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Energy price caps, peaks and troughs

As most people are by now aware, every quarter the energy regulator, Ofgem, updates the energy price cap for the months ahead. This has an effect on how much you pay for the energy you use at home if you are on mains gas or electricity supply. It all sounds fairly straightforward, but there are a few important points to note. Typical! From October, the energy price cap will raise by around £60/year for the typical household… but how much energy does a typical household use,

Renewable energy

Sep 173 min read

EPCs & ME(ES)

Energy Performance Certificates are sort of like those nutritional information boxes on your food, except they’re for your house. They are intended to give a standardised summary of a property’s energy performance so that potential occupants can anticipate how the property will run… but do they do the job? What are they and why do I need one? Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) use a sliding rating scale from ‘A’ (most efficient) to ‘G’ (least efficient) to indicate how mu

Renewable energy

Aug 183 min read

Shining Some Light on Solar Panels

Solar panels, or photovoltaic panels (PVs) have been a growing addition to many UK homes and around 1.6 million households had an array installed as of 2025, with MCS reporting 57,000 small-scale installs in the first half of the year alone. Last season, 55% of our clients expressed interest in solar panels and 49% expressed interest in having batteries to run alongside them, so we felt it was about time to shed some light onto the situation! Solar panels – an overview PVs ge

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Jul 214 min read