British Gas profits soared by 44% in 2021
British Gas has reported a big increase in profits amid the energy crisis. The parent company Centrica has today published its financial results showing British Gas recorded a 44% rise in adjusted...
View ArticleCentrica to cut ties with Gazprom
Centrica has been the latest energy group to announce the end of its partnership with Kremlin-controlled Gazprom after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The British Gas owner has a gas supply agreement...
View ArticleThousands of customers ‘put on hold for credit refunds’
Thousands of customers are still waiting to get their credit back after their energy supplier went bust. That’s according to a new survey by MoneySavingExpert which shows that nearly 20% of those who...
View ArticleBritish Gas completes first heat pump installation in Devon
A home in Ivybridge, Devon was the first to see the installation of an air source heat pump as part of a new consumer offering from British Gas. The UK’s biggest energy supplier has started...
View ArticleScottishPower to exit British industrial and commercial energy market
ScottishPower has unveiled plans to stop selling energy to British industrial and commercial (I&C) customers. A ScottishPower spokesperson said: “The energy market is facing unprecedented...
View ArticleCentrica unveils battery acquisition
Centrica Business Solutions has secured the development rights for a 30MW battery storage plant in Aberdeenshire. The site in Dyce, near Aberdeen, is close to offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The...
View ArticleGovernment pushes the button on tenfold expansion in EV chargers by 2030
The government has committed to increasing public electric vehicle (EV) chargers to 300,000 by 2030. The scheme will be backed by £1.6 billion of funding – nearly £500 million will be allocated to the...
View Article‘Vampire appliances’ could add £290 to energy bills
Electric devices which are plugged in although switched off continue to consume power adding almost £300 to households’ energy bills. According to British Gas, 23% of the annual electricity usage is...
View ArticleNew price cap leads to website crashes
Websites of several energy suppliers crashed hours before the new price cap came into force. Yesterday, the final day for customers to submit meter readings, the websites of British Gas, EDF, SSE and...
View ArticleBritish Gas announces £2m more for customers struggling with energy bills
British Gas has announced an additional £2 million to help its most financially vulnerable customers who are struggling to pay their energy bills. That takes the British Gas Energy Support Fund, which...
View ArticleBritish Gas doubles emergency credit for prepayment customers
British Gas has hiked the credit prepayment customers could use in case they run out of cash to top up their meters. It is estimated that millions of customers on prepayment meters have to pay an extra...
View ArticleShell Energy launches £5m support for those struggling to pay their bills
Shell Energy has launched a hardship fund for those customers who struggle to pay their bills as energy prices continue to rise. Last week, the new price cap came into force – with the new prices...
View ArticleBritish Gas criticised over smart meter display failures
Several British Gas customers have experienced issues with their smart meters. One of them tweeted that their new meter which replaced a faulty one showed that the household was using £101,197.32 worth...
View ArticleEnergy chiefs expect “severe impact on customers’ ability to pay”
Millions of customers are struggling to pay their energy bills following a major increase in the price cap with average household gas and electricity bills rising to £1,971 a year. Speaking during a...
View ArticleCentrica reportedly looking at buying parts of Bulb
Centrica has reportedly joined the bidding to acquire parts of the collapsed UK energy supplier Bulb’s business. Energy supplier Bulb, which has 1.6 million customers, was put into special...
View ArticleVast majority of customers demand energy firms protect credit balances
Almost 86% of customers want their energy suppliers to protect their credit balances. That’s according to a new YouGov survey commissioned by Centrica which found that 91% of E.ON customers, 88% of...
View ArticleQuarter of consumers ‘see energy direct debits double’
At least 30% of British Gas, Octopus Energy and Shell Energy customers who were in credit and on price-capped tariffs have seen their direct debits double. That’s according to a survey conducted by the...
View ArticleWill a Cheshire town become home to UK’s first hydrogen village?
Some 2,000 homes in Ellesmere Port could soon be using low carbon hydrogen in a project that could see the Cheshire become the UK’s first hydrogen village. The properties in the Whitby area would stop...
View ArticleCentrica expects annual profits to rise
Centrica has predicted that its annual adjusted earnings will be “around the top of the range of more recent analyst expectations”. British Gas owner said it has delivered “strong operational...
View ArticleBritish Gas dispute ends with pay deal
British Gas workers have accepted a new pay deal following a “fire and rehire” dispute with the company. The Leader of Leeds City Council who opposed the company’s plan had previously sent a letter to...
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