Tennis fans who were thrilled with new £250,000 courts say they have been left unable to play on them in the evenings — because the council has not paid an electricity bill... more
Energy analysis: National Grid, Centrica and SSE stand as beacons of British independence. Should shares of these Three Lions be a candidate for every desktop investor's portfolio?... more
National Grid today admitted it is after an electricity and gas delivery monopoly in London as it confirmed it is in the running to make a bid for EDF’s £4 billion power network business ... more
GAS and electricity prices are not coming down this winter and British households should be happy to be getting such good value domestic energy supply ... more
EDF is to power up its coffers to build Britain’s next generation of nuclear reactors by selling its distribution arm delivering electricity around London, the South-East and East Anglia for as much as £4 billion ... more
Energy analysis: The price of wholesale gas, which was last year trading at more than 60p a therm, has fallen sharply and been priced below 20p a therm. Yet there are no signs of a cut in retail prices... more
Energy analysis: The world, and Britain in particular, is running out of gas and having to rely on imports from states with giant reserves but which are politically volatile or happy to manipulate the market... more
Just a day after Europe's biggest wind farm was switched on in Scotland, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) today unveiled plans for an ever bigger wind project in the Shetland Islands.... more
Utilities: The Southern Electric group has been making record profits of more than £100million a month during a year which has seen the highest household energy prices in history... more
Energy: The scramble for the British nuclear industry has intensified as it emerged that another French heavyweight is bidding to build new multi-billion-pound reactors in the UK... more
While the headlines about Citigroup's latest round of bloodletting say 52,000 jobs are being axed, the US bank won't make even half that number redundant... more
Utilities: The Southern Electric group will make profits of more than £900 million this winter as it rakes in the money from huge price rises at the end of the summer... more
Utilities: The Southern Electric household energy group is set to break last year's record £1.22 billion profit despite its claims that high wholesale power and gas prices have been hitting its earnings... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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