It's impossible to spark a refund out of Scottish Power

(We note that complaints logged indicate there were 167,916 in 26 days: that's nearly 6,500 per day!) I have also contacted the energy ombudsman. NM, Charente Maritime, France Our postbag shows that it seems to be getting more and more difficult to get ...

Anger at potholes outside Eric Liddell centre

Utility works by Scottish Power have left a dint in the Morningside asphalt – eroding the divide between the road and pavement. Bob Rendall, chief executive of the Eric Liddell Centre, said buggy-pushing mothers were being forced to dodge the hole ...

An independent Scotland could affect some Spanish Iberdrola’s assets

Maybe Spaniards should pay more attention to polls on next Scotland' independency referendum, not only because it will serve as a refererence for Catalonia aims of leaving Spain, but also because Scottish people's voting intention could affect first ...

River Be Dammed

The $60 million ladder took four years to design ... various government agencies and non-governmental groups formed to study options for the dam in the 1990s, but Scottish Power bought PacifiCorp in 1999 and “they refused to go along with ...

ScottishPower rejects post-indy break-up claim by Spanish paper

SCOTTISHPower has dismissed warnings it may have to sell off part of the company in the event of Scottish independence. The energy giant sought to calm nerves last night after a Madrid newspaper claimed its Spanish-based parent company Iberdrola might face ...

West of Duddon Sands wind farm begin generating clean energy

A wind farm in the Irish Sea has begun generating clean electricity, in what represents the first major step towards the full commissioning of the 108-turbine array. Blades started turning on the first four turbines on Tuesday at the West of ...

‘Power lines cannot go underground’

SCOTTISH Power has rejected calls to bury a proposed power line because the cost outweighed the benefit, a planning inspector has heard. The latest stage of the conjoined public inquiry into five separate windfarms and a pylon route reopened in Welshpool ...

Formula One Technology Used to Make Scottish Power Grids More Resilient

The same source details that, presently, Fair Isle uses a combination of wind turbines and diesel generators to have its power demand met. The flywheel technology will work by smoothing the power coming from wind farms, and inject stored energy into the ...

The best energy companies you've never heard of

An annual survey by consumer campaigners Which? revealed the best and worst energy companies for customer satisfaction, but the results may be unfamiliar to the vast majority of British energy customers. The top five energy companies for ...

Third of Scots 'confused' about who to call in power cut

More than a third of Scots are confused about who to contact first in the event of a power cut, according to research published by Scottish Power. A total of 36% said they would contact the company which sends them their electricity bill ...

Best and worst energy firms for customer satisfaction

Good Energy and Ecotricity, independent small suppliers, each scored 82pc for shared first ... The company blamed the switch to a new billing system. The analysis is complied with data from the Citizens Advice service, the energy ombudsman ...

Customer satisfaction with energy firms falls to new low

British Gas and Npower both fall below the industry average of ... we will maintain the same staff-to-customer ratio as we grow, because excellent customer service remains our key focus.” Last week, figures from Consumer Futures showed Npower ...

Questions of Cash: Scottish Power owed me money but I couldn't get the message through

Out of pocket on car sale after auto trader ad mix-up Q . I put my car up for sale in Auto Trader. It should have been listed as a Volkswagen Golf V5, but instead the website generated a listing for a Golf Sport TDI DPF Diesel. I did not choose this.

Network fault leaves houses without electricity

A spokesperson for Scottish Power said: “We received eight calls from the area last night at around 8.35pm. “What we have found is a fault in the overhead network which caused flickering lights in the area. “We had to take in the region of 100 ...

Scottish Power launches power cut awareness drive

Scottish Power has launched a public information campaign after a YouGov survey found 46 per cent of people are not prepared for a power cut. Scottish Power launches power cut awareness drive HomeServe faces £49 million fine for mis-selling Scotland to ...

Energy price cuts still leave 'big six' too expensive

"Consumers shouldn't hang around - fix to these competitive rates now." In October last year ... tariffs now are guaranteed to pay a fixed price for each unit of energy they use per month - for the duration of the fixed term, as opposed to ...

Offshore wind builders to cut more projects in world's top market

These include Dogger Bank Tranche D, located 240 kilometres offshore and Hornsea Heron Wind and Hornsea Njord, 130 kilometres out to sea. The allocated sites open new territories further out to sea, ones which have not previously been assessed ...

Npower, SSE and Scottish Power price cut: What is your energy supplier doing?

It increased its prices by 8.3% from 15 November - adding £106 on to bills. Scottish Power: Earlier this week Scottish Power announced it will reduce dual fuel prices by 3.3% from 31 January. It initially announced an 8.6% rise from 6 December - adding £ ...

Minimum Alcohol Pricing: Criticism Over U-Turn

Energy firm Scottish Power is to reduce dual-fuel prices by 3.3% from January 31, as it passes on savings from the Government's green levy shake-up. Co-Op: Regulator Stands By Flowers Decision A senior City regulator has told MPs he stands by his decision ...

Scottish Power repairs cause lane closure on Runcorn's Weston Point Expressway (From Runcorn and Widnes World)

LANE closures on the Weston Point Expressway in Runcorn are continuing today. Scottish Power is repairing its network on the A557 Weston Point Expressway near M56 Junction 12. The work started last night. The nearside lane from Weston Link towards the M56 ...