Electricity

Just over 1,000 homes in Northern Ireland which were supplied electricity by small provider Open Electric have been transferred to Power NI after the regulator revoked its licence. If you were an Open Electric customer, you won't lose your electricity supply, but it's still unclear if you'll get your money back if you were in credit.

British Gas, E.on, SSE and some smaller suppliers have announced energy price freezes till the end of winter. Yet if you're one of the 66% on one of their standard tariffs they're typically freezing you at £200/yr MORE than the cheapest.

Gas and electricity provider GB Energy ceased trading at the weekend and the regulator Ofgem has appointed Co-operative Energy as the new supplier for the firm's 160,000 customers. Ofgem's also announced that Co-op Energy will be honouring customers' existing fixed tariffs.

A billing error which led to British Gas customers having their direct debit payments taken twice may have affected thousands of people, MoneySavingExpert.com has learned.

Energy switching is at a four and a half year high proving that customers are becoming increasingly savvy about cutting gas and electricity costs - but prices are now on the rise and the cheapest deals are disappearing fast so make sure you switch ASAP.

Ovo has become the latest energy supplier to hike prices, with 94,000 customers on its dual fuel standard tariff set to see bills rise by an average of 5% from January.

Big six energy firm Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is freezing its standard gas and electricity prices until at least April 2017. But if you're on its standard tariff, you can save £100s switching - and with the price of the cheapest deals on the market soaring in recent weeks, now's the time to act.

Big six energy suppliers have been accused of keeping 1.5 million vulnerable and low income customers who receive a Government electricity discount on expensive standard variable tariffs.

Hundreds of thousands of Co-operative Energy customers will receive a share of compensation totalling £1.8 million after energy regulator Ofgem identified problems with the company’s complaints resolution, call handling and billing processes.

Winter's coming... the weather's turning, the thermals are coming out and the nights are drawing in. So now's the time to finally sort your energy bills and batten down the hatches with some top tips to help freeze (or cut) costs ahead of the bitter cold.