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Northern Ireland's largest energy supplier, Power NI, is to hike electricity prices by 6.1%, meaning the typical bill for those on its standard tariff will jump by £35/year.

The competition watchdog has called for the prepayment price cap to stay in place after 2020 due to the slow roll-out of smart meters – but customers could pay more under the cap when calculation methods change. 

Small energy firm Avro Energy has been banned from taking on new customers because it hasn't joined the national smart meter network.

Small energy supplier Eversmart Energy has apologised after 1,000 customers were sent an email offering an incentive for leaving a five-star review.

Energy supplier First Utility has been renamed Shell Energy, and customers will now have 100% renewable electricity. 

A 'misleading' radio advert which claimed installing a smart meter could save consumers an average of 354 kilowatt hours (kWh) a year has been banned.

British Gas has broken a much-publicised promise to keep hundreds of thousands of customers off expensive standard tariffs and give them lower bills, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

SSE has become the last of the big six energy firms to hike prices to the maximum allowed under the new cap on standard variable tariffs (SVTs) – hitting customers with an average 10.3% price rise from Monday 1 April.

Millions of British Gas and Scottish Power customers will see their gas and electricity prices rise by more than 10% on average from Monday 1 April – if you're affected, ACT NOW to beat the rise.

Npower has become the third big six supplier to increase its energy prices to the maximum allowed under the new cap on standard variable tariffs (SVTs) – hitting customers with an average 10.3% price rise from Monday 1 April.