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Npower Admits Paying No Corporation Tax for Three Years

PA | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK

Npower has admitted it has not paid corporation tax in the UK for three years, saying it has invested "billions" in new power stations and wind techno...

Emissions And Renewable Targets Must Be Introduced for 2030, Say Suppliers

Charlie Thomas | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK

Energy companies from across Europe are calling for a binding 2030 renewables target to be set to fill the current policy gap between 2020 and 2050. ...

Uncertainty Reigns Over Impact Of Energy Bill On Household Costs

Charlie Thomas | Posted 23.11.2012 | UK

Energy experts have admitted it is too difficult to say how the government's push for low-carbon infrastructure investment will affect household energ...

Now ANOTHER Energy Company Puts Prices Up

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.10.2012 | UK

Fears that more households will be plunged into a "long, cold winter" were fuelled on Friday after two major energy companies hiked their prices. E...

Charlie Thomas

Why Energy Contracts Are Costing British Businesses Thousands

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK

British businesses are missing out on falling electricity rates because energy suppliers are rolling over their contracts, a survey has found. Stat...

Nuclear Plant Plans Stall As Companies Drop Out

PA | Posted 29.03.2012 | UK

Two of the "big six" energy companies have pulled out of developing new nuclear plants in the UK, in what has been described as a "devastating blow" f...

Sports Matches Hit By Cold Spells

PA | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK

The cold spell continued to hit sports fixtures today as Derby County's npower Championship match with local rivals Nottingham Forest was postponed on...

Complaints About 'Big Six' Energy Firms Soar By 26% Amid Price Hikes

PA | Posted 09.12.2011 | UK

Complaints about the "big six" energy firms soared by 26% over the summer as hostility against the sector continued to mount, a watchdog has said. ...

Npower Fined £2m By Ofgem For Mishandling Customer Complaints

Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.12.2011 | UK

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...

Power Companies Want Competition Inquiry

PA | Posted 22.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Three of the UK's big six power companies want a competition inquiry into the gas and electricity market as a way to restore cust...

Npower To Increase Energy Prices

Posted 16.10.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Some 3.3 million Npower customers are facing higher energy bills after the company became the latest utility provider to hike its...

British Gas Hit With £2.5m Fine Over Customer Complaints

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 25.09.2011 | UK

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 ...