Katie Anderson, Author at Home Heating Guide

CCC says reliance on gas will inflate annual energy bills by £600

Posted on December 13, 2012 (February 2, 2018)

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which advises the British Government on important climate-related issues, has contradicted the Coalition’s own research by claiming reliance on gas as a source of energy will prove more costly than switching to renewables. Using data produced by government officials, the CCC discovered that gas would not result in cheaper […]

E.ON customers face 9.4% tariff hike in January

Posted on December 11, 2012 (January 31, 2018)

E.ON has followed the lead of the five other leading energy firms in the UK by announcing plans to increase energy tariffs. The energy firm, one of the so-called Big Six, had resisted the temptation to raise prices in October after promising customers that its tariffs would remain unchanged in 2012. On Monday, however, E.ON […]

Households encouraged to take up free smart meter energy displays

Posted on December 5, 2012 (January 31, 2018)

Households have been reminded to request a free energy display whenever a smart meter is installed by their energy supplier. Zoe McLeod, who heads the Smart & Sustainable Energy Markets Division at Consumer Focus, urged eligible households to request the display after new rules came into effect. Ms McLeod said: “We encourage customers to take up […]

New lighting promises greater efficiency

Posted on December 3, 2012 (November 30, 2017)

Researchers in the United States have published details of a new lighting technology that promises greater efficiency and reliability than fluorescent light bulbs. The team at Wake Forest University, North Carolina, has developed Fipel (field-induced polymer electroluminescent) technology from several sheets of polymer, which contain nanomaterials that react to electrical currents. One important quality of […]

65% rise in average energy bills over last five years

Posted on November 30, 2012 (January 31, 2018)

New research from popular comparison website uSwitch.com has revealed energy bills have risen by a whopping 65% over the last five years. Five years ago we were paying around £227 a year less to heat our homes than we are now. With heating and hot water accounting for almost 60% of the cost of […]

94,000 E.ON customers to be refunded after being overcharged

Posted on November 28, 2012 (January 31, 2018)

One of the leading energy suppliers in the UK has promised to reimburse thousands of customers who were overcharged between 2008 and 2011. E.ON referred the matter to industry regulator Ofgem earlier this month. The energy firm overcharged around 94,000 customers who switched suppliers ahead of four major price rises. The mistake was made when […]

Energy efficiency cut backs effect funding for fuel poor households

Posted on November 27, 2012 (January 30, 2018)

The Coalition has moved yet further from its goal to become the ‘greenest-ever’ government after cutting funding for energy-saving initiatives. At a time when energy bills are set to rise by around 100 a year, ministers have sought to limit funds for the poorest households. In 2009, just over 1.9 billion was spent on government […]

New Government scheme helps vulnerable people stay warm

Posted on November 26, 2012 (January 31, 2018)

Helping society’s most vulnerable people to avoid falling into fuel poverty and stay warm is the focus of a new Government initiative which has seen a £500,000 grant awarded to the Foundations Independent Living Trust. The ‘Foundations Warm Homes Service’ scheme is part of an initiative from the Department of Health to reduce the number of […]

New technology converts solar energy into steam

Posted on November 22, 2012 (February 2, 2018)

As developers plan to convert hundreds of acres of British farmland into sites for solar photovoltaic panels, researchers in the US have published a paper on how solar power can be used at the smallest scales to produce steam for domestic and commercial applications. In South Molton, North Devon, planning permission for an 18-hectare solar […]

Cheapest energy tariffs for all promises new Government proposals

Posted on November 20, 2012 (March 25, 2019)

Energy Secretary Ed Davey has today announced plans to overhaul the energy market in an effort to honour a promise made by Prime Minister David Cameron. Back in October the Prime Minister promised to introduce a system that would ensure energy consumers were given the cheapest tariffs. Critics jumped on Mr Cameron’s comments, arguing that […]

Prices rise for British Gas customers today

Posted on November 16, 2012 (November 16, 2017)

One of the nation’s biggest energy providers is to raise its gas and electricity bills today in a move that will see average annual bills for dual fuel customers increase by £80. As first reported back in October, a 6% increase in British Gas energy prices comes in to force from today (16 November), and […]

SSE announce substantial profits as gas price fixing claims continue

Posted on November 15, 2012 (January 31, 2018)

SSE has announced substantial half-year profits just weeks after raising energy prices for domestic customers. The energy firm, one of the so-called ‘Big Six’ to operate in the UK, this week announced that it had made a profit of 397.5 million between April and September a rise of more than 38 per cent on the […]

DECC launches measures to reduce energy consumption

Posted on November 13, 2012 (January 31, 2018)

Keen to demonstrate its commitment to the environment, the British Government has announced the launch of a series of measures that aim to cut energy consumption in the UK. Published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Energy Efficiency Strategy predicts that energy consumption in the UK could be reduced by 11 […]

Campaign launched to raise awareness about heat loss

Posted on November 12, 2012 (January 2, 2019)

Heat loss from homes, which equates to unnecessary wasted energy and a waste of money, comes under the spotlight today with the launch of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council’s nationwide Hole in the Roof campaign. Set to raise awareness of the benefits to be gained from having an energy efficient home, the Heating and […]

Failure to maintain boiler contributed to Derbyshireman’s death

Posted on November 12, 2012 (March 1, 2019)

An inquest into the death of a man in Ilkeston three years ago has cited the failure to maintain regular gas safety inspections as a “contributing factor” to his death. On the 29th December 2009, the body of 51-year-old Stephen Newton was discovered by friends visiting his home in Stanley Common. Paramedics attended the scene […]

E.ON and NEA to educate unemployed about energy efficiency

Posted on November 12, 2012 (March 25, 2019)

One of the leading energy suppliers in Britain has teamed up with a fuel poverty charity to increase awareness and understanding of energy efficiency among the unemployed in Exeter. Energy firm E.ON, which is the only major energy supplier in the UK to have not imposed a gas or electricity tariff increase going into the […]

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