Energy suppliers overcharge British households by over £1.5bn

Millions of households across the UK could be owed a total of £1.5billion from their energy suppliers, new research by uSwitch has recently suggested. Following one of the mildest winters on record, households in credit could be owed roughly £132 each, with 9 per cent able to claim back over £200, the report has revealed. […]

Central Heating Fund helps West Cornwall residents enjoy warmer homes

Residents in St Just and Redruth are now able to enjoy warmer and nicer homes after using £2.3 million of funding from the Central Heating Fund to install new central heating systems across their homes, a recent news report has been able to find. Residents in the West Cornwall towns used to rely on expensive […]

Utility bills still high despite significant drop in wholesale prices

British homeowners are still paying excessively high energy bills despite a significant drop in wholesale energy prices over the past few months, a news report can reveal. The report suggests that, despite wholesale energy costs having dropped to 2005 lows, the cost of the average bill has remained unchanged for more than two years. In […]

Scotland has up to 1.5m “cold homes”, research finds

There are around 1.5 million “unhealthily cold” homes across Scotland, figures released by the Existing Homes Alliance Scotland, whose members include WWF Scotland, Changeworks and the National Insulation Association, have been able to suggest. Glasgow is the region where most of the homes are located, with around 165,000. There are almost 150,000 cold homes in […]

Mitigating the effects of fuel poverty could help drive down NHS costs

Identifying people in danger of falling into fuel poverty and helping them mitigate their heating and electricity woes could potentially help the NHS reduce its costs by preventing the potentially life-threatening conditions induced by the lack of adequate heating. This is what charity Shelter Scotland claims as it has recently launched the national Healthy Homes […]

Over half of consumers still don’t understand their energy bills, study reveals

Close to 6 in 10 UK consumers have problems fully understanding all the data provided in their respective energy bills, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Around 48% of those surveyed said they have seen no difference to energy bills and more than half are unable to recall information about cheaper deals. […]

Data initiative helps people in need cut their energy bills

The Energy Saving Trust’s data matching service for the Affordable Warmth arm of the ECO scheme has just processed its 100,000th record since launching in June last year and helped a very large number of people in need reduce their energy consumption and bills. It’s a service tailored to simply check people’s eligibility for the […]

Runcorn homes to take part in energy efficiency monitoring programme

A housing association from Runcorn is taking part in a study to measure the efficiency of the latest heating insulation systems in a bid to combat UK fuel poverty, a news report has been able to find. The housing association, Riverside, has been awarded £227,500 from National Energy Action’s (NEA) technical innovation fund to compare […]

Fuel poverty and cold homes caused 9,000 deaths in England and Wales last winter

Fuel poverty and cold homes have caused 9,000 deaths in England and Wales last winter alone, a study from the University College London (UCL) has been able to reveal. The charity Age UK estimates that fuel poverty, where people cannot afford to heat their home, costs the NHS around £1.3bn every year. Each year, the […]