Steps to reduce your carbon footprint and reduce costs: 1. Start by reviewing your direct energy costs, your travel costs and then your indirect supplier costs. You could even extend this further to consider carbon embodied in materials you use. 2. Review your direct energy use – electricity, gas and heating fuel. Identify the areas [...]
Domestic UK energy bills are estimated to rise by between 14% and 60% by 2016 according to energy regulator Ofgem. The review also said that up to £200bn of investment was needed to secure supplies and to meet carbon targets. Volatile gas markets and power stations nearing the end of their use were the chief [...]
Ofgem are concerned that suppliers may change their terms and conditions in the run up to Jan 1st to avoid some or all of the new licence conditions. These are the ones that were originally going to ban ‘rollover’ contracts but following lobbying by the energy companies, have been much watered down. The changes include [...]
According to today’s BBC report, customers are being overcharged on their annual energy bills, an independent consumer watchdog has said. Consumer Focus says energy suppliers have not been fully passing on declines in wholesale costs. Crude oil has fallen from $147 a barrel in July last year to about $70. But the Energy Retail Association [...]
The Times reports on Incentives for investing in green energy! Ministers were last night considering fresh incentives designed to spur investment in renewable energy amid evidence that the credit crunch is threatening government energy targets. The Energy Minister hit back at claims that the Government was failing to deliver on an ambitious plan to foster [...]