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- Labour’s £13.2bn warm homes plan will not face cuts in spending review Thu, 5 Jun 25, 8:51pmSource confirms decision that will help meet net zero targets and pledge to cut energy bills by £300
- Still waiting for my replacement meter from EDF – even the CEO couldn’t help | Letter Tue, 3 Jun 25, 2:36amOfgem urges those who still have old Radio Teleswitch Service meters to contact their supplier, but it hasn’t been easy for Sally Jaine
- High electricity bill taxes holding us back, say industry groups Mon, 2 Jun 25, 3:00pmMake UK tells government that prices threaten to derail industrial strategy as Energy UK calls for charges to be ‘rebalanced’
- Scrapping Britain’s nuclear power plans would lead to lower energy bills | Letters Tue, 29 Apr 25, 1:52amNew nuclear power stations will cost billions to build and run, and cost taxpayers and energy customers dear, says John French. Plus a letter from Dr David Lowry
- Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it Mon, 21 Apr 25, 12:01amFrom nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled
- Octopus and its customers ask Treasury to back zonal electricity pricing Mon, 14 Apr 25, 3:00pmSupplier rallies small businesses as critics say overhaul would harm development of clean energy
- Gas boiler fittings outnumbered heat pumps by 15 to one in UK last year – report Thu, 10 Apr 25, 3:00pmPoorer households shut out of heat pump market and grants should be increased to speed up rollout, thinktank says
- Zonal electricity pricing plan could add £3bn a year to GB bills, report finds Thu, 3 Apr 25, 10:01pmResearch finds proposal may also drive up cost of building new windfarms as developers need higher subsidies to offset cost
- Ofgem to crack down on energy suppliers that botch smart meter installations Sat, 29 Mar 25, 12:17amMillions of devices have been left to go into ‘dumb’ mode, where they stop automatically transmitting readings
- GB Energy needs full £8.3bn of funding or it will disappoint, government told Wed, 19 Mar 25, 11:01amThinktank’s warning follow reports that Labour is considering cuts to budget of company it set up to drive renewable power
- Postcode electricity pricing is a minefield for Ed Miliband Mon, 10 Mar 25, 3:00amThere is little middle ground in the battle over zonal pricing – and the energy secretary has only months to settle dispute
- UK government hires ‘nudge unit’ to help dispel heat pump myths Wed, 1 Jan 25, 9:06pmBehaviour experts say misinformation shared in media and by other stakeholders is impeding uptake
- What is the most efficient way to use central heating? Your energy questions answered Sat, 26 Oct 24, 8:00pmAs the clocks go back, our experts answer queries about gas and electricity use, be it for drying clothes, doing the washing up or sorting the heating
- Why does gas supplier charge £486 to remove meter when others do it free? Wed, 23 Oct 24, 5:00pmWe needed the gas supply cut off so we could install a heat pump to help the environment
- We were left out in the cold over a faulty heat pump installation Mon, 21 Oct 24, 5:00pmTrying to get some redress from green energy installers when things go wrong is a long, hard slog
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