Clare Casalis

Senior Energy & Utilities Analyst

Clare joined MSE in September 2021 after a career as a chartered accountant. She started out as a writer on MSE's Money team, exploring everything from student loans to pensions, before moving across to the Energy and Utilities team in November 2022.

As Senior Energy and Utilities Analyst, Clare is responsible for the quarterly Price Cap updates to our guides, and the daily updates to our popular Should I fix my energy? guide, which explains if it's worth fixing your energy tariff, as well showing the current energy deals available. Clare also helps out on the Cheap Energy Club.

Clare has written several new guides, including Heat pumps explained, Is solar battery storage worth it?, How to switch your energy and, most recently, Winter Fuel Payments.

Outside of work, Clare's passionate about travel and embarks on global adventures with her family as often as she can (on a budget of course!). She also loves running and yoga to keep a healthy body and mind.

Latest from Clare Casalis

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If you're a Shell Energy broadband and home phone customer, you should urgently check you're not overpaying, as the provider has been fined £1.4 million by the regulator for failing to notify around 65,000 customers that their contracts were ending. The firm has also refunded more than 6,000 customers who were overcharged after being quoted the wrong price in their end-of-contract notifications.

23 November 2023

British Gas to give up to £250 in free credit to some struggling prepayment customers – here's what we know.

British Gas will give thousands of eligible prepayment meter customers up to £250 in free credit to help with continued high energy costs this winter. If you're a British Gas prepayment customer, look out for a letter from the firm offering you help.

14 November 2023

One week left: Disney+ prices to rise in major shake-up – but you could save up to £52 a year if you act NOW

Disney+ will soon raise the price of its existing plan by up to £36 a year. From Wednesday 1 November, the subscription service will also launch two cheaper plans – but they'll have fewer perks and you'll have to watch adverts on one of them. Here's what's changing, plus a trick to beat the hikes and save up to £52 a year.

23 October 2023

EDF Energy will cut bills by £30 for some 260,000 of its customers who get the Government's Warm Home Discount this winter. But with a typical home paying £2,000 a year for energy, the one-off £30 discount is 'not a game-changer', says MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) founder Martin Lewis.

28 September 2023

Most households are on standard energy tariffs right now, with prices controlled by the Energy Price Cap, but deals are starting to return – including Octopus Energy's 'Tracker' tariff, which has relaunched and could be worth switching to. It's not right for everyone, but if you're willing to regularly keep track of daily price changes, it could mean big savings. We've full info below.

25 September 2023

Agile Octopus is a variable tariff where the rates you pay for energy can change half hourly, based on wholesale prices. It's been cheaper than the Price Cap recently – and it even paid customers up to £22 to use electricity in July. It's not right for everyone, but if you use the tariff the right way, it could mean big savings. We've full info below.

25 September 2023

E.on Next's Pledge tariff costs £50 less than the Energy Price Cap.

Many E.on Next customers could make an easy saving on their energy bills over the next year by switching to the firm's 'Pledge' tariff, according to MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis, who shared the tip in a new video briefing today (Thursday 21 September).

24 September 2023

New supplier Fuse Energy launches electricity deal that undercuts the Price Cap.

Brand new app-only supplier Fuse Energy – the first new supplier to enter the market since the start of the energy crisis – has launched an electricity-only tariff that undercuts the Price Cap. Crucially, the Fuse deal has lower standing charges, making it especially attractive for lower users – but there are some potential drawbacks to consider before you switch.

11 September 2023

Government announces £1 billion investment in energy efficient home improvements

Over 400,000 more households could get access to energy efficiency improvements, such as loft or wall insulation, after the Government announced plans to expand the existing Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. We've full info on who's eligible, what's available and how to get it.

7 September 2023

Energy regulator Ofgem has this morning announced the new Energy Price Cap and, as expected, it's set to drop significantly. From Saturday 1 July, it'll fall to £2,074 a year for a typical household, 17% lower than the current Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) level. This means the EPG will fall away and almost everyone's bills will once again be controlled by the Price Cap.

24 August 2023

Virgin Media is being investigated by telecoms regulator Ofcom, after the watchdog received a worrying number of complaints from broadband, home phone and TV customers who said the firm had made it too difficult to cancel their contracts.

12 July 2023

Lycamobile has started switching customers from the O2 network to EE's – here's what you need to know

No-frills mobile operator Lycamobile has surprisingly switched all of its customers from O2's network – which it piggybacked on – to EE's, seemingly without telling them ahead of time. It comes after the company quietly signed a deal with BT Wholesale last week, meaning it will now piggyback off EE's mobile network.

3 July 2023

The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) was introduced on 1 October 2022 to protect households from rocketing prices. However, on 1 July the Price Cap fell below the EPG, meaning for most the EPG no longer applies, as we pay the lower of the two. We take you through what the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) is and what it means for your bills.

30 June 2023

MoneySavingExpert (MSE) founder Martin Lewis has today written to the boss of energy regulator Ofgem urging him to ask all suppliers to publish existing customer-only tariff info, to make it easier for households to understand if a fixed deal is worth switching to.

18 June 2023

Millions of Shell broadband and energy customers could be moved to a new provider in the coming months as the supplier has announced plans to sell these parts of its business following a "strategic review" – though there's no immediate change to your services and you should keep paying your bills as normal.

6 June 2023

EE is to start charging all pay-as-you-go customers to use their mobiles in Europe from today. The change means you'll have to pay to use your mobile data, make voice calls and send texts in 47 European countries and destinations that were previously included in EE's "Roam Like Home" allowance.

5 June 2023