A decision is due to be taken on controversial plans to bring an electricity cable from an offshore wind farm onshore at a Devon beauty spot. White Cross offshore windfarm has applied to put seven floating turbines about 30 miles (52km) off the north Devon coast and wants to bring a power cable onshore at...
Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of losing hot water or heating when their old type of electricity meter goes out of action. Energy companies have said it will be “very, very difficult” to replace all Radio Teleswitching System (RTS) meters with smart meters before the old technology is switched off on 30...
London Fire Brigade / PA Media More than 100 firefighters are tackling the flames, which broke out at about 05:30 BST A block of flats in north-west London has been evacuated after a large fire spread from a neighbouring electricity substation. About 80 residents have been led to safety after the roof of the building...
Domestic energy prices are forecast to fall in July, reversing three consecutive increases in regulator Ofgem’s price cap. The annual bill of a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall by £166 a year, analysts at the consultancy Cornwall Insight have predicted. It comes after a series of household bills became...