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Direct Debits With British Gas:

admin November 30, 2008

British Gas has taken the unprecedented step of opening an emergency helpline to deal with complaints about direct debits following the adverse publicity over the excessive charges that have been made on customers’ accounts. British Gas, the largest energy company in the UK, has called in 300 staff to address problems with energy payments. According… Continue Reading »

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Carbon Trading:

admin November 30, 2008

It was a deal to make Alistair Darling hug himself with glee. Just as the world’s existing financial markets were hitting a five-year low two weeks ago, the Treasury raked in a cool £54m from a brand new one. The occasion was Britain’s first auction of CO2 permits. Almost 4m were knocked down to greenhouse… Continue Reading »

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Energy Cuts:

admin November 30, 2008

German energy group E.ON said on Thursday it hopes to cut bills for its UK customers in 2009 if wholesale gas and electricity prices carry on falling. “If we continue to see falling wholesale electricity and gas prices, we’d hope to reduce customers’ prices as soon as we are able next year,” E.ON UK Chief… Continue Reading »

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Higher Prices To Come:

admin November 26, 2008

Consumers who were expecting significant falls in their energy bills over the next few years – which have risen by more than 40% in 2008 – could be disappointed, Alistair Buchanan, the chief executive of Ofgem, told an influential group of MPs. Britain does not have enough storage capacity to buy and hoard gas when… Continue Reading »

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Direct Debits:

admin November 25, 2008

Regulator Ofgem is considering an investigation into rising direct debit demands from energy companies. The move comes after an MP said firms were raising direct debit payments when people were in credit to boost cash flow. The industry denied this. Pressure is building on energy firms to cut household bills after they raised prices twice… Continue Reading »

UK Energy Suppliers

UK Power Shortages:

admin November 24, 2008

The study, which was carried out by Capgemini, a global energy consultancy firm, also claims that electricity generation has fallen to its lowest level in ten years. The shortage has been caused by the increase in the level of demand for energy combined with a growing tendency to build wind turbines, at the expense of… Continue Reading »

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Gym Powered Energy:

admin November 14, 2008

You’ve heard of solar power and wind power to generate electricity. Now get ready for people power – it’s being generated at a Connecticut gym where exercise is being turned into energy. From the energetic instructor to the sweaty riders, everything looks like it should in a typical spin class at Ridgefield Fitness Club. But… Continue Reading »

Commercial Energy

Unpaid Energy Bills:

admin November 14, 2008

Scottish & Southern Energy has transferred extra staff into its debt collection operation to cope with rising numbers of cash-strapped customers struggling to pay bills. The owner of Scottish Hydro Electric saw profits more than halve over the first half of its financial year to £302.6m on an adjusted basis after a sudden spike in… Continue Reading »

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How To Insulate Your Home:

admin November 13, 2008

When Gordon Brown made his announcement of a new £910million package to help homeowners tackle fuel bills and insulate their homes, I yelled at the television, “I’d like to see what you could do with ours!” Our five-bed detached Edwardian villa has been labelled “hard-to-treat” by an insulation adviser from our local council. This is… Continue Reading »

UK Energy Suppliers

SSE Profit Margin:

admin November 13, 2008

Scottish & Southern Energy yesterday maintained that its controversial acquisition of Airtricity had been vindicated after revealing it made a £100 million profit on the sale of half of an uncompleted wind farm it owned for less than eight months. The Perth-based utility faced downgrades from analysts and credit rating agencies after announcing it was… Continue Reading »

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