Gas & electricity news

Having to find an extra £99 a month to pay bills would tip a large number of families over the edge, according to Halifax.

British Gas has insisted that it will use profits gained to keep price rises on hold, as the firm revealed gas use had gone up by a fifth.

Water companies are urging people not to flush so-called 'flushable' wipes down the toilet in the hope of cutting the amount of blockages in the sewerage system.

Six power companies failed to meet targets to cut emissions and help customers reduce their bills, according to Ofgem.

There is no guarantee that fracking for shale gas will provide the "silver bullet" needed to solve the UK's high energy bill woes, according to MPs.

Thousands of households face bigger energy bills after the largest independent energy provider in the UK announced it is to raise its prices.

Consumers could fork out an extra £55 million to pay for energy bills under new Ofgem proposals, it has been claimed.

Nearly two in five cancer patients in Northern Ireland cannot afford to pay their winter fuel bills, a charity has claimed.

Energy supplier SSE is expecting to pay out an estimated £1.5 million in compensation after it was fined £10.5m for mis-selling.

OVO Energy has announced that the price of its cheapest plan, New Energy Fixed, is going to increase from £1,172 a year to £1,240.