Ofcom Telecoms Figures Show Talk Talk Tops Landline & Broadband Complaints
Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, has released figures for complaints and said Talk Talk is the most complained about landline and broadband provider while 3 is the mobile provider with the most complaints.
This is the first time Ofcom has released figures for complaints but it has only included the bigger telecoms and mobile providers. After receiving around 450 complaints a day regarding telecommunications providers Ofcom said Talk Talk topped the ...
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Government Cancels Its Own Solar Project
A Government plan to install solar panels on schools, hospitals and a variety of other public buildings has been cancelled.
A Government quango, Buying Solutions, wanted to install solar panels on school roofs, hospitals, town halls and even army bases, to enable public buildings to generate renewable energy.
When the idea was first mooted it was thought of as being value for money, largely because of the Feed In Tariff (FiT). ...
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National Grid Prepares For The Royal Wedding
National Grid has released details of its plans for coping with electricity demand during the Royal Wedding.
The Royal Wedding is set to be a major event and National Grid has to plan for surges and drops in the demand for electricity during the day. National Grid has to ensure that enough power is generated to keep up with consumption.
National Grid owns the electricity transmission network across England and ...
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E.ON Announces 6.5% Business Electricity & Gas Price Increase
If your business electricity or gas contract is due for renewal then compare business electricity prices and gas prices today because E.ON has just announced a price increase of 6.5% from 3 May.
Utility Exchange can report that E.ON’s business electricity and gas prices, which includes their Access and Connect tariffs, are due to increase by 6.5% from Tuesday 3 May.
It means that if your business energy contract is ...
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New 30 Day Notice Rule For Energy Price Rises
New Ofgem rules which force energy companies to give customers 30 days notice of any price rises come into effect today.
Utility Exchange reported last month that Ofgem had brought in new rules which meant that energy suppliers would have to give 30 days notice of any price changes rather than informing customers after the change had taken place which has happened on a number of occasions.
Previous rules ...
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Phoenix Gas Announces 39% Increase In Domestic And Business Gas Prices
Northern Ireland’s largest gas retailer, Phoenix Gas, which supplies domestic and small industrial and commercial consumers, has announced a 39% rise in gas prices.
Phoenix Gas has announced a 39.1% rise in the price of gas including business gas prices, effective from 1 May. As other utility companies have done, Phoenix Gas has blamed increasing wholesale prices as the reason for the price rise.
The managing director of Phoenix ...
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Offshore Sources Of Renewable Energy Could Mean Electricity Is 60% More Expensive
Offshore sources of renewable energy could mean electricity is 60% more expensive in the next twenty years according to a representative from the energy industry.
Paul Willson argues that an “over-enthusiastic” reliance on offshore renewable energy sources could mean we face more expensive electricity in the next twenty years. The deputy director of engineering at Parsons Brinckerhoff’s power generation division, Paul Willson, has studied Britain’s future energy needs ...
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Scottish & Southern Energy Sells Three Wind Farms To Infinis
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE), also known as Hydro-Electric, has sold three of its wind farms to Infinis.
The three wind farms sold by SSE, the Scottish energy company, have a total capacity of about 100MW. They were sold to the UK based renewable energy company, Infinis, for a cash payment of £173.6m.
Two of the wind farms are based in Dumfries & Galloway and the third one is in Northern ...
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Eden Project Plans To Cut CO2 Emissions & Increase Energy Efficiency
The Eden Project in Cornwall has plans to cut its CO2 emissions and increase energy efficiency by cutting its business electricity and gas consumption.
The Cornish tourist attraction has announced measures which will cut its CO2 emissions by 25% over the next two years. It’s a continuation of work already carried out at the site which has seen the amount of business electricity it uses fall by 6.5% and gas ...
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Npower To Supply Business Electricity To Tata Steel
RWE npower is set to supply business electricity to one of the world’s biggest steel producers, Tata Steel.
RWE npower has signed a contract with Tata Steel to supply energy to 22 Tata owned steel plants across the country. It’s a massive supply contract being the equivalent of 5 terawatt hours of energy – enough to supply houses in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Coventry and Bradford combined.
The chief executive of ...
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