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Nearly all participants in the study reported reduced levels of worry about their energy bills following an 'enhanced' installation of their smart meter(s) and follow-up advice

For vulnerable people to get the most out of smart meters, extra support is needed

28 September 2018

New grant offers £20k for energy advice initiatives scheme

26 September 2018

Lorna Wilcox: "People are being punished for being loyal customers"

Tariff search helped client to save over £1,000 in energy bills

25 September 2018

Extra funding for Warm & Safe Wiltshire

Distribution network operators (DNOs) are obliged to support vulnerable energy customers through services such as the Priority Services Register.

Scottish electricity network companies need to do more to support vulnerable consumers

The Warm Home Discount (WHD) is a government scheme whereby all except the smallest energy suppliers are required to give an annual rebate to customers on low incomes.

Just one week to apply for Utilita's Warm Home Discount

The government's 2015 fuel poverty strategy, 'Cutting the Cost of Keeping Warm' specifies that as many homes as is reasonably practicable acheive an energy performance rating of 'C' or above.

Finding the sweet spot: effectively aligning household energy policies

Energise Barnsley has installed solar panels on over 300 council owned homes, 75% of whose tenants are elderly and a quarter of which have pre-payment meters.

We can do more to make community energy more mainstream

NICE guidelines exist for tackling ill health due to cold homes

Evaluating the impact of Citizens Advice's Winter Resilience pilot

CSE to host the next Fuel Poverty Research Network meet up

Plymouth Energy Community's solar field is a great example of the potential that community energy projects have.

Bridgend Energy Challenge is searching for a local energy group

15 February 2018

Independent consumer judges voting for innovative projects and ideas to help vulnerable customers.

CSE projects awarded in report highlighting industry best practice

5 February 2018

"As long as this loophole is open, the hardest to heat homes in the UK will be left uninsulated"

CSE supports campaign to close cold homes loophole

18 October 2017

25,000 families in Bristol will feel the cold at home this winter

'No one should suffer a cold home'

13 October 2017

The event will show how smart meters have been used to give better energy advice to vulnerable households

Workshop: benefits of smart energy technologies for vulnerable households

19 September 2017

The Unitarian Meeting Hall in Brunswick Square

WHAM launch event, 10 October

13 September 2017

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