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If your energy smart meter isn't automatically sending readings to your supplier like it's supposed to, you may soon be due compensation of £40. Under new proposals from energy regulator Ofgem, suppliers will also have to offer quicker fixes when you report a smart meter issue – though we don't yet know exactly how either of these measures will work in practice.
28 March 2025
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How much will you pay from 1 April under the new Energy Price Cap? Well, it depends now much energy you use and where you live, as MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis explains in the latest episode of ITV's The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.
27 February 2025
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Around 2.7 million more families, including one million with children, will become eligible for the £150 Warm Home Discount next winter under new plans put forward by the Government to help tackle current high energy costs. But the extension is only mooted for winter 2025/26 at this stage.
25 February 2025
NEWS: Energy Price Cap to rise again, 6.4% on 1 April. This follows the 1% rise in January and 10% last October. Here's my instant briefing, including WHAT TO DO.
25 February 2025
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Ofgem has today launched detailed proposals for a major shake up to its Energy Price Cap that dictates the price over 80% of homes in England, Scotland and Wales pay for their energy bills.
20 February 2025
Warning. Do you have a Scottish Power smart meter? You're likely to pay 5% more than it shows – check now.
If you're a Scottish Power smart meter customer, you're likely to be paying 5% more than it shows on your linked monitor – also known as your 'in-home display' (IHD) – new research from MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) reveals, so check now.
3 July 2024
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Energy standing charges, which make up around £300 of most people's yearly bills, are to be reviewed by the energy regulator. Ofgem has asked bill payers, suppliers, charities and consumer groups for their views on how an alternative system could work. 
27 May 2024
Martin Lewis: 'The Energy Price Cap is down 7% – the good, the bad, and the ugly'.
The price households pay for gas and electricity will fall by 7% on average from 1 July as energy regulator Ofgem has announced the latest Energy Price Cap rates. Yet despite this, energy bills remain much higher than before the energy crisis hit. We've full info below.
23 May 2024
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The Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho has written to the regulator Ofgem asking it to tackle the issue of high standing charges, which make up around £334 of most people's annual bills. It comes just days after MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) founder Martin Lewis met with the minister and pushed her on the issue.
1 April 2024
He's bad! 'Michael Jackson' chases former Igloo Energy and Together Energy customers for debts – do you need to respond?
Unbelievably, a debt collection firm has been sending emails that appear to be signed by the late pop star Michael Jackson asking for repayments owed to energy firms that have gone bust. In some cases, people don't owe the debt, in others they do – unfortunately it's not always 'black and white'.
12 March 2024

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