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Finding your energy supplier when moving home
When you moved into your current home what were the first things you did? Unpacked some boxes, ordered a takeaway, had a celebratory drink or collapsed in a heap after the stresses and strains of moving? Did you think about finding out who your new utility suppliers are? Finding a new place to live (be it […]
British Gas Price Hike 5.5%
British Gas Price Hike with 5.5% increase… Again! British gas go for a hike again! 4.1 Million British Gas Customers on their SVT and default tariffs will now face an additional 5.5% increase, following a 12.5% price hike that went into effect 6 months ago. British Gas customers are paying more than EVER […]
Renewable Energy: How Top Brands Are Using It
Renewable Energy in Big Brands The age of using inflexible and environmental polluting energy is coming to an end. The trend is moving towards the use of more efficient renewable energy, and top global companies are spearheading the move. Not so surprising since these businesses are the major energy consumers in the world. Companies […]
AI in Energy: Next Level Genius
AI in Energy: Next Level Genius Artificial Intelligence in Energy, along with AI in most sectors, is destined to make major waves in the energy sector. Here at MyUtilityGenius, we know that the genius that drives the energy sector exists in innovation and looking towards future technologies to bridge the gaps. A major actor […]
Energy Switching: The Easiest Resolution
How can you tell when people are over New Year’s Resolutions by February? When the impatient line for the treadmill has seemed to disappear… Or the healthy veg from the first big shop of the year has gone off and now composted to make room for- other things in […]
Gas Price Surge… Was it justified?
Gas Price Surge… Was it justified? By Robert Mckenzie, MyUtilityGenius Energy Consultant The start of this week saw a perfect storm of gas price drivers; triggering a surge in the gas price on both Monday and Tuesday this week. Prices reached levels not seen since 2013, but how did this happen? On Monday news broke […]
Centrica Curse: Fix The Big 6
Centrica and the Big 6 in Hot Water Along with a mass exodus of 823,000 customers, Centrica announced a profit warning during an environment where £1.4 BILLION was wiped from its value since the British Gas’s price hike announcement in June. Last week N-power and SSE decided that they would fare better in the energy […]
Is the Npower-SSE merger a solution looking for the wrong problem?
“Npower-SSE, Watch out for that ICEBERG” With the mud yet to settle on the proposed merger of npower-SSE’s retail division it might be a bit early to prognosticate on the likely success or failure of the proposition; but it’s worth having a stab and encouraging some debate on the matter. Before we do that it […]
Lifehacks: Peanut butter, a ? & Kitchen Roll
Lifehacks- What could be better than that feeling when you use a clever trick to outsmart life’s cheeky little curve balls? Like losing the plot when you can’t shake the hiccups… The Longest hiccup attacked lasted for 68 years! No need to hold your breath, down a liter of water or […]
SSE – Npower Merger- How do you like them apples?
SSE – Npower Merger- How do you like them apples? Last night news broke that SSE and owners of Npower agreed on a £7 billion mega merger. The two “big six” companies who currently supply energy to 12.5 million customers combined are looking to control 22.5% of the UK domestic energy market. This would make them […]
British Gas Price Hike 5.5%
British Gas Price Hike with 5.5% increase… Again! British gas go for a hike again! 4.1 Million British Gas Customers on their SVT and default tariffs will now face an additional 5.5% increase, following a 12.5% price hike that went into effect 6 months ago. British Gas customers are paying more than EVER […]
Gas Price Surge… Was it justified?
Gas Price Surge… Was it justified? By Robert Mckenzie, MyUtilityGenius Energy Consultant The start of this week saw a perfect storm of gas price drivers; triggering a surge in the gas price on both Monday and Tuesday this week. Prices reached levels not seen since 2013, but how did this happen? On Monday news broke […]
SSE – Npower Merger- How do you like them apples?
SSE – Npower Merger- How do you like them apples? Last night news broke that SSE and owners of Npower agreed on a £7 billion mega merger. The two “big six” companies who currently supply energy to 12.5 million customers combined are looking to control 22.5% of the UK domestic energy market. This would make them […]
Busting a cap on prices May kill cheap energy tariffs
Busting a cap energy prices could kill cheap tariffs By Stephen Kakouris Re Cap- Prime Minister Theresa May delivered a speech earlier this week that may well become infamous due to a series of unfortunate events. From the persistent cough that led to her losing her voice; interruptions from awkward pranksters in the crowd (not just […]
This Week in Energy News- February 5th 2017
What’s been in the Energy News this week? Well the whole nation was shocked by a certain charity scandal, yet another energy giant is dropping their prices this week and, if you are really interested in getting into Energy, Bristol City Council is offering grants of £10,000 to get into community projects. This week has […]
The Week in Energy
Welcome to the first Week in Energy review, My Utility Genius’s weekly blog dedicated to reviewing the past weeks hottest consumer energy topics in the UK. This week, like any other, has been very busy for us at My Utility Genius HQ, with projects, plans & schedules whilst at the same time fighting with fluctuations […]
Blink and it’s gone – The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is Scrapped
The Green Deal – will not be back by popular demand; the curtains have been drawn on its final performance with no encore or tribute band lining up to play the coalition’s a one hit wonder energy policy. The Green Deal seemed to be trending for one day on twitter however, but only to highlight […]
Will a Grexit affect my Energy Prices?
This week has been a busy week in the UK Energy industry, what with the CMA report being published on Tuesday, problems in China’s manufacturing sector and of course much talk of an Inevitable Greek exit from the Euro zone looking more likely. My Utility Genius has been asking how this week’s events will affect […]
The Latest CMA report into the UK’s Energy Industry is in!
We here at My Utility Genius have been telling customers for years they could be saving in excess of £160 per year by simply switching their energy tariff. Today the Competition and Markets Authority released its report into the Energy Markets on the back of the worrying rapid price increases over the past several years. […]
5.1 million Prepayment Meter customers are paying an average of £266 more than regular energy customers
A new report released today by Citizens Advice has shown that energy users on a prepayment meter are paying far more than what they should, with the average prepayment customer paying £266 more than they should than if they were upon the cheapest fixed price tariff. Around 5.9 million UK homes who have a prepayment meter […]