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The Government plans to implement a set of measures designed to streamline the Green Deal scheme, making it a lot faster and easier to access, a news release by the DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) has recently revealed.

Following the rest of the “Big Six” energy suppliers, Scottish Power has also announced that, starting with December, it plans to push up dual-fuel bills by 8.6%.

The recent energy price hikes announced by four of the UK’s Big Six energy suppliers have been met with discontentment and significant hostility by consumers, thus prompting ministers to take a very tough public stance against these companies.

A new survey by Circle Housing Group claims that one in five adults took out a loan in the past 12 months, with around 17% doing so in order to cover their energy bills.

Scotland’s Green Homes Cashback scheme has just been extended to cover social housing, following a grant from the Scottish government amounting to 1 million pounds, a news report has revealed.

The new fuel tarrifs set to be introduced by energy suppliers as of next week will have a negative effect on the vulnerable customers’ finances and effectively drive them into fuel poverty, a charity has warned.

In a bid to provide some much-needed relief to its customers energy supplier First Utility has revealed plans to freeze gas and electricity prices on all its tarrifs until March 2014.

A new energy hotline has been set up in order to provide Scottish home owners with detailed information regarding energy efficiency home improvements such as insulation, boilers or central heating, a news release on the matter has revealed.

The rest of the UK’s major energy suppliers are also likely to operate price rises following SSE’s announcement, consumer groups have predicted.

The UK’s six biggest energy firms will have to give evidence to MPs from the Energy and Climate Change Committee regarding their recent price hikes, a news report in the mainstream media has revealed.

Since all of the ‘Big Six’ energy suppliers that have announced significant price hikes thus far have partially blamed their decision on the costs associated to the Government’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, Edward Davey, Secretary of State for Energy, has decided to provide an official answer on this matter and made official the exact figures associated to the scheme.

Following closely in the footsteps of SSE and BritishGas, Npower, owned by Germany’s RWE, has just become the third supplier to raise gas and electricity prices over the past couple of weeks,