Electricity

Prepaid energy customers will have more choice over getting a fixed gas and electricity tariff, as EDF has today announced it'll become the second of the big six energy suppliers to offer one.

If you're aged over 74, you could be entitled to backdated cash from the Government to help cover the cost of energy bills. But you need to be quick, as you'll need to post your claim form by Saturday at the very latest.

Big six energy supplier Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is to freeze household gas and electricity prices until at least January 2016.

Energy companies are charging their most loyal customers up to £90 more than those who have switched to them, according to new figures.

Energy minnow First Utility has undercut its rivals by launching the market's cheapest tariff – but is it worth switching to?

If you've signed up to a fixed price energy tariff in the past few years, your bill could be about to soar as 15 deals are ending soon. But you can beat the hikes – if you act now.

If you've switched energy provider in the last six years, you could be owed a slice of £200 million after energy regulator Ofgem found the big six suppliers guilty of failing to return money to millions of former customers.

The big six energy suppliers will be fined if they fail to meet new rules aimed at helping smaller firms break into the market, the energy regulator says.

Millions of energy customers who pay by direct debit will now get automatic refunds from their supplier, regardless of how much their account is in credit by.

Tens of thousands of homes remain without power after Britain was battered by more treacherous weather conditions and gusts of over 100mph.