E.on has agreed to pay £2.5 million to help some of its most vulnerable customers and been fined £500,000 after it inaccurately reported how many free light bulbs it gave out as part an energy efficiency scheme.
The Government's Green Deal scheme, which aims to help people make energy efficient home improvements, is continuing to make a slow start, new figures show.
People living in hot countries will no longer be able to claim winter fuel payments from autumn 2015, chancellor George Osborne has announced in the Government's Spending Review.
Energy firms will be forced to offer a maximum of four tariffs per fuel in a bid to simplify the market for bamboozled consumers, under plans announced today by regulator Ofgem.
Britain's big six energy companies will face fines unless they open up the electricity market to competition from independent rivals, under proposals by Ofgem.
Households should brace themselves for energy price hikes, not just over the coming year, but over the next five years too, with one energy expert predicting bills could double.
28 May 2013
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