Customers of energy giant SSE have been urged to seek compensation from the company after Ofgem announced it is to be fined a record £10.5 million fo...

For a company so egregiously engaged in deception on a mammoth scale, SSE have got off almost scot-free in financial terms, and they and their peers know it. Ofgem levied a penalty equivalent to just 0.5% of SSE's annual revenues, demonstrating again quite how toothless and ineffectual the regulator remains.

One of Britain's biggest energy suppliers has apologised "unreservedly" to customers after learning it is to be fined a record £10.5 million for "pro...

Energy is the most important issue in the world today and it's getting more important every day. We are living through a period of explosive population growth that will see at least another two billion people added to the global population - currently standing at 7.1 billion - over the next 20 years.

The energy watchdog Ofgem has admitted there is little that can be done to prevent another round of price rises, as closing power stations, inflation ...

Downing Street has called for a speedy inquiry into allegations that Britain's £300 billion wholesale gas market has been "regularly" manipulated by ...

The City watchdog has said it was investigating claims that the wholesale gas market has been manipulated by some energy firms. The Financial Servi...

I have recently changed my energy supplier after staying loyal to one of the 'big six' for years. It's not that the supplier needed changing because of a gross lack of quality but, at the same time, I didn't just stay with them because they were particularly great. No, the real reason I changed is because I realised there is an alternative.

In February The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank released analysis which found that as many as 5million people are being unfairl...

This week as the UK basked in the first rays of spring, the economy appeared to be looking towards sunnier times. Forecasts from the British Chambers of Commerce show just enough growth in the last quarter for the UK to avoid falling into a second recession.

An energy company whose sales staff made misleading claims to customers has agreed £4.5m for needy households as part of a settlement with the regula...

Ofgem's figures show that the current cost to UK households of developing all forms of renewable energy, including wind, is less than £20 a year. For less than 40p a week, we can develop a thriving UK-based renewable sector, including wave and tidal energy, which will provide secure, cost-effective and clean energy for generations to come.

An estimated £4m in compensation from energy giants may be going unclaimed, as a report by Which? shows that 90% of unsolved complaints are not taken...

Thousands of UK households are not paying for electricity and gas. According to a report in The Times, around 20,000 properties have “ghost meter...

Npower has been fined £2m by energy regulator Ofgem for mishandling customer complaints. It comes months after British Gas was fined £2.5m by the...

The UK has an opportunity to drastically reform its dysfunctional energy markets and improve the transparency and competitiveness of supplies, accordi...

Recent price hikes have increased the profit margins enjoyed by Britain's big energy firms to £125 per customer a year from £15 in June, it has emer...

The summer holiday season is well underway and thoughts of central heating and the winter should be furthest from most minds. However over the past few days UK consumers ' attention has been turned to energy bills as the fourth of the 'Big Six' largest energy companies in the UK have announced their intention to increase their energy prices.

British Gas have been hit with a landmark £2.5m fine over its policy on customer complaints by Ofgem. After a year-long investigation, the energy ...