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Ofgem Articles

Making energy work for pre-payment meter users

Last year the ‘big six’ announced energy price increases of eight to 10 per cent, with the average dual fuel bill costing £1,385. Against this backdrop of soaring energy costs, Ofgem announced that the number of disconnections for debt fell by 51 per cent from 2010 to...

The ‘big six’ have too much power

The energy companies act as an unofficial cartel —The first success of Ed Miliband’s conference commitment to freeze energy prices was to put the issue firmly at the top of the political agenda. That in itself is no small achievement for which millions of consumers...

Shining a light on the energy industry

How should we take the recent news that the big six energy firms together have generated over £3bn in profits in each of the last two years coupled with the average household energy bill rising by over £300 or 28 per cent since the coalition came in to power? Some...

Having the energy for it

The energy sector over the next 15 to 20 years has perhaps the greatest potential and wide-ranging impact upon UK jobs, skills and the growth of our economy than any other. So, despite a lacklustre Queen’s speech containing little legislation which addresses the major...