The energy blog.

What is actually happening to your bill, in plain English. Written by someone who used to trade this stuff for a living.

• You pay 55p a day before you use a single thing.
  Bills · 2026-07-14
• Last week, electricity prices went below zero.
  Tariffs · 2026-07-14
• The organisation that runs the grid got a new name.
  Energy Policy · 2026-07-14
• The wind stopped blowing. Your bill felt it.
  Renewables · 2026-07-14
• UK gas storage is 36% full. That is not great.
  Storage & Supply · 2026-07-14
• The energy cap is falling. By 32p a day.
  Bills · 2026-07-14
• Qatar switched off its gas. Europe noticed immediately.
  Gas Markets · 2026-07-14
• You can't stop a war. You can stop paying for one.
  Markets · 2026-07-14
• A group of major countries released 400 million barrels. Prices went up anyway.
  Global Markets · 2026-07-14
• Gas prices are falling. Quietly celebrate.
  Markets · 2026-07-14
• A man posts on his phone. Your bill goes up.
  Markets · 2026-07-14
• Bills Down Today. Up Again In July. Happy April Fools.
  Bills · 2026-07-14
• The July price cap is being set right now. Using today's prices.
  Markets · 2026-07-14
• Your smart meter is already watching. Here is how to make it pay.
  Bills · 2026-07-14
• A smart tariff that requires you to be smarter than the tariff.
  Bills · 2026-07-14
• Happy New Year! Your energy bill has gone up. By £3.
  Bills · 2026-07-14
• Trump threatened to destroy a civilisation. Your bill is still going up.
  Markets · 2026-07-14
• Wind gave us 6%. France turned its nuclear down.
  Grid · 2026-07-13
• A summer margin notice. And a 26 minute wobble.
  Grid · 2026-07-09
• Third heatwave of the summer. The grid is getting tired.
  Grid · 2026-07-06
• The cap went up yesterday. Lunchtime is still nearly free.
  Bills · 2026-07-02
• Two days until the cap rises. Here is what actually helps.
  Bills · 2026-06-29
• Solar broke 16GW for the first time. It cooled the country for free.
  Solar · 2026-06-25
• Britain quietly passed 20 gigawatts of solar.
  Solar · 2026-06-22
• Britain built the power stations. It forgot the batteries.
  Grid · 2026-06-18
• Nine hours below zero. Minus £25 a megawatt hour.
  Markets · 2026-06-15
• Negative prices are back. And they are getting less rare.
  Markets · 2026-06-11
• 22 million accounts will feel nothing. That is not always good news.
  Tariffs · 2026-06-08
• Your gas went up 24%. Your electricity went up 5%.
  Bills · 2026-06-04
• A heatwave made electricity free. We mostly slept through it.
  Markets · 2026-06-01
• The cap is going up 13%. Gas is doing the damage.
  Bills · 2026-05-28
• We paid one and a half billion pounds to switch wind farms off.
  Grid · 2026-05-25
• The grid will now pay you to use more electricity.
  Flexibility · 2026-05-21
• Five parties. Five numbers. One bill. Here is the maths.
  Politics · 2026-05-18