Home owners and renters across the UK might be forced to pay hundreds of pounds more on their energy bills by the end of next year, a new market report reveals.
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.
Council homes in Cambridge are set to go through a massive overhaul designed to make them more energy efficient on the long term, a news report on the matter has revealed.
One of the requirements proposed in Ofgem’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme could see households across the UK being forced to cough up an extra £195 million on their energy bills, energy efficiency surveys company EUM
People living in rented accommodations might actually be able to save up to 190 pounds on their energy bills if they switch suppliers and go for the best available deal, the latest Ofgem guidelines suggest.
The debate regarding shale gas exploration and the future of UK’s energy reserves remains a pretty heated one, and it seems that yet another expert has joined the group lobbying for extensive exploration.
Centrica-owned British Gas, one of the UK’s most important energy suppliers, is likely to hit its 12 million customers with an estimated 8 percent price rise over the next few weeks, multiple media news sources have revealed.
The bout of cold weather that affected the whole of the UK for the past few days led to a serious increase in terms of energy consumption, as a very large number of people were not able to cope with the lower temperatures and turned off their central heating systems.
Following the significant and unseasonal drop in temperatures that occurred over the past few days, more and more people are actively considering the prospect of putting on their central heating systems.
A survey by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) of their 10,000 members has revealed that more than 50% of the smaller construction companies believe that the government should introduce a strict set of regulations and incentives to make sure home improvements and extensions are energy efficient.
After receiving a fresh batch of data from the DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) regarding the consumers’ average energy use, energy market regulator Ofgem ha
Trade association Energy UK publicly asked Climate Change Minister Greg Barker to help impose a higher level of efficiency for the Government’s flagship energy efficiency schemes – the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO), a news report reveals.
