Where to Start news from 2025
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- December 2025
North East Mayor launches free energy advice service for the region
North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has launched North East Warm Homes, a free energy advice service funded by the North East Combined Authority as part of a £4m initiative.
- October 2025
Low Carbon Hub publishes Your Home Retrofit Guide
Low Carbon Hub has published a free plain-English guide to home retrofit, covering quick wins, planning, funding and local support for households in Oxfordshire and beyond.
CSE launches Energy Choices Tool
The Centre for Sustainable Energy has launched the Energy Choices Tool, a website giving independent advice on smart energy options tailored to individual circumstances, funded by two electricity distribution networks.
- September 2025
FMB publishes homeowner guide to creating an energy efficient home
The Federation of Master Builders has published a homeowner guide to energy efficiency, advising that work starts with the fabric of the home and follows a whole house retrofit approach.
SSEN begins real-world trials of Electricity Supply Checker
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has begun real-world customer trials of an Electricity Supply Checker in Swindon and South Oxfordshire, telling households whether their connection can support heat pumps and EV chargers.
- August 2025
ECIU analysis finds poorly insulated homes £570 worse off under price cap
Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit finds homes rated EPC Band F pay £570 more a year than Band C homes under October 2025 price cap prices, with around half a million homes affected.
Welsh Government budgets £35 million for Nest scheme this financial year
The Welsh Government has budgeted £35 million this financial year for the Warm Homes Nest scheme, published alongside figures showing 340,000 Welsh households in fuel poverty in October 2024.
- February 2025
NEA polling finds 49% of GB adults expect to ration energy
National Energy Action polling with YouGov finds 49% of GB adults expect to ration energy, as Ofgem raises the price cap 6.4% to £1,849 a year for a typical household from 1 April.
- January 2025
Nest publishes 2023-24 annual report
Nest has published its 2023-24 annual report, showing 4,816 Welsh households received home energy improvement packages and 12,809 received free energy saving advice.
ivie publishes its Ultimate Energy Saving Guide
ivie has published a free PDF energy saving guide covering savings room by room, home efficiency basics and a list of energy saving products, aimed at UK households facing high bills.