Fuel Poverty Action fights fuel poverty and climate destruction
Ending Fuel Poverty
We campaign for energy justice, and propose a solution: Energy For All.
About Fuel Poverty
Our energy system is rigged and fuel poverty is on the rise. But we can fight back.
Our story
Fuel Poverty Action was founded in 2011 with a clear mission: to tackle fuel poverty AND climate destruction.
Ofgem is failing us
Ofgem’s duty is to protect consumers. Instead, it’s protecting healthy profits for energy firms and lining shareholder pockets.
Free energy is possible
Ruth looks at how the absurdity of paying windfarms to turn off shows up the deliberate unfairness of our energy system
The Energy Pricing Revolution
We are all entitled to energy for heating, washing, lighting, cooking, connectivity, and medical needs. Let’s get the money back from the fossil fuel giants who are profiting from our unpayable bills!
What
Energy For All will give every household the essential energy they need to stay safe and well, for free. Higher amounts will be given to those in greater need due to age, health, disability, children or leaky housing. No unfair standing charges or prepayments. Not cut off when money is tight. And leaky homes upgraded.
Why
The UK is a wealthy nation, but millions are suffering from fuel starvation and forced to live in cold damp homes. Existing support is clearly inadequate and being further reduced. We need a real safety net that people don’t fall through. And pricing that is not upside-down, with poorer people forced to pay more per unit than the wealthy.
How
The money needed to give us all energy security can come from the grotesque profits being made by fossil fuel companies enjoying artificially inflated prices. And from higher tariffs for extravagant, wasteful use of energy. Our government is subsidising fossil fuels with millions of pounds every day. Fuel Poverty Action started the Energy For All campaign to end these injustices for good.
Fuel Poverty Voices
We can support your to share your experience of being ripped off by energy companies and failed by the government
Fuel Poverty Action is doing essential work. It is a pleasure volunteering for them and joining the national community
Chris Hay, Consultant Geriatrician and FPA member
Fuel Poverty Updates
Our latest blogs, updates, events, and press releases.
Read article: Understanding the climate crisis
Understanding the climate crisis
The effects of a changing climate are no longer predictions for the future—they’re happening now.
Chia Harrington explores what exactly the climate crisis is, and why we should all care.
Read article: Free energy isn’t a utopian dream – it’s possible now
Free energy isn’t a utopian dream – it’s possible now
Ruth looks at how the scandal of curtailment – paying windfarms to turn off – is just one example of the deeply entrenched, deliberately designed unfairness in our energy system. She tackles the question of how to build a system which works for all of us, not just a wealthy few, and lays the groundwork for a new phase in Fuel Poverty Action’s Energy For All campaign.
Read more about Free energy isn’t a utopian dream – it’s possible now
Read article: Hydrogen as a False Low-Carbon ‘Solution’
Hydrogen as a False Low-Carbon ‘Solution’
The Labour Government’s plans for a low-carbon transition are not fit for purpose. FPA member Lee Towers has put together this factsheet, which outlines what hydrogen is and why it is not an efficient or cheap solution to home heating.
