Utilities

Customers of electricity provider iSupplyEnergy will no longer be blocked from switching if they don't tell it they're moving elsewhere, following concerns flagged by both customers and MoneySavingExpert.com.

Motorists filling up at Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco will pay less for their fuel from Thursday after the supermarkets announced another price cut for both petrol and diesel.

Water bills in England and Wales will fall by around £20 over the next five years after water watchdog Ofwat today told suppliers to cut bills by an average of 5% between 2015 and 2020.

SSE, Scottish Power and energy generator GDF SUEZ/IPM are to pay penalties totalling £4.6 million to charity following their failure to deliver energy efficiency measures on time.

The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) for solid wall insulation has closed after the £24 million put aside for funding ran out in just over a day.

Update: 11 December 2014: Sainsbury's has announced that it has today cut the price of unleaded by 1p/litre across its 298 forecourts.

The Green Deal Home Improvement fund (GDHIF) will reopen at 9am on Wednesday (10 December) with an initial £30 million available for home improvements. But households need to act quickly to bag the energy efficiency cashback.

British Gas has been ordered to pay £11.1 million to charity after an Ofgem investigation found it failed to deliver energy efficiency measures to low-income households by a given deadline.

Two power generation firms are to pay penalties totalling £39 million, which includes redress to be paid out to consumers, following their failure to deliver energy saving measures to low-income households.

Motorists filling up at Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco are set to benefit as the supermarkets are cutting petrol and diesel prices by up to 2p/litre.