Songwriter Eliot Kennedy is going to donate proceeds from his new single, ‘This Christmas’, to National Energy Action, with former Take That star Gary Barlow supporting it.

New UK Government data released today highlights 42% of vouchers for customers with older prepayment meters have yet to be redeemed for one of the UK Government flagship schemes to tackle the energy crisis.

After today’s Autumn Statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, many vulnerable people are “now at acute risk of being left out in the cold,” according to fuel poverty charity National Energy Action.

The UK Government is changing the targeting of the Warm Home Discount scheme and National Energy Action is concerned that over 500,000 households across England and Wales who were previously able to receive an electricity rebate will now not be eligible.

NEA NI welcomes the opportunity to respond to the consultation on NIE Networks RP7 Price Control.

NEA welcomes the opportunity to respond to these two consultations on Ofwat’s charging rules and tariff innovation.

We are supportive of the government’s net zero strategy and believe that this can be conducive of growth, as well as improving energy security and affordability for fuel poor households.

On Monday 17 October 2022 the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced that there will be key changes to the Energy Price Guarantee, which capped the unit cost making the average annual energy bill £2,500.

In response to the announcement that the Energy Price Guarantee ends in April, National Energy Action chief executive Adam Scorer said: “In seeking the confidence of markets, the government has created huge uncertainty for households.”