The Latest Breaking News from Electricity

Labour will cut energy bills for 4million poorest Brits feeding the meter, Rachel Reeves says

The £46-a-year intervention from Labour - or £100 a year from January - comes as Keir Starmer faces mounting calls to set out the party's vision - and help for the poorest Brits

Daily Mirror · Aug 11, 2022

‘All hands on deck’ as major Toronto power outage leaves thousands without electricity

Shops and restaurants across Canadian capital forced to shut, while country’s immigration minister was trapped in elevator

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

Egypt to Ration Electricity to Boost Gas Exports

Egypt's cabinet has approved a plan to ration electricity to save natural gas that it will instead divert to the export market to generate foreign currency, it said on Thursday. Egypt has suffered from an acute foreign currency shortage since Russia's February invasion of Ukraine, which pushed up global commodity…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 11, 2022

What is a windfall tax and will it be extended to UK energy providers?

Explainer: Up to £4bn could be raised from levy on electricity generators, but ministers are rowing back on idea

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

Ambitious Lanarkshire wind farm extension sees first new turbine installed

The project is an extension of the current 26-turbine Kype Muir site which lies south of Strathaven.

Daily Record · Aug 11, 2022

Tell us: how do you remember the electricity blackouts in Britain in the 1970s?

We’re interested in people’s memories of the power cuts in the UK during the early 1970s

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

Households warned to pay energy bills or face 'ending up in the courts'

Holly Mackay, founder of website Boring Money, warned households that large energy firms will come after people if they refuse to pay for gas and electricity over the coming months.

Daily Record · Aug 11, 2022

Energy bill calculator: See how much your gas and electricity could rise by this winter

To help you understand how much your monthly energy bill could rise by this winter, The Mirror has created an interactive calculator which takes into account the October price cap rate

Daily Mirror · Aug 11, 2022

‘Electricity can go anytime here’: how Zimbabwe’s iron men ran out of steam

Livelihoods are on the line with outages of up to 17 hours a day as the country’s ageing power plants struggle to cope

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

FTI frets over looming minimum wage hike

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) does not agree with the Labour Ministry's plan to enforce a new minimum wage hike on Oct 1, which is earlier than originally anticipated, as businesses will be flooded with too many financial burdens, notably a rise in the Bank of Thailand's policy rate…

Bangkok Post · Aug 10, 2022