Storage heaters mean you can take advantage of lower off-peak electricity rates to heat your home. They are part of an electric heating system and you'll need a time-of-use tariff (such as Economy 7 ...

The Johnson government seems to have been persuaded that heat pumps are our principal, or perhaps only, recourse for electric domestic heating in order to replace gas boilers (“Households in line to ...

You probably don’t need us to tell you that it’s hard to sleep during the winter months. When temperatures drop, that winter chill often makes it into your home and into your bedroom, stunting your ...

Economy 7 accounts work with a type of ‘differential’, ‘time of use’, or ‘multi-rate’ energy meter that charges you different rates for electricity during the day and during the night. Rates are more ...

Like it or not, time-of-day electricity prices are here to stay. And having to pay more for power during peak periods means higher electric heating bills because most household heating happens when ...

A son fears his elderly parents could freeze to death this winter unless he pays £1,200 for new radiators. Simon Maughan, 56, claims his 89-year-old parents were conned into accepting night-storage ...

Economy 7 tariffs became more common in the 1960s and 1970s when storage heaters grew in popularity About 2.5 million households in Britain have seen their annual energy bill go up by an average of ...

The privately-owned electrical group Glen Dimplex has extended its operations to the Far East through a manufacturing joint venture with two Chinese companies. Glen Dimplex has also bought a minority ...