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From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled

Supplier rallies small businesses as critics say overhaul would harm development of clean energy

Poorer households shut out of heat pump market and grants should be increased to speed up rollout, thinktank says

Research finds proposal may also drive up cost of building new windfarms as developers need higher subsidies to offset cost

Millions of devices have been left to go into ‘dumb’ mode, where they stop automatically transmitting readings

Thinktank’s warning follow reports that Labour is considering cuts to budget of company it set up to drive renewable power

There is little middle ground in the battle over zonal pricing – and the energy secretary has only months to settle dispute

Behaviour experts say misinformation shared in media and by other stakeholders is impeding uptake

As the clocks go back, our experts answer queries about gas and electricity use, be it for drying clothes, doing the washing up or sorting the heating

We needed the gas supply cut off so we could install a heat pump to help the environment

Trying to get some redress from green energy installers when things go wrong is a long, hard slog

Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quickly

Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than Ulez

We’d like to hear your questions about domestic gas and electricity use – and we’ll put them to our experts

Industry divided over whether plan to vary electricity cost depending on location could make bills cheaper for all