Gas and electricity news, Apr - Jun 2007

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British Gas announces eco-tariff

19 April 2007

In the quest to help consumers lower their bills and improve their carbon emissions rating, British Gas is about to launch a new green tariff.

FPAG: Time is critical for fuel poverty

18 April 2007

The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG) has declared the next few months as a "critical" time for fuel poverty and has implored the government to act now to remove the blight from the lives of society's most vulnerable people.

Energy suppliers still withholding price cuts

16 April 2007

British consumers are still not seeing the benefits of lower wholesale energy prices with the majority of suppliers still charging over-inflated rates for gas and electricity.

E.ON helps communities go green

13 April 2007

Energy supplier E.ON is to offer local communities grants worth up to £30,000 in a bid to help them go green

Government proposes free electricity monitors

12 April 2007

The government has put forward proposals for all households in the UK to be supplied with free electricity monitors

More info needed to encourage green energy tariffs

11 April 2007

Nearly four in five British households feel they require more information about how they can make their homes energy efficient

Ecos Trust supports energy efficient homes

10 April 2007

Measures to relax planning permission regulations, announced last week by Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly, could help increase the popularity of green home improvements, according to a spokesperson for the Ecos Trust

Consumers buying more energy saving items

04 April 2007

Figures from market research group GfK have revealed that UK consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious than ever before when it comes to buying energy-saving devices for the home.

93% in the dark about worst domestic CO2 offenders

02 April 2007

In the fight to reduce consumers' carbon footprints it appears the public is ill-informed as research from energy supplier Calor has revealed that 93% of Britons couldn't rank the worst offenders for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in their home correctly.