When a mistake has been made with your gas or electricity bill, meaning that you haven’t paid enough for your energy usage over a certain period, your supplier will send you a back bill. There’s no limit to how much a back bill can amount to but back billing rules are in place to prevent […]
Most boilers have a life expectancy of 10-15 years but this will vary depending on how well the unit has been maintained. If your boiler was installed over 10 years ago then it’s time to start thinking about it’s replacement, even if it hasn’t broken down yet. After all, your boiler makes up around 60% […]
New research has found that a third (33%) of UK adults do not check if their heating engineer is legally allowed to work on their gas appliances, i.e. they don’t check that they are on the Gas Safe Register. Engineers who are not registered with Gas Safe are not legally allowed to work with gas […]
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Before thinking about brand and model of boiler, it’s important to compare the pros and cons of Combi boilers and conventional boilers to find the right type of boiler for your home. As well as these popular choices of boiler type, there are also System boilers, which sit somewhere in between Combi and Conventional boilers […]
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Sainsbury’s Energy has relaunched after announcing a partnership with big 6 energy supplier Npower. The relaunch follows the news that Sainsbury’s Energy ended their white label partnership with British Gas in February 2019. Being a white label, meant that British Gas were supplying gas and electricity to Sainsbury’s Energy customers, only under the Sainsbury’s brand. […]
Only 1 in 14 people (7%) are seeing a reduction in their energy bills after installing a smart meter, a new survey by the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has found. The survey, aimed at adults eligible to have a smart meter installed, found that 9% have actually noticed an increase in their energy bills since […]
Energy suppliers, Octopus Energy and E.ON, are aiming to fill the gap left by the recently closed Feed-in Tariff (FiT), by offering their own tariffs that financially reward homeowners generating energy with solar panels. Up until its closure on the 31 March 2019, the FiT was a government scheme that paid eligible homeowners and businesses […]
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After announcing that the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) would be closing in July 2018, the 31st March 2019 saw the government scheme come to an end, with no replacement scheme set to take its place. What was the Feed-in Tariff? The FiT was a government scheme that entitled eligible homeowners and businesses to receive payments for […]
IKEA have announced that they will no longer be selling domestic solar panels in the UK, as the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) comes to an end. IKEA first stepped into the domestic solar market in 2013, committing to supplying Solarcentury products from 2016 and adding solar batteries to their renewable energy products a year later. However, […]
More than 8 million homes across the UK are owed money by their energy supplier after being charged for energy they didn’t use, new research has found. Price comparison website, MoneySuperMarket, discovered that after a mild winter, energy customers used less energy than expected and ended up paying for energy they didn’t use as a […]
Don’t make the mistake of waiting for your boiler to breakdown before replacing it as your home could be left without heating and hot water for several days. Being able to identify some of the signs you need to replace your boiler, listed in this article, will give you full control over when the new […]
A new boiler can seem like a costly investment, even at the best of times, but when you consider the high efficiency levels of modern boilers, you could soon start reducing your energy bills. As beneficial as a modern boiler would be to your home, getting over the average upfront cost of £2,000 – £3,500 […]
The energy supplier First Utility, which was bought by Shell in early 2018, has now been renamed Shell Energy. The company will deliver electricity to over 700,000 customers through exclusively renewable energy sources. Shell is clearly making moves to distance itself from its reputation as an oil and natural gas provider as countries all over […]
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Gas boilers are to be banned in new build homes from 2025 as part of plans to tackle climate change, the government has announced following advice from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Alternative heating systems such as air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps are set to be installed in the place […]
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Online videos instructing viewers on how to illegally tamper with their energy meter should be removed by the social media that they’re hosted on, industry experts have said. An investigation, carried out by Grosvenor Services Group, discovered that the searching ‘how to hack your energy meter’ on YouTube, returned 94,700 videos. Many of these videos […]
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Over 50% of UK energy consumers have experienced issues with their smart meter when switching energy supplier, a new Which? study has found. The survey of 2,910 smart meter owners, found that smart meters either stopped working altogether or the in-home display broke for 58% of homeowners. This is compared to 42% who said that […]
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