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A meeting of international Ministers was held last week when Mr Cameron welcomed the investment of £350 million to create 800 jobs in the energy sector, but he says the main challenge is [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/05/david-cameron-speaks-at-the-energy-summit/</link> </item> <item><title>Ofgem staff pocket £1million in bonuses</title> <description><![CDATA[Figures show that the energy regulator has given some staff bonuses in excess of £20,000. Scandal? Fair? Or just a gravy train? The information was revealed after shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint submitted a written request in parliament. In summary: Two people received over £20,000 in 2010. 14 people received £10,000 in 2010 &#8211; 2011. [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/05/ofgem-staff-pocket-1million-in-bonuses/</link> </item> <item><title>Consumers to be told best energy deals</title> <description><![CDATA[Under new rules announced today, the Big Six energy suppliers will have to write to all of their customers once a year informing them if they are on the best type of tariff for their usage. The new rules do not however, mean that the supplier has to inform their customer if there is a [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/04/consumers-to-be-told-best-energy-deals/</link> </item> <item><title>Olympic Games Street Works Embargo</title> <description><![CDATA[New Electricity and Gas Connections will not be possible in certain areas of London in the run up to and during the Olympic Games. Known as the Clearway Project, from now until September, there are no street works allowed on &#8216;key parts&#8217; of the Olympic Route Network (ORN). This will be expanded to cover the [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/04/olympic-games-street-works-embargo/</link> </item> <item><title>Budget 2012: New carbon taxes for businesses?</title> <description><![CDATA[In the budget today, the Chancellor George Osborne announced plans for a new &#8220;alternative environmental tax&#8221;, as a result of reforming or scrapping the Carbon Reduction Commitment. The Carbon Reduction Commitment, also known as the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, is designed to reduce the energy consumptions of the largest businesses in the UK, by placing [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/03/budget-2012-new-carbon-taxes-for-businesses/</link> </item> <item><title>Which? calls for carbon price to be scrapped</title> <description><![CDATA[The consumer watchdog has begun a campaign to get the carbon floor price scrapped, saying that it is nothing but a burden on UK energy consumers and businesses. The program is designed to encourage energy suppliers to generate more from low-carbon technologies, but Which? says that it will add to our bills without really changing [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/03/which-calls-for-carbon-price-to-be-scrapped/</link> </item> <item><title>David Cameron: wind farms &#8221;over subsidised&#8221;</title> <description><![CDATA[In his most vociferous criticism of green energy yet, the Prime Minister has declared that wind farms have been &#8220;over subsidised and wasteful of public money&#8221;. Mr. Cameron plans to cut the subsidies for wind turbine construction, forcing them to be built in an economically viable way. He said during the weekly Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/03/david-cameron-wind-farms-over-subsidised/</link> </item> <item><title>How honest is your business energy broker?</title> <description><![CDATA[There are a multitude of services that Third-party intermediaries (Tpis) offer, and varying ways they obtain clients and earn remuneration. This means that choosing the right Tpi is essential. It is now widely accepted that up to 70% of business energy procurement is facilitated by brokers and Tpis such as ourselves, but there is no [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/02/how-honest-is-your-business-energy-broker/</link> </item> <item><title>Wholesale gas prices rise as Europe freezes</title> <description><![CDATA[Energy suppliers are warning that wholesale gas is being traded at significantly higher prices than it was a fortnight ago. In winter 2012 we rely on imported gas more than ever. This was the main reason given for the recent winter price rises made by all big six suppliers, and it seems foreign imports are [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/02/wholesale-gas-prices-rise-as-europe-freezes/</link> </item> <item><title>Shell announces 54pc profits rise</title> <description><![CDATA[Oil giant Shell has announced bumper profits from 2011, up 54pc from the previous year. The company&#8217;s formula for success is astonishingly simple &#8211; it sold oil at much higher prices, compensating for losses in its other businesses. Oil prices at an average of $109 per barrel, up from $88 per barrel the previous year, [...]]]></description><link>http://utilitiessavings.co.uk/2012/02/shell-announces-54pc-profits-rise/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
