Ofgem has reported that 1,500 people have been compensated so far for forced prepayment meter installations, with energy suppliers planning payments for another 1,000 customers after reviewing 150,000 installations

Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero, Ed Miliband said that tackling climate change will improve cost of living crisis at Energy UK conference

Claire Coutinho has been urged to take immediate action to restore the UK’s position as the top choice for global renewable energy investment

This follows huge £893m profits from subsidies in 2021

The UK will need to speed up grid buildout by at least three years and build two SMRs to be energy secure by 2030, according to a new report

Christine Farnish has quit her role as a non-executive director over Ofgem’s decision to change the way it calculates the energy price cap

Ed Miliband reaffirmed the party’s commitment to climate change in Labour’s manifesto today. Speaking in Manchester, the party leader said Labour would enforce more stringent climate change rules if the party came into power. He said: “The aim will be supported by ambitious domestic carbon reduction targets, including a legal target to remove the carbon from our […]

The Labour Party is to give Ofgem new powers to force energy companies to cut gas and electricity bills. Leader Ed Miliband said he will pass a new law giving the regulator a “legal duty to ensure fair prices this winter” if he wins the general election. Ofgem would have to review prices by this […]

Labour leader Ed Miliband has appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott to act as his official climate change adviser. Lord Prescott served as the EU’s lead negotiator at the Kyoto talks, which led to the first global agreement on cutting carbon emissions in 1997. He served as deputy leader of the Labour Party for 13 […]

Labour leader Ed Miliband said he wants Ofgem to get new powers forcing suppliers to lower energy bills when wholesale prices fall. In an interview with the BBC Andrew Marr show on Sunday, the Labour leader said he wanted to “fast-track” laws to give the regulator stronger powers. He said: “We’re going to bring before […]