UK energy brand shuts off lights: customers to be transferred to OVO

Nearly 200,000 Boost Power customers will be transferred to OVO Energy

Switch on! Energy switches hit record highs since 2021 supplier exodus

Energy supplier switching hit a new high last month with households and SMEs completing 176,000 switches, the largest number since the collapse of dozens of suppliers in late 2021

Wind and solar power surges to record 12% of global electricity

Global wind power blew away records last year, enough to power almost all of the UK, according to a report

OPEC+ oil cuts deepen energy crisis

Several major oil-exporting nations, including Saudi Arabia and Iraq, have announced surprise production cuts as the world continues to grapple with an ongoing energy crisis

Drax Hydro’s workers to strike as pay row escalates

Strike action days are expected to take place from mid-March

Industry urged government to freeze energy bills in April

The rate of the government’s Energy Price Guarantee is set to be less generous from 1st April

British Steel to cut 260 jobs

The company has said it has seen its bills for energy and carbon increase by £190 million last year

EDF warns cost of Hinkley Point C could soar more than 20%

The Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset could end up costing £33 billion

UK creates Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Prime Minister creates a Department for Energy Security and Net Zero during reshuffle

bp reports biggest profit in 114-year history

The energy giant has doubled its annual profits to a record £23 billion