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‘Rampant profiteering’: Unite asks Ofgem to cap power distributors’ profits

Exclusive: after UK networks rake in £15.8bn, Sharon Graham says they are holding the public to ransom

The Guardian - UK

Warm Home Discount: How to check if you will get a payment this year

Automatic payments is replacing the first-come first-served scramble of previous years, but you don't need to wait for a letter

Chronicle Live

Octopus Energy, British Gas, E.On and OVO Energy to pay customers up to £100 to reduce their electricity use

Customers are asked to switch the time that they use electricity to off-peak hours during some days when supply is tight

Liverpool Echo

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Ukraine power supplies are under control, no need to panic -ministry

Ukrainian electricity supplies are under control despite a series of Russian attacks on power-generating infrastructure and there is no need to panic, the energy ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters

Struggling family forced to wear head torches at night and use heating once a week as bills double

Chadvar Todorov established the desperate measure of a 'no electricity at home' policy in his family household to save some money.

Daily Record

'We are determined to go on': Escalating Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid have small businesses preparing for a long cold winter

Missile strikes and hours-long blackouts are among their biggest worries as Russia intensifies its attacks—and targets Ukraine's energy grid.

Fortune

First Minister visits Lanarkshire wind farm and applauds renewable energy efforts in plaque unveiling

Nicola Sturgeon visited the Kype Muir Wind Farm near Strathaven this morning.

Daily Record

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Russia-Ukraine war live: Sunak meets Zelenskiy in Kyiv and confirms UK’s ‘continued support’ – as it happened

UK prime minister makes first visit to Ukraine since taking power

The Guardian - AU

'We survived': Kherson comes alive after Russian withdrawal

Residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson can't escape reminders of the terrifying eight months they spent under Russian occupation: missing people, mines everywhere, a scarcity of electricity and water, and explosions day and night as Russian and Ukrainian forces keep battling

The Independent UK

Texas energy officials’ proposal to overhaul the power grid is drawing skepticism

In the wake of the deadly 2021 winter storm, the Texas Legislature ordered an overhaul of the state’s power market to prevent future widespread blackouts. But some senators aren’t fans of the main option on the table.

The Texas Tribune

BCG Economy and Apec: Just empty rhetoric?

The Apec Leaders' Summit in Bangkok this week includes an agreement to work toward the "Bangkok Goals" on Bio-economy, Circular Economy and Green (BCG) Economy beyond national borders. Many have raised the question of whether the Thai government, as host to the summit, genuinely aims to push forward this goal.…

Bangkok Post

France's energy mix in turmoil

Rising gas and oil prices have plunged Europe into its worst energy crisis in decades. France has been hit hard, but perhaps not for the reasons you would expect. Nuclear and hydroelectric power, the country's main sources of electricity, are both running out of steam. Has the French energy mix…

France 24

Energy Crisis: What Do Your Major Appliances Cost to Run?

We detail the running costs of major appliances during the on-going energy crisis…

Evening Standard

Family wear £8 smart torches to save money on soaring electricity bills

Soaring electricity bills have caused one family to get creative with cutting costs

Manchester Evening News

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Daily Mirror

'My daughter keeps wasting electricity - I'm tempted to kick her out my house'

A woman has taken to Reddit to seek advice after planning to kick her daughter out of her house because she kept leaving lights and appliances switched on

Evening Standard

Best home energy monitors so you can stay on top of your electricity use

Another tool in the arsenal to help you lower your energy bills this winter and beyond

Radio France Internationale

France's electricity grid warns it will strain to deliver this winter

The French electricity grid operator has warned of a high risk of network strain due to ongoing nuclear power plant outages, which could see businesses and households forced to curb usage to avoid outright power cuts.

The Independent UK

Russian strikes force Ukraine to face hours-long power cuts

Ukraine’s electricity grid operator is warning of hours-long power outages as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with renewed artillery and missile attacks that have interrupted supply to as much as 40% of the population at the onset of winter

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The Guardian - UK

‘Biggest challenge of my life’: Kherson’s leaders toil to turn city around

After the euphoria of the Ukrainian city’s recapture, many of its people are living at rock bottom, lacking the basics to survive

Al Jazeera

Blackouts hit 10 million in Ukraine after Russian strikes

Ukraine president says dozens of missiles knocked out electricity to millions as Kremlin blames failure to negotiate.

Daily Record

The cost to run Christmas lights revealed and a trick to cut your electricity bill

A rope light display could cost £510 if put up on December 1 and taken down on December 31.

WEKU

High electricity bill? Ky. utility regulators are looking into that

The Conversation

UK energy windfall tax: what it is and why it needs to change

The UK government has increased its 25% levy on oil and gas companies – the UK energy profits levy – to 35% from January 2023 as part of its November 17 Autumn statement. The scheme has also been extended by two years to March 2028. Combined with a new 45%…

The Independent UK

Wind and solar farms to pay nearly half of windfall profits to Treasury

The windfall tax on renewables, biomass and nuclear power generators will be set at 45%, Jeremy Hunt announced in his autumn statement.

Daily Mirror

'I put heating on ONCE a week and family uses torches to save cash on electric'

Dad Chavdar Todorov wanted his family to cut back on their energy usages when they saw their bill more than double in price to £320 a month. He now forces them to wear head torches to save money

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