UK homes. But 1m are needed to hit the 2020 target‘Get smart” urges the website of EDF, one of the UK’s largest utilities firms. It tells customers that...
- Will the Labrador energy switcher make you switch suppliers? Mon, 12 Mar 18, 3:13amStartup claims device will automatically switch smart-meter users three times a year and save them £300
- Tories have cost households £1,000 in energy bills, says Labour Fri, 9 Mar 18, 11:52pmLabour says Conservative government should have intervened earlier
- Ofgem seeks tougher price controls on energy firms Thu, 8 Mar 18, 3:56amPlan would hit gas and electricity networks’ returns and save £5bn for consumers, says watchdog
- The sad inevitability of energy price rises | Letters Tue, 6 Mar 18, 5:06amReplacing the government-controlled system by private companies made the costs of the delivery process soar, writes David Reed. Plus letters from John Heawood and Mark LewinskiPrivatising our vital energy services was a disaster...
- Richest UK households 'should pay more to fund clean energy' Fri, 2 Mar 18, 11:01amGovernment-funded researchers urge change in way clean energy is funded to reduce burden on poorest households
- Big six energy companies routinely overcharging customers – exclusive Sat, 24 Feb 18, 4:19amAnalysis for the Guardian shows most companies charging customers the same after switching them to ‘cheaper’ tariffs
- Energy company promises to pay customers to use electricity Thu, 22 Feb 18, 6:01pmOctopus Energy offers a tariff that will charge customers according to demand
- Ikea joins Big Clean Switch to offer 100% renewable energy tariff Tue, 20 Feb 18, 6:01pmJoint venture claims cheaper green power could save UK households £300 a year
- EDF UK profits hit by fall in sterling and nuclear prices Sat, 17 Feb 18, 12:08amPound’s decline against euro costs French firm €608m as home energy usage also drops
- Industrial landscape should be protected | Letters Thu, 1 Feb 18, 5:05amDonal Boyle says Historic England must preserve some of the country’s cooling towers; while David Smythe says there is no justification for fracking in the UKWe are in danger of losing a major feature of the late 20th-century...
- Mortgage lender raises the roof over leasehold solar panels Wed, 31 Jan 18, 9:36pmOur buyer’s preferred lender won’t consider them for a mortgage
- Works out the repayments on a home loan and displays a handy graph to show you how quickly you are paying off the loan. Also allows you to check how green your house is and if the money saved could help pay off the loan sooner.