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29 October 2006
Over 13 million households in the UK have opted to switch their energy supplier in order to save money on their utility bills each month, new research has found.
28 October 2006
People who pay for their electricity and gas using prepayment meters could save themselves £100 per year just by switching their supplier, Ofgem has revealed.
27 October 2006
E.ON has announced plans to fit 11,000 Smart Meters into UK households over the next year.
27 October 2006
uSwitch, the independent price comparison and switching website, has called on the government to look at lifting the three-year freeze on the winter fuel allowance in the next budget.
26 October 2006
Ukraine has agreed to a 36% price rise for Russia's natural gas, taking it from $95 per 1,000 cubic metres to $135. This move will prevent a repeat of last year's gas cut off by Russia, which began because of a bitter price dispute, reports the International Herald Tribune.
25 October 2006
Industry regulator Ofgem has revealed that roughly half of the UK's 20 million gas customers have now switched from their original supplier since they were first allowed to do so in 1998.
24 October 2006
Viridian, the holding company for Northern Ireland's electricity, is in talks over a £1.62billion bid by Bahraini private equity firm Arcapita Bank.
23 October 2006
A recent survey has ranked Britain below Italy, Germany, Spain, France and Germany in energy efficiency.
20 October 2006
The European Commission (EC) has said the European Union could save around €100 billion per year if states were to cut energy waste by one fifth by 2020.
19 October 2006
The NIE Energy Efficiency Programme (EEP) has reported sizeable reductions in energy bills as a result of its programme.
18 October 2006
energywatch is to be incorporated into a new "super watchdog" which will act as a "powerful and effective advocate" for consumers.
17 October 2006
Consumers will fee the pinch from rising energy costs over the winter but the New Year should herald a reprieve, uSwitch predicts.
17 October 2006
Inflation has fallen slightly but analysts predict it will be a short lived reprieve.
12 October 2006
Malcolm Wicks, the government's energy minister, has said that supply and demand in the UK gas market this winter could be quite tight.
11 October 2006
The Scottish Executive has announced a report on the development of hydrogen fuel cells this week.
10 October 2006
Alistair Darling, the trade and industry secretary, has highlighted the need for the government to pursue cleaner and greener sources of energy.
09 October 2006
The Micropower Council has welcomed the decision by the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) to remove regulatory barriers to mass market micropower.
06 October 2006
E.ON UK's energy services division has reorganised its energy services and announced a new public lighting one-stop shop approach.
05 October 2006
uSwitch has called for double digit reductions in consumer gas bills in the New Year.
04 October 2006
Despite a fall in wholesale gas prices, customers are unlikely to see their domestic gas bills fall, according to one industry figure.
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