The latest energy stories
Market moves, regulator decisions, weather events and practical advice — every story is written for UK households by the Selectra UK team. Page 1 of 4.
Open fireplace: why 90% of your wood heats nothing (and where lighting it is already banned)
Why the heating bill weighs twice as heavily on a pensioner
A pellet stove will not heat without electricity: £53 to £79 of power a year, and it stops at the first power cut
Boiler, radiators, hot water cylinder: what a seller is not allowed to take with them
97% of homes pay full price while the market goes negative: the tariff that pays you to use power
Power cut in your street: why calling your supplier is a waste of time, and the number that works
A sink waste disposal unit: are you actually allowed to plumb it into the sewer?
'That part is not made any more': why your repairer is almost always wrong
Loft insulation: the three first-day mistakes that cost you for years
Fuel prices: the forecourt ten minutes away can be £9 a tank cheaper
Public charging: the same kilowatt hour costs 54p or 92p, and what decides which you pay
Why France sells about 3 times as many heat pumps as the UK
Plug-in hybrid: why the 180 mpg on the showroom label means nothing
Buried supply cable fault: find the cut-out in 30 seconds to know who pays
Wood burner smoking into the room: the open-window test that finds the fault in 30 seconds
Smoke alarm chirping at 3am: why it stops by morning and starts again tonight
Radon: why insulating without ventilating pulls more radioactive gas into your home
The free boiler scheme ends in 85 days: what ECO4 still pays for, and what comes after
Heating oil has more than doubled in a year: £1,007 for 900 litres against £473 last September
Electric car: the cost per mile charging at home versus a diesel
External wall insulation: the law gives you no right to cross the boundary. What you must get first
No Gas Safety Record at check-out: what a landlord can actually take from your deposit
Power to a shed or garden office: why a 40-metre extension lead will never do
Misted-up windscreen: the dashboard button that pushes up your fuel consumption
60 or 70 mph on the motorway: the speed that actually saves you fuel
Selling a house with solar panels: who gets paid for the power generated before completion
Firing up a pellet stove for the season: the order of five jobs that saves cleaning twice
No-driveway EV charging: planning permission scrapped from 21 October, but not in conservation areas
Gas prices: British homes pay less than Germany and Italy. Electricity is where the ranking turns over
