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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.

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.

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.

Customers on Economy 7 contracts were the most affected by last year’s price rises, fresh research provided by services comparison firm Which? has revealed.

Scottish home owners who install energy efficiency measures will soon be able to claim back up to £7,300 as a part of the Scottish Government’s £15 million Green Homes Cashback scheme.

As a direct result of spring setting in and overall night-time/daytime temperatures growing, residential demand for gas is expected to fall by around 35% this month, the daily market report from npower has revealed.

Nearly four million households (14%) are currently in debt to their energy supplier, consumers owing, collectively, an estimated £464 million, new research carried out by online market comparison service uSwitch has revealed.

Households carrying out energy efficiency improvements on their home can now get more money back to offset the cost of having the work done, the UK government has revealed.

The UK has the least trusted energy sector from just about anywhere in the world, despite a relatively high level of support for renewable energy, recent market research has revealed.

The UK’s largest energy suppliers are not passing the full savings from cuts to green levies to consumers, which means that they’re in to pocket close to £1.8bn for no reason, research by the Insulated Render and Cladding Association (IRCA) has revealed.

Ovo Energy, one of the UK’s most ambitious smaller energy suppliers, has revealed plans to help local communities become energy suppliers, thus challenging the dominance of the established “Big Six” group.

Energy regulator Ofgem has just started the ‘Be An Energy Shopper’ campaign aimed at getting more customers to start hunting for better energy deals, the organization has recently revealed.