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Following the Government’s announcement regarding a change of policy that would lead to consumers saving around 50 pounds on their dual fuel annual bills, the UK’s Energy major energy suppliers have already announce plans to pass on all of these savings directly to their customers, a news report in the media has revealed.

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.

E.ON is the latest of the “Big Six” energy suppliers to push up prices for their customers, although to a significantly lower extent than its competitors, a media news report has revealed.

Following the recent bout of energy price hikes from five of the “Big Six” UK energy suppliers, local authorities in the Greater Manchester area are urging residents in danger of falling into fuel poverty to switch to better deals, a news report in the local media has revealed.

The UK government has pledged its support for a series of proposals designed to reduce the overall energy bills by around £50 a year in an effort to offset the ever-rising energy costs, multiple media sources are reporting today.

Better energy price offerings and enhanced customer support are some of the few available solutions smaller energy suppliers can use against the Big Six group, and for this reason, First Utility has decided to sign an energy-buying deal with Shell that it hopes will deliver cheaper bills, a media news r

The decision to launch an investigation into the issue of competition in the energy market has been met with mixed reactions, although most of the Big Six suppliers seem to welcome it, as its results “will help set public confidence”.

Ofgem and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will launch an official investigation into the actual level of competition between the UK’s Big Six suppliers following an official report from the former on the State of the Energy Market.

More than 30 organizations have joined forces in urging the Government to set a minimum energy efficiency standard for private rented homes as part of a wider effort to reduce fuel poverty across the UK.

24 local authorities across the UK will be offered a share of a £88 million pot from the Government for rolling out the Green Deal Communities scheme, the DECC (Department for Energy and Climate Change) has revealed in a statement.

Customers who switch to EDF Energy could see their prices frozen for the next 16 months should they decide to opt for the supplier’s brand new Blue+Price Promise July 2015 tariff.

One of the UK’s largest energy suppliers has publicly admitted that some of its customers may have been overcharged by its faulty Economy 10 meters and promised to take corrective actions on the matter.