Ending Fuel Poverty

Fuel poverty is a political choice. It’s time to put people before profit to deliver affordable, clean energy for all for life’s essentials.

No one should have to live in fuel poverty

Everyone should have enough energy to cover the basics

In twenty-first century Britain, most of us expect to have light and power at the switch of a button, and to be able to cook and heat our homes without having to go out every day to search for fuel.

We are privileged to live in a place and time where this is the case.

Yet every day, Fuel Poverty Action hears from people who cannot meet their basic energy needs.

We don’t see why the system should remain so unfair and destructive. 

That’s why we are campaigning for energy justice on many levels. We  propose solutions to the waste, pollution, misery, and injustice built into how energy is supplied.

  • Every year thousands of people get sick or die because they can’t keep warm
  • Millions of households are in debt due to unaffordable energy bills
  • People are still having their homes broken into by energy companies to install prepayment meters without consent
  • Energy bills in electric-only homes are up to four times more expensive than for those on the gas grid – despite the fact that renewable electricity costs four times LESS than gas to produce
  • We are charged a higher price per unit of electricity the less we use, penalising those who are low users for economic or environmental reasons.
  • Tariffs for charging electric cars are cheaper than tariffs for low-income people who want to charge a storage heater overnight
  • Many people living with (often faulty) district heating networks can have huge bills built into their rent over which they have no control
  • Private companies are profiteering at every stage of the energy system, from generation through distribution to supply
  • The energy regulator, Ofgem, protects the interests of private companies, not consumers
  • Decades since we understood about climate change, and had the technology to decarbonise electricity, we are still reliant on burning dirty, polluting, expensive fossil fuels 
  • UK housing is some of the worst in Northern Europe, the schemes to upgrade it have been mismanaged and slow, and homes are still being built that are not energy efficient
  • Global firms are being invited RIGHT NOW to buy up our renewable energy infrastructure, guaranteeing high energy bills for years to come
  • The Government is investing billions of pounds in expensive false solutions like nuclear power, hydrogen and carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)

News and updates

Dozens of campaigners gather at an action. Children draw fish in chalk on the pavement, while demonstrators hold banners reading "Equinor Out", "Whales not oil", "Equinor profits, our loss", "Orcas against oil". Cardboard whales and jellyfish umbrellas decorate the scene Read article: Why Rosebank Is a Disaster for Energy Bills, the Public Purse and the Climate

Why Rosebank Is a Disaster for Energy Bills, the Public Purse and the Climate

Developing a new massive, polluting oil field would do nothing to lower our energy bills or boost our energy supplies, explains Lauren MacDonald.

Instead, the UK taxpayer will bear most of the costs, benefiting Norway’s oil fund – a bad deal for the country.

FPA member Joe stands outside DESNZ raising their fist, next to a giant prop of a prepayment meter. Placards read "Ban Forced PPMs" and "Energy for All" Read article: Compensation for forced prepayment meter victims announced!

Compensation for forced prepayment meter victims announced!

Victims of forced prepayment meter installations will receive compensation, after campaign pressure. Stu considers how we got here and what needs to happen next.

XR banners on a wall of scaffolding say "DAN SAYS IT'S DESPERATE" and "CLIMATE CRIME SCENE", along with a small Energy For All banner. 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.

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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!