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What might Liz Truss do about soaring energy bills?

Options, if Truss takes over as PM, range from her favoured tax cuts to household energy bill plans aiding the worst off

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Why are wind farms making massive profits because gas prices have soared?

Experts have called for the price of power made by wind turbines to be split from the cost of gas.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Charity receives 30 calls an hour about back to school costs

The national president of St Vincent de Paul says parents are really suffering

Dublin Live · Sep 1, 2022

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Boris Johnson mocked after suggesting people should buy a new kettle to save £10 on power

The outgoing prime minister suggested buying a £20 kettle would save people £10 a year as energy bills soar

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2022

‘He’s taking the mickey’: Boris Johnson criticised for suggesting people buy £20 kettle to save £10 in electricity bills

‘A clear plan to take bills down from £3,549 to £3,539’

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Move wind farms on to new contracts and save households £18bn, say trade bodies

Households could save up to £250 each if contracts for old subsidies are changed to the newer subsidy scheme.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

The items you can expect to get more expensive this month as energy bills spike

Rising inflation has caused people across the country to make efforts to cut corners and save but unfortunately, prices look set to increase even further from this month

Dublin Live · Sep 1, 2022

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Boris Johnson urges struggling households to buy new £20 kettle to save £10 on energy bill

During a speech earlier today the PM said households can help themselves by cutting down on the electricity and gas they use by buying more efficient goods.

Daily Record · Sep 1, 2022

Amended electricity rules will hit consumers, Assembly told

Minister says it will hasten Centre’s bid to privatise power distribution

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2022

India's electricity grid to be more future ready, insulated from cyber attacks soon: Union Power Minister

Electricity Amendment Bill, 2022 to make provisions for inspection of the national electricity grid for maintaining cyber hygiene in the network

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2022

Hospitals face ‘eye-watering’ £2m rise in monthly energy bills

Great Ormond Street Hospital warns it expects gas and electricity bill of £650,000 in January

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2022

Dad slashes €722 off energy bill by updating one appliance that ‘eats electricity’

David Miles, 46, managed to calculate which appliances were guzzling electricity in order to manage his spending

Irish Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Network Rail braces for £1bn energy bill as costs increase by more than 50%

Cost of electricity for running trains alone is expected to increase from £595m to £885m in 2023-24

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Electric Ireland announces new price hike for NI homeowners

The firm has blamed ongoing uncertainty in international energy markets and unprecedented increases in wholesale energy prices

Belfast Live · Sep 1, 2022

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Irish Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Electric Ireland announces another price increase on electricity and gas in new cost of living blow

It marks the third time this year that Electric Ireland has hiked its prices. The rises will equate to €37.20 per month on the average residential electricity bill and €42.99 per month on the average residential gas bill.

Dublin Live · Sep 1, 2022

Electric Ireland confirm huge increase in gas and electricity prices

Residential electricity bills will rise by 26.7% while residential gas bills will go up by 37.5%

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Energy price inflation: how the UK and EU could fight it

What can be done about rising prices – and would nationalising gas and electricity firms help?

Irish Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Irish couple using solar panels to keep down bills say others should do the same

Irish households, which typically use 4.2 megawatts of electricity per year, are bracing themselves for huge increases in utility bills through the winter

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Daily Record · Sep 1, 2022

People working from home warned it may add an extra £131 to energy bills from next month

Homeworkers in larger households are likely to pay £698 more for gas and electricity bills this winter.

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Tariff shields and turning off lights: how Europe is tackling the energy crisis

The scale of the crisis in several European countries, and what governments are doing about it

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Wholesale gas prices fall as Europe’s plan to avert winter energy crisis takes shape

Price of gas for delivery on Friday drops 21% from Wednesday night’s price of 405p per therm to 320p

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

Energy crisis: UK households worst hit in western Europe, finds IMF

Heavy reliance on gas is behind price surge, with the impact on poorest households also the worst in Europe

Dublin Live · Sep 1, 2022

PrepayPower announce €750 hike in gas and electricity prices

The provider’s electricity prices will rise by 19 per cent, while gas prices will rise by 29 per cent, resulting in an additional €339 to the average electricity bill and €428 to the average gas bill

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 1, 2022

Sweet or Not? German Farmer Trials Solar Roofs for Orchard

It’s picking season at Christian Nachtwey’s organic orchard in western Germany and laborers are loading their carts with ripe red Elstar apples, ready to be shipped to European supermarkets. But Nachtwey’s farm is also reaping a second harvest: Many of the apple trees grow beneath solar panels that have been…

WEKU · Sep 1, 2022

California lawmakers extend the life of the state's last nuclear power plant

Citing climate change and the need to cut carbon emissions, California is extending the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

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