Switchcraft analyses the progress made by the London Borough of Harrow in its battle against carbon emissions.
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Harrow has second-lowest number of carbon dioxide emissions in London
Energy price cap to fall in autumn: But it still pays to choose a better deal
Alex Dickson, head of research at Switchcraft, urges customers to switch to a better deal rather than rely on the price cap to save money.
Prepayment plans are ‘financial prison sentence for millions of households’
Auto-switching service Switchcraft claims these deals can lock billpayers into an ‘energy-poverty trap’
Energy firms pay out more than £10m in fines for rule-breaking
Switchcraft, said: “It’s great to see Ofgem on the front foot when it comes to enforcement actions against suppliers.
Brilliant Energy becomes tenth energy firm to fail
Auto-switching site Switchcraft, said that with so many customers moving to suppliers and tariffs they had not chosen “the industry is in crisis and the regulator needs to step in”.
British Gas becomes latest supplier to slap customers with energy price cap rise
Switchcraft, added: “British Gas customers will now see £409.5 million added to their energy bills as a result of the price hike.
‘It’s become so easy to set up an energy firm’: As the bubble bursts, will your supplier be the next to go bust in the challenging year ahead?
Switchcraft, says: ‘There’s a real risk of further bankruptcies. It’s become so easy to set up an energy supplier that many new ones have emerged without a realistic business plan or proper funding.’
Why two investment bankers founded an energy switching startup
That startup idea was Switchcraft, an online service where customers enter their details once and are automatically moved to the best possible energy deal.
Winter likely to finish off some energy firms, analysts say
Andrew Long, founder of another automatic switching site – Switchcraft – said that the cap had already led to a clustering of prices.