Simon Moynihan

British Gas increased prices on its Market Tracker tariff this week and every major news outlet covered the story. Many headlines were apocalyptic and spoke of 40% price...

A new competitor has entered the gas and electricity market - Spark Energy. Spark Energy is a UK-based startup company, and the first new entrant into the consumer market since...

By Florian Ritzmann

With the first quarter behind us, now is a good time to take stock of what has happened to British energy consumers since the start of 2008.

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MPs announced yesterday that they will be launching a full scale inquiry into the energy market.

The decision came after four of the big six energy companies increased prices last month...

British Gas announced today that it will increase gas and electricity prices for domestic customers by 15 per cent. The move will add over £130 per year to the average...

npower announced today that it will increase prices on its tracker tariff effective January 1st. npower became the second major energy supplier to increase prices following a similar announcement from...

Energy prices will increase by up to 17% after Christmas - take advantage of discounted fixed price offers now

When it rains it pours – just as the credit crunch...

Powergen today changed its brand name to E.ON. The change will bring Powergen into line with its German multi-national parent brand name. The change is to the brand only, no...

Winter is just about here, and this year it won’t be just the Christmas decorations to remind us. The rain was everywhere last week, and with it came a sharp...

Winter is around the corner, spelling darker days, colder weather – and higher gas and electricity bills. Alarms are being raised over the uncertainties raised by the coming winter, because...

Falling gas and electricity prices earlier in 2007 have made a difference to our pockets. Most suppliers (with the exception of EDF Energy, the main supplier to Londoners) lowered their...

The energy markets regulator Ofgem today announced it was scrapping the long-standing 28 day rule, by which customers are free to leave their energy suppliers and switch to another supplier...

Fifteen thousand people across the nation are soon to get smart meters as part of an energy savings trial. Smart meters will tell consumers exactly how much electricity their power...

Today between 9 and 10 p.m. the lights will be turned off to raise awareness of global warming. Many of London's most famous landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Canary Wharf, the...

Air Conditioners do's and don'ts: When you have young children, or are looking after the elderly, an air conditioner will be your weapon of last resort to beat the heat...

Energy Performance Certificates will be required by all home sellers in England and Wales from June 1st and experts predict that most homes will score poor marks. Whether poor EPC grades will...

Iberdrola, the second largest energy supplier in Spain completed its takeover of ScottishPower yesterday creating the third largest utility group in Europe. This news follows a number of high profile takeovers and...

The energy markets regulator Ofgem today announced that 4 million customers have switched suppliers in 2006, with 100,000 more switching in January and February this year than in the same...

British Gas, npower, Powergen and Scottish and Southern Group, who between them service about 70% of British homes with gas and electricity, have recently announced double-digit price decreases for their...

We are pleased to announce that Utilita, a startup gas and electricity supplier based in Winchester, has today relaunched itself exclusively on this service. Utilita is an independent UK supply...

British Gas announced today that it will cut its standard tariffs for gas by 17 per cent and for electricity by 11 per cent beginning 12 March 2007. British Gas...

Scottish and Southern, the company behind the Atlantic Electric and Gas, Southern Electric, Scottish-Hydro and Swalec supplier brands, have re-affirmed their intention to cut gas and electricity prices in the...

Skyrocketing gas and electricity prices compelled a record breaking four million people to change energy suppliers in 2006. That figure was whopping 750,000 more than in 2005 according to the...

Powergen has today launched a new EnergyOnline Winter Warm gas and electricity tariff. The tariff features all the current benefits of the existing EnergyOnline tariff, but features an attractive...

Following on from its promise not to raise prices further in 2006, Scottish and Southern Energy, announced a price increase would become effective on 01 January 2007. The average price...

Consumer watchdog energywatch has called into an official inquiry into high prices of as and electricity to settle "whether punishing energy prices in Britain are unavoidable or whether they can...

Scottish and Southern Group spokesman Alan Young confirmed that prices for its 7 million gas and electricity customers would remain on hold until next year. Scottish and Southern, which supplies...

The chairman of the UK energy regulator Ofgem Sir John Mogg, has speculated in an interview with the Financial Times that gas prices may fall in the coming year.

The chairman's...

EBICo - the not-for-profit energy supplier announced today that it will increase prices for both gas and electricity tariffs. Electricity tariffs will increase by an average of 21% and gas...

Powergen StayWarm customers are now able to compare the competitiveness of their tariff using this service. StayWarm is available to citizens 60 years of age or older. Customers pay a...

Powergen announces an 18.4% increase on its gas tariff and 9.7% increase on its electricity price. The increase affects all customers, except those that have previously signed up to a...

The Bank of England's recent quarter point increase in base lending rates to 4.75% highlights the extent to which the increasing cost of gas and electricity is putting pressure on...

British Gas has announced that it will raise gas bills by 12.4% for its 10.7 million customers. The firm's electricity customers will also face a 9.4% increase in their bills...

EDF Energy have today announced a price increase of 19% on gas and 8% on electricity. The company cites the continuing rise in wholesale energy costs as the reason behind...

The UK government today published the results of its energy review, mapping out the thrust of energy policies to come. The most notable point in the review is a commitment...

Almost one million UK consumers switched energy suppliers in March this year - the highest number ever for a single month. In response to huge price increases from the nation’s...

Powergen today introduces an electricity only version of its popular dual fuel EnergyOnline tariff. Customers without a gas supply can now benefit from Powergen's discounted electricity rate. The product is...

The UK energy regulator has announced an industry-wide intiative to speed up the development and deployment of 'smart meters'. Smart meters can be read remotely, and offer customers better information...

Jun 29 2006

Ellesmere Port Pioneer - IC Cheshire

A 10% hike in energy prices by ScottishPower has been branded as 'the latest blow in a brutal assault on consumers' by a...

ScottishPower today announced a price increase on all its tariffs. The company is raising the price of electricity by 10% and the price of gas by 17% respectively. The increase...

British Gas on 09/09 announced a price increase of 14.2% for its standard gas and electricity tariffs, effective from 19th September 2005. The new prices have been loaded and current...

Inflation in May was measured at 2.2% by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), against a government target of 2%. Increases in gas and electricity prices are largely to blame,...

A study comissioned by British Gas has found that Reading households produce 6,189 Kg of carbon dioxide each, the equivalent environmental impact of flying 13,000 miles (two return flights between...

EU antitrust regulators have carried out "unannounced inspections" on energy companies in six EU countries on suspicion of abusing their market power. The raids targeted gas groups in Austria, Belgium,...

Customers of small specialist green energy suppliers are being put at a price disadvantage. Analysis carried out by unravelit shows that the price of electricity as supplied by smaller 'green-only'...

Are you wondering by just how much energy prices have gone up in the last few years? We have compared average gas and electricity tariff data going back to January...

British Gas has announced that standard gas and electricity prices will increase by 22% as of March 01. Customers who signed up to British Gas's Discounted Electricity" tariff after 20/01/2006...

A unique advanced search tool for energy customers has been launched. The enhancement allows customers with non-standard energy tariffs to perform always accurate savings comparison searches, and will particularly benefit...

The energy markets regulator Ofgem has agreed to allow the 4 leading UK gas pipeline operators to invest about £3.6 billion over the next 5 years. The investment plan is...