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Household energy bills might reach an yearly average of 2,000 pounds by 2020, roughly 600 pounds more than today, pushing even more people into fuel poverty, a major consumer group has warned recently.

The families of close to 1,900 children living in poverty conditions in Boston, Lincolnshire, could actually be missing out on the Warm Home Discount scheme, which provides annual rebates off one’s fuel bills, a news report in the local media has recently revealed.

Six local authorities from the Liverpool area have joined forces in order to promote fuel efficiency and try to lend a helping hand to the increasingly higher number of people living in fuel poverty, a news report on this topic in the local media has recently revealed.

In quite an unexpected move, SSE, one of the UK’s “Big Six” energy suppliers, has revealed plans to freeze their energy tariffs until 2016, a news report in the business media has revealed.

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.

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”.

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.

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.

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.

A small UK energy supplier has vowed to push average energy bills under the £1,000 threshold this year, following a drop in the wholesale price of gas, a news report on the matter can reveal.

A tariff switching scheme has managed to help hundreds of York residents save money on their energy bills by negotiating the best available tariffs for them, a news report in the local media can reveal.

A local authority has decided to set up a new community energy efficiency scheme designed to help residents reduce their overall heating and electricity bills, and will offer free assessments on energy efficiency as part of the package.