Elderly plan to cut back on heating the home

As winter approaches many consumers – particularly the elderly and those on low incomes – are thinking about how they will be able to afford to heat their homes, with energy bills at sky high levels. It is thought that millions will resort to heating just one room in the home in order to cut back their bills, as energy firms have failed to reduce their prices even thought the price of crude oil has fallen dramatically since the summer, plummeting by almost 50%. Read more

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Estimated energy bills can be inaccurate

Officials from a new consumer watchdog group have expressed concern that many consumers are receiving estimated energy bills that mean somewhere along the line they will end up paying more for their energy usage than they need to, netting the energy films more profit and leaving the consumer even more out of pocket. Read more

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