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None will address prices immediately. For now, the best option to keep warm this winter without breaking the bank is to shop around for the best electricity deals.
The UK chancellor is giving a one-off payment of £1,200 to the most vulnerable households, while U-turning on a windfall tax for energy companies.
Analysis of 5,500 apartment developments across Australia found many individual units were far below the average energy ratings for the complex as a whole.
Australian policy is increasingly focused on what’s known as ‘successful ageing’ – helping people feel satisfied, happier and healthier as they age. But for that, you need access to affordable energy.
While the media mainly worries about the cost of employee NI hikes and household energy bills, they’re missing an important part of the story.
More than 6 million UK households may now be unable to heat their homes.
The UK’s bumpy relationship with Saudi Arabia will not turn on new oil supplies.
As household budgets come under strain, so does support for governments, as Boris Johnson should note.
Means-testing support for fuel-poor households will leave millions in hardship.
Many vulnerable people are unable to engage with their energy usage online, leading to higher bills and even debt and illness.
I sifted through 30 power retailers’ offers to save on my home bills. Then I checked - and discovered I’d been switched to a more expensive plan.
Dozens of energy suppliers could go bust in the coming months.
Solar power doesn’t have to be just for the wealthy anymore. With the right kind of financial incentives, households at all income levels can benefit from affordable clean energy.
The danger of consumers being given false and misleading information by commercial price comparison websites requires regulation.
Buyers and renters are very rarely told the energy rating of housing, but don’t blame the agents. As it’s voluntary for existing homes, very few are rated, so it’s not a big factor in the market.
Those endless cups of tea while working from home are unlikely to add much to your electricity bill. But coronavirus poses other problems for the electricity sector.
The next 20 years of Britain’s electricity policy must look very different from the previous 20.
‘Switchers’ who change their energy retailers often are following accepted wisdom, but research shows it saves them far less than expected.
Australia requires a minimum six-star energy rating for new housing. New homes average just 6.2 stars, so builders are doing the bare minimum to comply, even as the costs of this approach are rising.
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Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Research Team Leader, CSIRO
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Visiting Academic, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Head of Policy Engagement, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and Fellow in Environmental Change, Reuben College, University of Oxford
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Researcher in architecture and urban planning, Climateworks Centre
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Research fellow, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
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Lecturer in Energy Systems, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde
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PhD Candidate in Energy Policy, University of Oxford
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland