Rough earned Centrica around £57m in the first half of this year. The company still won't refill it without government backing, and won't seek to extend its licence beyond April 2027. Storage buffers shouldn't depend on whether it makes enough profit for one private company in a given year. [1/2]

💰️ It's profit season 💰️ 💡 Scottish Power owner Iberdrola made £1.6 billion in profits (EBITA) in the first half of 2026, largely thanks to its role in the UK energy networks. 👱‍♀️ That means in the time it would take you to dry or straighten your hair, Iberdrola would make around £180,000. (1/2)

🗣️Domestic heating oil prices have risen sharply in recent weeks, another reminder of how exposed off-gas grid homes are to volatile global markets In one example sent to the EFPC a consumer in Somerset paid 64.82 pence/litre on the 1st July, they are now being asked to pay 91.66 pence/litre [1/3]

🚨Wildfires in Scotland, England, Wales, France and Spain caused by extreme heat. 🏥 Over 2,700 heat deaths in England and Wales this year. 💷 Homes that people can’t afford to keep cool during heatwaves. #EndFuelPoverty #Wildfire [1/2]

🚨Centrica's group operating profit stands at £497 million for the first 6 months of 2026. 🟧Yet a three-year Ofgem investigation found British Gas broke the rules when it installed prepayment meters without customers' consent. [1/3]

💰️ It's profit season. 💰️ 📈 T️oday, Centrica announced operating profits of £497 million for the first six months of this year. 📱 That means that in the time it takes you to charge your phone for an hour, the energy giant will make a hefty £113,000.

📈Centrica has posted a further £497 million to its adjusted profits, taking the total made by British Gas and its successor company since privatisation in 1986 to more than £56 billion. #EndFuelPoverty #EnergyBills [1/5]

Wholesale gas and electricity prices have surged again since the US-Iran ceasefire collapsed on 9th July, wiping out any benefit from October's VAT cut for homes heated with gas before it's even introduced. [1/3]

💰️ It's profit season. 💰️ 📈 Today, Equinor, the largest supplier of gas to Britain, announced adjusted earnings before tax of £8.58 billion in Q2 of 2026. 🛀 That means that in the 20 minutes it would take you to run a bath, the Norwegian state-owned gas giant would rake in approx £1.3 million. (1/3)

Removing VAT from domestic electricity bills is a welcome first step and will reduce bills for many households, but the actual saving depends on how much electricity each home uses. It could also be wiped out by rising gas prices caused by renewed tension in the Middle East. #AndyBurnham [1/4]

🗣️Andy Burnham takes office as Prime Minister today with millions of households still paying an unaffordable share of their income on energy. [1/5]

🔴While the UK swelters through dangerous, climate-driven heat, reports say Andy Burnham could be backing more North Sea oil and gas. [1/3]

🗣️Trump says the US will "knock out all their power plants" and "all their bridges" in Iran next week unless there's a deal. Whatever happens next in that negotiation, UK households already know the ending. Wholesale gas is back to pre-ceasefire levels. [1/3]

🚨More than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes in England and Wales this May and June, the warmest June on record. [1/3]

🗣️ "If it's really cold, they make money. If it's really hot, they make money." Fossil fuel giants don't just make their profits from families turning their heating on in winter. They profit from the excess energy households use to try and cool their homes in summer, too. #EnergyBills #Heatwave

🗣️ "We're probably the warmest house on the block..." Almost half of UK adults in a tough financial situation have been left feeling unwell due to the heatwaves. As summers get hotter + energy bills get higher, effectively + affordably cooling down homes is becoming impossible for millions. (1/2)

🌇 "If I'm being honest, it's been a lot..." 15 million+ people in the UK have been unwell over the past month due to the heatwaves. The same people who struggle with cold homes in winter are dealing with poor ventilation in the summer. Many can't afford to run a fan or use air conditioning.

🚨 Ceasefire at risk 📈 Oil and gas prices spike ⬆️ Bills go up again Every lurch in fossil fuel prices lands in the same place, the bills of households who did nothing to cause it and can't escape it. [1/3]

🔸 44% of disabled people were left unwell during June's UK heatwave 🔸 55% of disabled people couldn't sleep as temperatures reached scorching highs 🔸 Almost 1 in 5 disabled people cannot afford to cool their homes during the heatwaves (2/4) Read more: www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/15-million-a...

☀️ Feeling the heat? You're not alone. Our research reveals that disabled people are disproportionately affected by the UK's heatwaves. 🫠 More than 4 in 10 people with a disability were left unwell during June's sweltering heat, and will likely be struggling during the current heatwave too. (1/4)

🗣️The people hit hardest by cold homes in winter are the same people being made unwell by hot homes in summer. 🔊 Listen to EFPC Spokesperson Simon Francis on LBC News this morning with Simon Conway

🗣️15.2 million people in the UK felt unwell because of the heat last month. For people already struggling financially, that risk was nearly double. Almost half of those in financial hardship were made ill by the heat, compared to just over a quarter of adults overall. [1/2]

🗣️Heat your home with oil? From 21 July, a £9,000 government grant opens to help you switch to a heat pump, up from £7,500. Real support that can help protect against future price spikes, but there is a lot more work to do to help off-gas grid homes. Find out more: cleanenergy.campaign.gov.uk

🗣️Energy firms made over £3bn in profits from UK operations in just three months. That windfall is potentially benefiting CEOs, non-exec directors and even some peers in the House of Lords, while households face a 13% rise in the price cap. Read more: www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/lords-see-va...

🔘The Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) is switching off, the signal that's controlled heating tariffs for hundreds of thousands of households, disproportionately rural and disproportionately older residents on electric storage heating. [1/3]

🗣️While households across the UK face the 13% price cap rise, some members of the House of Lords have seen their oil and gas shareholdings grow. The very people responsible for scrutinising energy laws are potentially profiting from the crisis it has failed to prevent. [1/3]

👉️ Only boosting energy efficiency & speeding up our move renewables can help bring down energy bills. 👉️ Every year we delay the transition to clean energy, households will pay the price, and oil & gas giants will benefit. #PriceCap #EnergyBills

👉️ This is the second major energy price shock of the decade & bills are now 79% higher than winter 2020. 👉️ More drilling in the North Sea won't bring down prices. 👉️ Only the oil & gas industry benefit from our current energy system: energy companies posted £26bn in global profits in Q1 of 2026.

👉️ The price increase is almost entirely down to the cost of gas. 👉️ The rise in gas prices is a direct consequence of the disruption to global energy markets, triggered by the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. 👉️ The UK's reliance on oil and gas leaves the UK vulnerable to these global price shocks.

💡 Today, 1 July, the energy price cap increases. This will add £221 to the average household energy bill and push millions further into energy debt, while the energy industry profits. Lets lay out why this is happening 👇️