As the Environment Agency calls for water meters in virtually all homes in England and Wales, we look at some of the issues for consumers. Most meters use a positive displacement chamber which has a fixed amount of water flowing through it that turns a dial to measure water usage for a household. Meters are… Continue Reading »
Read More →Soaring costs have forced British Gas owner Centrica to postpone building a giant £750million offshore wind turbine farm. This is the latest setback for the Government, which is relying on wind power over the next decade to help the UK achieve tough green energy targets. Last week, Spain’s Iberdrola, the world’s biggest investor in wind… Continue Reading »
Read More →Opus Energy, the independent supplier of electricity to UK businesses, has recently signed Halfords, bringing the total number of UK business sites it supplies up to 50,000. Now the largest electricity supplier to UK businesses outside the Big Six, Opus Energy has expanded further in the last 12 months: Halfords has entered into a two… Continue Reading »
Read More →It looks like the long-awaited roll-out of smart meters in the UK has been put back yet again. An announcement from the Department of Environment and Climate Change had been expected last year, and then again at the start of this year. Now energy industry and government sources are saying that an announcement could come… Continue Reading »
Read More →Severn Trent Plc, the U.K.’s second-biggest water company, kept an outlook of sales falling by as much as 25 million pounds in the fiscal year ending March 31st. Sales will be lower because of a “decline in consumption across our measured income base,” the Birmingham, England-based company said today in a statement distributed by PR Newswire…. Continue Reading »
Read More →The consumer backlash against expensive, bottled water is gathering momentum, according to two related studies this week which reveal that more of us are content with that plain old, dirt cheap stuff that comes straight out of a tap. First of all, the UK’s restaurant-goers overwhelmingly prefer to choose tap water over bottled, according to… Continue Reading »
Read More →Oil prices rose above $52 a barrel Monday, boosted by stronger stock markets and a weaker dollar amid plans by the U.S. government to buy bad assets from banks to contain the financial crisis. Benchmark crude for May delivery was up 61 cents to $52.68 a barrel by midday in Europe in electronic trading on… Continue Reading »
Read More →British wholesale gas prices could fall further following a price collapse over the past two weeks and this is certain to add to pressure on utilities to cut household fuel bills. Analysts said wholesale day-ahead contracts might fall by another 5-10 percent to around 30 pence per therm after losing about 40 percent since early… Continue Reading »
Read More →npower has become the latest energy provider to reduce its prices, announcing an 8% reduction in the cost of electricity – bringing customers’ bills down an average £43. Now all the top six energy providers – npower, E.ON, British Gas, EDF, Scottish Power and Scottish & Southern – have announced price cuts, with E.ON offering… Continue Reading »
Read More →The UK prompt power lost ground Monday after an increase in production from coal-fired plants across the country, traders said. Day-ahead baseload power fell GBP1.90/MWh to GBP34.50/MWh by the end of the morning session, by which time Tuesday peak had slid 65 pence/MWh to GBP41.50/MWh. Scottish and Southern Energy, Scottish Power and Drax Power started power… Continue Reading »
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