Heating oil

More households using heating oil, LPG, biomass and other alternative fuels can now apply for £200 to help with their energy bills. That's because the Government has confirmed it will now accept receipts dating back to 1 June 2022 as evidence – a three-month extension on the previous September 2022 cut-off.

The UK's largest supplier of heating oil has been forced to make sure its prices do not increase between when a customer places an order and the oil being delivered, after action from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

150,000 homes which are not connected to the gas supply grid have been promised improved rights to enable them to switch liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier.

Consumers who can't get mainstream gas and electricity are not getting ripped-off by energy suppliers, new findings from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) show.