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Find all the latest energy news affecting UK customers here. Stay on top of price rises, potential savings and more with our collection of gas and electricity-focused articles.
Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will increase to £1,928 from 1 January 2024, which means a bill rise at a time of peak energy usage.
Octopus has resolved the long-mooted exit of Shell Energy from the UK by striking a deal to acquire its energy and broadband customers.
With the price cap level being lowered yet again by Ofgem, what does this mean for customers and the likelihood of being able to switch to affordable energy deals?
Uswitch has announced the winners of its annual Energy Awards, which have been slimmed down this year to reflect the ongoing challenges of the energy market.
Uswitch research has found that nearly six million households are stuck with an energy supplier they didn't choose after their previous energy supplier went out of business.
Uswitch and So Energy have launched an exclusive fixed deal cheaper than the price cap to both new and existing customers.
Ofgem announces a reduction in the level of the energy price cap, from £3,280 to £2,074.
Uswitch research has found that, after an unusual winter, households are entering the spring and summer with credit in their accounts when they would usually be slightly in debit.
Uswitch research shows that hair salons and beauty parlours in particular are struggling with the significant costs of the energy crisis.
Uswitch's annual survey of England and Wales's energy performance certificates has revealed the hardest and easiest streets to heat.
The government has announced that the Energy Price Guarantee, through which it keeps customers' energy bills at a lower level than they otherwise would have been, will be maintained at its current level until the end of June 2023.
With wholesale energy prices dropping and the Energy Price Guarantee due to stay at £2,500, suppliers could imminently be in a position to offer customers fixed deals.
Ofgem has cut the level of the energy price cap from April, though it will remain higher than the government's Energy Price Guarantee.
Uswitch has announced the launch of its demand flexibility scheme, Utrack Money Back.
Uswitch research has shown that in the wake of high energy bills, more people are now arguing about energy use than they previously were.
Although the Energy Price Guarantee is protecting customers from big price rises, some have seen a small increase since the beginning of 2023.
The long-mooted government energy-saving campaign has launched across the country with focus on Uswitch and Utrack.
Uswitch has today launched its new mobile app, Utrack, which is designed to help energy users track and change their energy usage and habits.
With more than a fifth of households saying they can only cope with rising bills by cutting their energy usage, Uswitch is encouraging customers to check, track and change their energy habits this winter.
In the wake of rocketing energy bills making life financially impossible for UK households, the UK has intervened to fix energy prices with the Energy Price Guarantee.
The second energy price cap revision of the year sees it raised to a new high of £3,549 for average use households across the UK.
With the price cap due to increase in August, Uswitch research has found that many households are vastly underestimating the amount it's likely to increase by.
With an energy price cap increase imminent, Uswitch research has found that UK households' energy debt is already extremely high.
Ofgem has confirmed that it will now review the level of the energy price cap four times a year rather than twice.
With a new Prime Minister to be appointed imminently, Uswitch has today published its Energy Crisis Plan calling for more support for UK households this coming winter.
Energy bill increases have prompted the government to put together a package of financial relief measures for vulnerable customers.
Uswitch research has found that energy debt has topped a billion pounds this year, with 25% of customers in debt to their energy supplier.
A 54% increase in average energy bills has come into effect under the first price cap of 2022.
With a significant energy price rise incoming, Uswitch has put together a ten-point plan to help customers prepare for higher bills.
The energy crisis has seemingly spurred a surge in smart meter installations, with nearly a million households getting one in the past few months.
The energy price cap is due to rise to £1,971 in April - its highest ever level - as a result of the ongoing wholesale energy market crisis.
With energy bills rising to once-in-a-generation heights, Uswitch research has found that millions of UK homes could end up in debt to their supplier.