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Mother-of-two receives £27,000 energy bill after smart meter error

Paula Coplin, 42, from Leicester, discovered the colossal bill while trying to claim back credit from her account

Wales Online

M&S Energy customers issued six-week account warning as firm announces closure

The move is set to impact thousands of UK households - here's everything you should know if you are an M&S Energy account holder.

Daily Record

Mum left panicking with £27,000 energy bill after smart meter error

Paula Coplin tried to claim £1,000 in credit she had amassed for other bills when she was told she could not get her money back after being billed £27,404.81.

Daily Record

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Nottingham woman forced to sleep in multiple layers to keep warm after gas bill skyrockets

She said the increase saw a month of gas cost her five times more than usual at over £300

Nottingham Post

Energy firm issues six-week warning to 60,000 customers before it closes down

M&S Energy customers will be moved over to Octopus Energy on April 1 in a move that affects 60,000 customers in the UK - here is everything you need to know about what this means

Daily Mirror

Heat pumps to be installed for same or less price than gas boilers

Octopus Energy’s new heat pump will cost homeowners as little as £2,500

Evening Standard

Fixed-price energy customers face bill shock as standing charges soar

Consumers whose contracts are about to finish will find that some daily fees are increasing by 100%, regardless of whether they use any energy

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Octopus Energy waived profits to save customers £50 on bills

The energy supplier suffered an operating loss of £141 million

Manchester Evening News

£1m paid to Octopus Energy customers as part of power saving scheme

Supplier says 400,000 customers took part, reducing their electricity use for a designated 90-minute period

The Guardian - UK

Big energy switch off: Households reveal savings as low as 13p

Families cut back their energy use and looked forward to saving cash - but some were left disappointed with how little they got

Chronicle Live

Octopus Energy pays out £1m to customers through energy saving scheme

The average customer earned around £2.50 but some customers made as much as £15 by cutting down on the amount of energy they used between 4.30pm and 6pm.

Wales Online

'I've only saved £2 by taking part in the National Grid's energy-saving scheme'

Lee Morris and his family from Newport have been taking part in the Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) scheme since November 2022

Wales Online

400,000 Octopus Energy customers took part in challenge to reduce their energy usage on Monday

The average customer was awarded between £1.25 and £2.50 in special points which entitle them to rewards

Wales Online

Octopus Energy customers saved up to £9 as they helped reduce demand

Households across the country were paid to reduce their energy use on Monday night, in the first live session of the Demand Flexibility Service

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Daily Mirror

What you could get paid by your supplier if you cut your energy use this evening

The National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) announced yesterday that it will run its second Demand Flexibility Service (DFS), which will pay people to reduce their electricity consumption, between 4.30pm and 6pm tonight

The Guardian - UK

National Grid to pay households and businesses to cut electricity use again

Great Britain’s network operator looking to save up to 341MW between 4.30pm-6pm on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Households in Great Britain to be paid to use less electricity: how does it work?

National Grid scheme launches on Monday between 5pm and 6pm – we look at whether it’s worth it

The National (Scotland)

Coal power plants on standby with blackout prevention scheme to go live

THREE coal power plants are on standby as the scheme designed to stop blackouts is set to go live for the first time.

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Chronicle Live

National Grid will pay energy customers to cut use of electricity today - here's how

National Grid ESO says electricity supply margins may be tighter than normal on Monday but 'people should not be worried'

Nottingham Post

National Grid to pay UK homes to cut their electricity tonight in emergency scheme

The live event offers the chance to cut bills

Chronicle Live

From best to worst - energy firms including Octopus Energy, British Gas and Shell are ranked and only one gets five stars

Only one power company won five starts in Which? annual survey, which ranks suppliers based on customer feedback

Daily Record

15 energy suppliers ranked from best to worst - from Scottish Power to SSE

The ranking of UK energy firms by Which? put Scottish Power at the very bottom as SSE narrowly avoided the worst ranking.

Daily Mirror

Best and worst energy firms ranked from British Gas to SSE and Utilita - see how yours did

Consumer champions at Which? have used combined scores from customer feedback and its own assessments to reveal the best and worst energy firms in the UK right now

Daily Mirror

10,000 UK homes may not have to pay energy bills in 7 years time through new scheme

Octopus Energy aims to have 10,000 homes as part of its Octopus Zero energy tariff by 2030 and is calling on all housing developers in the UK to join the Zero Bills scheme

The Guardian - UK

Households in Yorkshire ‘most willing to live near windfarm’

Midlands and north-east of England also show strong demand, says supplier Octopus Energy

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