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News: Gas
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Npower joins gas price war with 7 per cent cut
Npower is the latest power company to announce reductions in domestic gas prices. The company said it would cut prices... ...more »
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Scottish and Southern Energy cuts domestic gas bills by 4 per cent
Scottish and Southern Energy has become the second of the big six energy suppliers to announce a cut its domestic... ...more »
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Government plans environmental survey of wave and tidal power
The government has announced plans to carry out the first comprehensive environmental assessment of wave and tidal energy in England... ...more »
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Crown Estate accused of charging 'excessive' rents for offshore licences
The Crown Estate's "excessive" rental proposals and "unacceptable" lease provisions are threatening the viability of offshore gas storage schemes, Parliament... ...more »
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Centrica joins LNG production sector
Centrica has spent nearly £250 million acquiring its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) development capability. Its subsidiary Centrica Resources (Armada)... ...more »
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Energy suppliers to take the lead in green homes strategy
Energy suppliers will have a major new role in helping make millions of UK homes more energy efficient by 2020... ...more »
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Ministers launch new drive to improve energy efficiency of existing homes
The government has launched a strategy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK's existing housing stock over the next... ...more »
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Moody's warns utilities that 'creative' debt capacity structures may hurt credit ratings
Ratings agency Moody's says the "increasingly creative structures" European power companies are using to increase debt capacity could damage their... ...more »
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Watchdog warns energy suppliers that poorest customers need more than one-off price waivers
Energy suppliers risk failing to meet their obligations to help their poorest customers unless they invest more in social tariffs... ...more »
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Consumer watchdog urges lower bills as British Gas profits rise
Consumer Focus today responded to the news that British Gas residential profits for last year were £595 million, up from... ...more »
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Government's Energy Bill survives a backbench revolt over an emissions performance standard
The government's Energy Bill has made progress in Parliament but only after surviving a late challenge over moves to include... ...more »
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Regulator tells MPs there is still time to sort energy security fears
Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan told parliament today that the UK still had a window of opportunity to decide on... ...more »
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National Grid loses metering appeal but fine halved
National Grid is considering an appeal to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal today dismissed its grounds for... ...more »
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Ofgem report shows supply margins up 40 per cent
Ofgem today published its electricity and gas supply market report in which it estimates that typical net margin per standard... ...more »
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Ofgem and ministers target 65-day rule
Energy retailers have been caught in a pincer movement by Ofgem and the government over the time limit - currently... ...more »
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Boost for gas storage but lease row goes on
Energy minister Lord Hunt this week hailed the licensing of the Gateway Project, a massive gas storage facility under the... ...more »
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SuperSwitcher launches to deliver automatic cheaper tariff alerts
An independent website that automatically alerts users to cheaper tariffs as soon as they are available has been launched by... ...more »
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M&S opens home energy wing, gives staff free insulation
Marks & Spencer will this week start selling home insulation as part of its partnership with Scottish & Southern Energy.... ...more »
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Decc urges customers to "grab" remaining boiler grants as 50,000 applications are made
Over 54,000 people have already applied for grants that would help with the cost of replacing old and inefficent boilers... ...more »
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Did you know today is national fuel poverty awareness day?
Did you know today is national fuel poverty day? It is, according to National Energy Action, which aims to draw... ...more »