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The handover marks the end of a 13-year licence for Smart DCC, a subsidiary of Capita, after years of spiralling costs and delays

Chancellor’s ‘new course’ includes a £100 one-off payment, low-carbon upgrade loans and an end to standing charges

Government-backed Warm Home Loans scheme to help households cut energy bills by hundreds of pounds

Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds

Grid operator paying large sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere

Tories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on hold

The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pump

Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government

Savings grow as energy prices in Great Britain rise and cost of panel installation falls, analysis finds

Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will need a mutualised system

Regulator could do us all a favour with clear multi-year forecasts and breakdowns of electricity pricing

National Audit Office says potential benefits are ‘considerable but uncertain’ while risks are ‘immediate and substantial’

Greater working from home and hot summer temperatures believed to be driving increase in ownership

Consumer giveaways may soften the blow from the the war on Iran. But Britain’s vulnerability demands deeper state intervention and a faster transition

As fuel prices soar, millions of people could reduce their electricity costs by installing home storage