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According to a new report by energy regulator OFGEM, between 2006 and 2011, British Gas failed to “round down” the calorific value, a charge that covers the heat or thermal energy in the gas a customer uses.

Around 38% of people living in the UK are very concerned regarding their future energy bills, a BBC Radio 5 live survey has revealed. The study involved 1,035 adults and was conducted by ComRes, who interviewed people by telephone between 30 August and 1 September 2013.

Ofgem, the official energy market regulator, has issued directions to suppliers to implement the rest of its reform package, meaning that, from this week on, very strict new standards of conduct will come into force, aiming to ensure the consumers’ fair treatment by energy suppliers.

Figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have revealed that the County of Rutland in the East Midlands has the highest energy consumption levels in the whole of England and Wales.

Energy suppliers have not really managed to do anything about winning back the customers’ confidence, a new research report has revealed.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is gearing up to implement an extensive makeover scheme across both council and private homes, aimed at significantly improving their level of energy efficiency and thus reduce overall energy-related costs.

Regulations imposed by Ofgem’s Retail Market Review might actually leave some of SSE’s customers worse off than before, since many of them will have to be moved to different, more expensive tariffs, in order for the energy supplier to be able to comply with the new rules.

In spite of the relatively high number of Green Deal assessments that have already been carried out, the actual number of households that have successfully implemented energy efficiency measures under the Government’s program is still very low, the latest figures released by the DECC (Department for Energy and Climate Change) have

The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate that household gas and electricity consumption across the UK fell by a staggering 24.7 percent between 2006 and 2011, in a bid to mitigate the steep rise in energy bills over the same period.

Energy regulator Ofgem is not taking all the necessary steps in order to ensure that the energy suppliers’ profits are transparent enough, a new report by the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) has

NPOWER, one of the UK’s top 6 energy suppliers, has just issued a warning regarding the future hikes for household energy bills, blaming it all on the UK Government’s extensive subsidies for green energy.

Profits for the biggest six energy suppliers have reached an astounding £3.3 billion, whereas consumer bills have increased by more than £300 a year since 2010, a damning report from the Labour Party has recently