National Energy Action (NEA), the leading fuel poverty charity, has welcomed aspects of today’s Ofgem and Government fuel poverty action plan, but fears the measures announced will prove inadequate in the context of escalating fuel prices and 4.5 million UK households currently suffering fuel poverty.
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National Energy Action (NEA) the leading fuel poverty charity today welcomed the decision by all big six energy suppliers to offer more assistance to their vulnerable customers through social packages but expressed concern at the level of support.
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The UK’s leading fuel poverty charity, National Energy Action (NEA), is urging the Government to come clean about the amount of public money the Government is spending on energy efficiency measures for low-income households and who is footing the bill. | |
Leading fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) has today urged the Government to follow the recommendations of its own advisory group The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG). | |
National Energy Action (NEA) – the leading fuel poverty charity – today welcomed recognition by the Chancellor that more must be done to protect vulnerable households from rising energy prices and unfair gas and electricity tariffs. | |
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) today urged the Government to tackle the injustice of the poor paying more through pre-payment meters with the introduction of a fair social tariff for the vulnerable. | |
Given this Government’s public commitment to meeting its statutory duty in eradicating fuel poverty amongst vulnerable households by 2010, recent rises in energy prices are already causing significant concern. | |
A partnership tackling fuel poverty including National Energy Action, energywatch and National Consumer Council (NCC) have expressed concern that media speculation on fuel poverty vouchers and a possible windfall tax is diverting attention from the urgent need to act on fuel poverty, which now affects more than three million households in England – an increase of 150% since 2004. | |
Energy prices are the single biggest factor in the sharp rise in fuel poverty since the beginning of 2007 and the Chancellor needs to tackle this problem head on now or face Government failure on its fuel poverty targets according to fuel poverty charity National Energy Action’s (NEA) Chief Executive. | |
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pledge additional funds to tackle fuel poverty, after half a million households plunged into fuel poverty following the latest spate of fuel prices hikes.
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After the recent relentless sequence of double-digit price rises this year from five of the Big Six energy providers, Britain’s largest domestic gas and electricity provider is set to announce massive record profits. | |
A fifth energy company has today announced further price rise misery which will hit homes throughout the UK hard this winter. | |
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) has today voiced its deep concern after a further fuel price rise which will hit vulnerable customers hard.
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