Last week the CMA reported that consumers are paying £1.7 billion a year more than they need to on their energy bills, with 70% of the domestic customers of the six largest energy firms on the more expensive ‘default’ standard …
My number one priority is to keep bills down for hardworking families and businesses across the country. A fantastic way to do this is by switching energy supplier, with households saving £200 and some even more, by taking this simple …
DECC’s priorities are clear: keeping bills as low as possible for hardworking families and businesses and powering the economy while decarbonising in the most cost-effective way. These are a challenging and critical set of objectives. DECC has a long term …
Over the past few years we’ve seen a change in customer behaviour, where people shop around for the best value groceries, phone contracts and discounts for meals at restaurants. But although each month around 200,000 electricity customers switch supplier, this …
With winter now upon us, concerns about energy bills naturally start to arise. This makes it even more important that all households are on the best energy deal for them – and now there are more companies than ever competing …
Sam Kennedy, Head of Consumer Demand and Products Policy, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) How much thought do you put into saving energy in your home? Our recent survey shows that three-quarters of people give it a lot …
Since the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed we’ve been busy behind the scenes. This blog provides an update of our activity. Payments to GDHIF applicants GDHIF has been extremely popular with over 21, 000 applications to the scheme when …
In late July we announced plans to change regulations in the private rented sector by imposing minimum energy efficiency standards. In this blog, we explain why and how these changes can help consumers to take control of their energy bills …
Some things work better when they are together - united and integrated. Energy certainly does. In the UK, as one nation, our integrated, single energy market is delivering the investment, jobs and power we need. The same goes for booming …