12th May 2016 | Commercial Energy
1 Turn down your thermostat 2 Make sure your water is not too hot 3 Close your curtains at night 4 Always turn off lights when you leave a room 5 Don’t leaveyour appliances on standby 6 When using your washing machine or dishwasher only use full loads 7 Don’t fill the kettle – only…Read more
3rd May 2016 | Commercial Energy
Operating profits at SSE’s wholesale gas division fell 94% to just £2.2m as a result of the fall in gas prices. And SSE lost about 300,000 energy customers during the year, leaving it with 8.2m customers, both households and businesses. And costs relating to its coal-fired power stations rose to £287m during the year. Despite…Read more
30th April 2016 | Commercial Energy
Over the last decade, thousands of businesses were set up to sell, install and manage green energy initiatives. These could be as simple as loft insulation, or more complex, such as solar panels. At the larger end, these would include large civil engineering installations, such as wind farms and tidal energy initiatives. They saw a…Read more
26th April 2016 | Commercial Energy
Between June 2013 and December 2015, Scottish Power received more than one million customer complaints, failing to provide basic levels of service (according to Ofgem), with particular issues in call handling, complaint resolution and billing. More than 300,000 customers received late final bills, many of whom did not receive monies owing for a long time….Read more
22nd April 2016 | Commercial Energy
The Government made its annual increase to the Climate Change Levy (CCL) on April 2016. The levy was originally introduced under the 2000 Finance Act and was designed to encourage users to use less energy or to switch towards renewably sourced power sources: these weren’t taxed until the July 2015 Budget when George Osborne removed…Read more