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Putting green political ambitions before any other practical consideration has made us poorer, and is going to create a problem far worse than climate change. 

Fears of overcharging on bill grows after jump from 2.7m machines is blamed on reporting errors from energy providers

Regulator aims to reduce backlog as some wind and solar schemes wait up to 15 years to get hooked up

Government’s choice of energy regulator boss criticised as ‘putting the fox in charge of the hen house’

Jonathan Brearley says a more rigorous framework is needed to support households

Watchdog’s chief writes to energy bosses as Grid sets out plan to cut waits by up to a decade

If we had more gas-fired power and less wind power, our energy bills would be lower, not higher.

None of this would have been necessary if we were not shutting down so much of our firm capacity.

National Grid push to use devices such as washing machines and dryers at low-demand periods ‘paying dividends’

The dip follows a surge as freezing weather forced Britons to increase their heating use

Department considers making policy announcement in autumn statement rather than waiting until spring

Electricity-producing firms ask regulator to change rules that could penalise them if gas supplies run out

Big oil companies are making record profits while consumer energy bills soar. We spoke to finance reporter Jasper Jolly to find out why

The Labour leader should embrace nationalisation instead, says Paul Dolan

French firm in talks to extend life of Nottinghamshire plant to shore up Britain’s winter energy supplies