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    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      UK energy
      Ofgem to be legally obliged to push for ‘net zero’

      Amendment to UK energy bill will require regulator to formally adopt 2050 emissions target

    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      UK business & economy
      Why Britain’s households should expect energy bills to remain high

      Wholesale prices are still well above the average before the war in Ukraine

    • Saturday, 27 May, 2023
      LexUK energy
      UK energy suppliers: higher margins will keep up heat even as bills drop Premium content

      Expect anger at the sector’s finances to take a long time to burn out

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      UK energy
      Energy bills unlikely to hit pre-crisis levels for 2 years, Britain’s regulator says

      Comments come as Ofgem announces amount paid by a typical household for gas and electricity is set to drop to £2,074 from July

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      UK energy
      Ofgem wants your energy supplier to make more money (update)

      Regressive taxation for a brighter future

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK competition tsar calls for crackdown on utilities ‘ripping off’ customers

      Shareholders in water and energy monopolies should receive steady but unspectacular returns, says government adviser

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Chris Skidmore
      It is time Ofgem rose to the challenge of upholding net zero

      New technologies are being hampered by slow, ponderous bureaucracy and an antiquated approach to grid connections

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Drax Group PLC
      Drax faces probe over sustainable biomass claims

      Ofgem commissions external audit into whether energy company complied with UK rules

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Nathalie Thomas
      Action on prepayment energy meters doesn’t go far enough

      Ofgem’s updated code of practice for suppliers on forcibly installing the devices is missed opportunity

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Ofgem tightens UK guidelines for forced prepayment meters

      Campaigners say measures fall short, call for ban on practice to protect those over 85 or with severe health conditions

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Budget 2023: what it means for your money

      Moves to boost tax breaks on pensions, ease childcare costs and support household energy bills

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      UK companies
      UK businesses urge energy watchdog to act on suppliers’ bad behaviour

      Institute of Directors tells Ofgem to ‘secure a well-functioning market’

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      UK energy
      Treasury looking at U-turn on planned cut to UK energy subsidies

      Hope for action on preventing fresh spike in household bills with room for manoeuvre in Budget

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      UK energy
      UK energy regulator lowers household price cap

      Consumers will still pay more from April as government reduces subsidies

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      UK energy
      Campaigners call for freeze on UK household energy costs

      Falling gas prices seen as reducing the subsidies that government would need to provide

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Cost of living crisis
      English magistrates told to halt prepayment meter warrants

      Judge issues guidance to stop forcible installations for vulnerable households as Ofgem investigates energy suppliers

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      UK energy
      UK energy groups told to submit support plans for prepayment meter victims

      Business secretary wants report to his department by Tuesday detailing measures such as compensation

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      UK energy
      Ofgem ‘asleep at the wheel’ while suppliers fitted prepayment meters

      Regulator’s oversight questioned as campaigners say it took months to act on problem that ‘ramped up’

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      Cost of living crisis
      Ofgem orders halt to pre-pay meters being forcibly installed

      Energy regulator steps in after reports of agents breaking into the homes of vulnerable British Gas customers

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK energy
      Ofgem warns energy suppliers to help struggling customers or face penalties

      UK regulator to investigate companies forcibly switching households on to prepayment meters

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      Visual story
      Can Europe keep the lights on?

      Why sharing electricity will be crucial in the coldest months

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      Cat Rutter Pooley
      Missing: bright ideas for fixing Britain’s broken energy system

      Current turmoil justifies Ofgem focus on stability but it needs to start thinking longer term

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Ofgem sets out plans to reform Britain’s energy market

      Regulator intends to adjust profit margins but declines to ringfence customer funds

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      UK energy
      Ofgem urged to force UK energy companies to have internal auditors

      Move to limit risk of repeat of collapses that have cost UK households billions of pounds

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      UK energy
      UK energy regulator accused of shifting costs to consumers

      Citizens Advice says measures taken by Ofgem boost supplier profit margins

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