Blog > September 2011
Thursday 29th September 2011
As
many as 71 per cent of British energy consumers may be faced with financial
difficulties due to energy price increases, leaving them to turn to credit
cards, overdrafts or savings accounts in order to pay for their rising fuel
bills, new research by...
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Tuesday 27th September 2011
BusinessGreen
recently reported on the results of a survey
of businesses leaders, which showed the vast majority of companies have
invested in basic energy efficiency measures, but high costs and a lack of
return on investment in the short-term is putting...
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Thursday 22nd September 2011
This week Navetas published the results of a study into UK energy providers , which found they are falling short in providing energy efficiency initiatives that meet consumer demands and failing to educate on the money-saving benefits of the smart meter...
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Tuesday 20th September 2011
Last week, EDF Energy became the last of the “big six” to announce that it will raise its gas and electricity prices by 15.4% and 4.5% respectively, from 10th November 2011. And the move by the big six to introduce double-digit price hikes has already helped...
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Thursday 15th September 2011
The UK’s headline rate of inflation increased to 4.5pc last month with rising utility costs cited as the major driver of the change. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the cost of housing, water, electricity and gas bills grew by 5.1 percent...
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Tuesday 13th September 2011
Energy
giant npower has become the first of the “big six” energy suppliers to promise not to use smart meters as a sales tool and sign up to consumer watchdog Which?’s campaign,
entitled “no selling, just installing”. Launched in July 2011, the Which?
initiative...
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Thursday 8th September 2011
Recently
the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published three tenders,
looking for one or two suppliers to provide a smart meter IT technology programme in the UK.
The winning service provider
or providers would be responsible for the development...
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Monday 5th September 2011
Last
week energy giant British Gas announced that it has begun rolling out two
million of its next-generation of smart meters to UK customers. This newer generation of devices
come equipped with touch-screen display technology to enable greater control
over...
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