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Smart meters and gas consumption work together by recording how much gas your home uses in half-hourly intervals and sending those readings automatically to your energy supplier, without you needing to submit a manual reading. A smart gas meter measures the same gas you have always used, just with digital recording and remote reporting rather […]

Smart thermostats save energy mainly by heating your home only when it is needed, and the size of the saving depends heavily on how you already run your heating. According to Ofgem’s consumer advice, smart thermostats and heating controls can cut costs by letting heating and hot water come on only when required, rather than […]

British Gas SEG (Smart Export Guarantee) pays you for surplus solar electricity your home exports to the grid, at a headline rate of up to 12p per kWh if your import electricity is with British Gas, or 3p per kWh if it is not. The Smart Export Guarantee is a government-backed scheme launched on 1 […]

OVO vs British Gas boiler cover comes down to price and plan level: as of August 2026, OVO’s boiler and heating cover starts from £14.00 a month, while British Gas boiler and heating cover is published at £22.00 a month with a £60 excess. On the headline monthly figures, OVO’s entry plan is the cheaper […]

British Gas renewable energy comes from a mix of company-owned and contracted generation, and any electricity sold as “renewable” must be backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) certificates under Ofgem rules. For a bill-conscious household on a standard variable tariff, the practical question is whether a green label changes what you pay, and […]

British Gas vs HomeServe comes down to a trade-off between scale and price: British Gas HomeCare uses its own large team of engineers and typically costs more, while HomeServe usually starts cheaper but uses a network of approved local engineers. Both are FCA-regulated insurance products, both include an annual boiler service on most plans, and […]