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How warm should I keep my home?
Posted in category: Environment & Efficiency, Using Energy | Last updated: 09. 07. 2021
Britons devote two-thirds of our domestic energy consumption, and half of our energy bills, to heat...
Complaining to your energy provider
Posted in category: Suppliers | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
If you're having issues with your energy supplier-including faults with your meter or problems with...
Electricity Safety Guide
Posted in category: Using Energy | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
We use electricity from the moment we wake up-to an alarm clock plugged into a wall socket or notif...
Energy Market Jargon Buster A-Z
Posted in category: Comparing & Switching, General Advice | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
Kilowatt hours, Economy 7, standing charging, and an alphabet soup of acronyms. Sometimes reading y...
Gas Safety Guide
Posted in category: Using Energy | Last updated: 21. 09. 2020
Britons collectively used 1,233 ktoe (kilotonne of oil equivalent) of gas in their homes in 2017. 8...
Meter types explained
Posted in category: Meters | Last updated: 22. 10. 2020
Your gas and electricity meter records how much energy you use, so your supplier can issue you with...
My energy supplier has closed down-what should I do?
Posted in category: Suppliers | Last updated: 06. 10. 2021
Over the last year, more than 12 small energy suppliers have been forced to go into administra...
Top tips to keep your house energy efficient
Posted in category: Environment & Efficiency | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
The per unit prices of gas and electricity have risen recently. Wholesale prices has ticked upward,...
Warm house discount scheme-do you qualify?
Posted in category: Pricing | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
Are you concerned about affording your energy bills as the temperatures drop, worried you'll have t...
What happens to my energy supply when I move house?
Posted in category: Comparing & Switching | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
During any average month in the UK, 100,000 households will move house, each confronting a checklis...
Standing Charges Explained
Posted in category: Pricing | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
If you look through your gas or electricity bill, on top of the amount you're paying per unit of po...
What is fuel poverty?
Posted in category: Pricing | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
Fuel poverty is type of deprivation and financial difficulty suffered by households in which they c...
What is Ofgem?
Posted in category: Comparing & Switching | Last updated: 22. 10. 2020
If you're ever monitored news about the energy industry, curious about how shifting regulations and...
Ofgem's energy price cap 2022: What you can do to beat the increase
Posted in category: Pricing | Last updated: 04. 02. 2022
From April 1st, the price cap Ofgem imposes on default and prepayment gas and electricity tari...
What is the tariff comparison rate (TCR)?
Posted in category: Comparing & Switching | Last updated: 22. 10. 2020
If you're looking at your gas or electricity bill, or if you're comparing energy tariffs online, yo...
What to do during a power cut
Posted in category: Using Energy | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
Your grandparents may think power outages "build character." And anyone who lived through the 70s,...
Where does my energy come from? The UK's fuel mix
Posted in category: Environment & Efficiency | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
We tend for take for granted the electricity that flows from our sockets and switches, powering our...
Guide to wood burning stoves
Posted in category: Using Energy | Last updated: 23. 07. 2020
A gentle crackling fire in a wood burning stove can give your home that much coveted hygge-and trim...
Green Energy Suppliers
Posted in category: Environment & Efficiency | Last updated: 22. 10. 2020
There is a growing trend among UK energy suppliers towards offering environmentally friendly, or &l...
Energy Consumption Calculator
Posted in category: Uncategorized | Last updated: 04. 01. 2021
The average British household uses 2,900 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity and 12,000 kWh of gas e...