Households across the country have seen a combined £1.2 billion added to energy bills thanks to 42 price rises in the six months since the Government's flagship price cap was supposed to end rip-off bills, new research has found.
Energy firms are among leading businesses urging the Government to do everything it can to ensure the UK holds key international climate talks in 2020.
Overall satisfaction with energy suppliers has fallen for the second year running after customers were battered by price rises and nine small firms collapsed, according to a survey.
The Big Six energy suppliers have seen profits fall for the first time since 2014 as customers flock to smaller competitors, but more than half of households remain on poor-value default deals, the regulator said.
The new CEO of Scottish Power has described the idea of building wind farms that are subsidy-free as "bonkers" during a panel debate with other industry leaders.
Energy supplier Scottish Power has today announced the appointment of chief executive officer Keith Anderson and Lindsay McQuade as chief corporate officer of Scottish Power Renewables.
The Big Six energy companies have all ranked in the bottom 10 of an annual customer satisfaction survey as consumers turned to medium and small suppliers.
Npower, Scottish Power and First Utility have fared worst in a bi-annual survey of customer service to record the highest proportion by far of “very dissatisfied” complainants.