Electricity

iSupplyEnergy has been taken over by Swedish energy firm Vattenfall – but customers have been told they should see "no day-to-day" changes.

MoneySavingExpert.com is warning again that we have no link to energy cold-calling company Money Expert, after the police issued the firm with advice following concerns raised by residents in Scotland.

Green Star Energy has launched a loyalty scheme which rewards customers for switching and staying with the firm with gift cards or energy-related products. But it's only open to those on certain tariffs – and if you're thinking of switching, you should always do a full market comparison to find your cheapest deal first.

Customers could be stuck on pricier energy tariffs for up to an extra three weeks as all gas switches are delayed while an IT system is updated.

The energy regulator has put back plans to introduce a 'switching database', which would allow suppliers to contact rival firms' customers on the most expensive standard variable energy tariffs and offer them a cheaper deal.

Theresa May has pledged to set an energy price cap on standard tariffs, in a move designed to cut gas and electricity bills by up to £100/year for those on the worst deals.

British Gas has launched its long-awaited new rewards scheme today and is offering Sky Store movie vouchers to the first 150,000 customers who sign up online, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

Renewable energy supplier Bulb will be reducing its variable dual fuel tariff by about 3% next week, with the firm claiming a recent drop in wholesale costs has led to the £30/year average discount.

Energy suppliers won't be able to claw back cash from customers for energy used more than 12 months ago under new proposals by Ofgem to rein in 'back-billing'.