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Smart appliance standards needed to unlock potential for domestic DSR

Smart appliances will be essential to realising the potential for domestic demand-side response (DSR) to help balance the power grid and lower energy bills for consumers.

7 years ago

Mongoose Energy and Our Power tackle fuel poverty in Scotland

Mongoose Energy and Our Power have teamed up to tackle fuel poverty in Scotland with the creation of Our Community Energy – a renewable energy investment scheme.

7 years ago

Interview: Andrew Beasley, managing director, Flow Energy

"Some of the social costs we’re seeing are causing a significant break to growth. It is a huge overhead"

7 years ago

Trickiest switches in energy too slow, says Which?

Co-operative Energy, First Utility, Ovo Energy and GB Energy are the “trickiest” big energy suppliers to leave, according to a survey by Which?

7 years ago

Exclusive research: Consumer trust in utilities

Introduction Reviewing customer satisfaction league tables undeniably suggests that UK utilities are held in universally

7 years ago

Perry to probe green energy deals amid ‘loophole’ concerns

Claire Perry has told her officials to probe the green energy deals available on the market following concerns that suppliers will use them to sidestep the looming clampdown on household bills.

7 years ago

Existing EVs could steer energy to 300,000 homes

Existing electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK could contribute more than 114MW to the National Grid, enough to power over 300,000 homes.

7 years ago

‘No perfect’ minimum period for reviewing energy price cap

Dermot Nolan has said there is no “perfect” minimum period for reviewing the proposed energy price cap.

7 years ago

Exempting green tariffs from price cap opens ‘loophole’

Exempting green tariffs from the proposed energy price cap legislation opens up a potential “loophole”, ministers have been warned.

7 years ago

Energy networks ‘well-placed’ for EV uptake

Energy networks say they are well-placed for an increased uptake of electric vehicles, following MPs’

7 years ago

Lords warn government in ‘la la land’ over smart meter target

During second reading in the House of Lords on the Smart Meters Bill, the chairman of the Lords EU energy and environment committee says the official deadline would ‘clearly’ not be met.

7 years ago

Energy firms must ‘properly care’ for vulnerable customers

Energy suppliers will be “called to account” if they fail to provide vulnerable customers with the “proper care” they deserve, Ofgem’s chief executive has warned.

7 years ago

The Eon and RWE mega-deal

RWE and Eon are, or were until fairly recently, very similar companies. Both have strong

7 years ago

Npower stems losses despite dropping 155,000 accounts

Npower increased its earnings over 2017 despite losing 155,000 domestic customer accounts, the company has

7 years ago

Perry promises to ‘turbocharge’ smart meter rollout

Claire Perry has promised to “turbocharge” the smart meter rollout and target the ECO scheme more closely on fuel poor households.

7 years ago

Ofgem releases first working paper on energy price cap

Energy stakeholders have two weeks to respond to Ofgem’s early “evolving” thoughts on how it will set the price cap.

7 years ago

February energy switches increase by 60 per cent

One fifth of customers avoided switching to the big six during February, equating to a net gain by small and mid-tier suppliers of 130,556 switches.

7 years ago

Ofgem set to unveil design principles for energy price cap

Ofgem is preparing to unveil how its proposed energy price cap should be designed.

7 years ago

Energy suppliers welcome Ofgem’s back-billing ban

Earlier this week Ofgem announced it will formally ban all energy suppliers from back-billing customers for energy used more than 12 months ago. We asked energy suppliers for their views on the announcement.

7 years ago

Will the price cap pave the way for a new energy future?

Keric Morris asks whether the energy price cap is the final push the industry needs to embrace the new energy future.

7 years ago

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