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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.

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.

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.

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.

Energy regulator Ofgem has decided to provide a more in-depth look at the price differences between payment methods and released an extensive analysis paper on the topic.

Despite their efforts to blame energy price rises on a variety of external factors, energy suppliers continue to post very hefty yearly profits, the latest to do so being Scottish supplier SSE, who has just announced that its overall profits before tax rose 9.6% to £1,551.1 million last year.

The Better Buildings Neighbourhood Programme has managed to help the US save an impressive $730 million (£434m) on utility bills, a news report on this topic has recently revealed

Energy company Npower has come under fine once again after multiple former customers have complained about receiving huge final bills months (and sometimes, even years) after switching to a different supplier, a news source has revealed.

Scottish local authorities will be able to access a share of a new £60 million fund created by Scotland’s central government to help households living in fuel poverty, a news source on the matter was able to reveal.

One of the UK’s largest real-estate companies has managed to cut its commercial tenants’ energy costs by £6.9 million over the last five years by implementing a variety of smart energy monitoring and efficiency measures.   British Land manages in excess of 25 million

A quarter of all medium-sized companies expect to experience power outages over the next few years, as generation capacity dwindles and no replacements are being added to the grid.

Energy market regulator Ofgem has asked the Big Six energy firms to go public and explain to their customers the reasons behind their decision to keep tariffs at existing levels, despite the recent drop in wholesale gas and electricity prices.