Energy

SSE has cut switching times to 17 days from today, while First Utility has confirmed it will introduce faster energy switching from 10 November ahead of the New Year's Eve deadline given by Ofgem.

MoneySavingExpert.com has today launched what's likely to be the largest collective switch to date and we've negotiated tariffs cheaper than the cheapest energy deals using the power of the 9m recipients of our weekly email and the 1.2m members of Cheap Energy Club.

Energy switching sites sometimes hide the cheapest tariffs, but we don't.

Electricity customers will get a £12 rebate off their next energy bill as a result of Government moves to lower the cost to consumers of green levies.

An extra £100m will be added to the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund to pay for energy saving improvements, the Government announced today, but it is unlikely the cash will be available until November.

More pensioners will be eligible to receive a £140 electricity rebate this winter as part of the Warm Home Discount scheme. But while many will receive the discount automatically, others may need to ask their supplier to get the reduction.

Ovo Energy has topped our poll for customer service for the second time running with more than 80% of its users rating its service as "great". At the other end of the scale, Npower remains last for the third poll running.

Energy regulator Ofgem is launching an investigation into how energy suppliers communicate with customers in debt, following a spate of misleading letters purporting to be from separate debt collection agencies.

Oink has today become the latest provider to join the energy market, but you can get cheaper tariffs elsewhere.

Energy suppliers could be forced to tell customers about cheaper tariffs available from their other brands, following new Ofgem plans.