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
Fuel poverty is on the rise. We urgently need to fix our broken energy system.
Our story
FPA 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.
Means Testing: The Problem
With cuts to vital lifelines like the winter fuel payment, FPA co-founder Ruth London dives into means testing’s inherent flaws.
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: Energy For All Petition Hand-in
Energy For All Petition Hand-in
On October 1st 2024, the day our energy bills went up AGAIN, we delivered the Energy For All petition, signed by over 662,500 of you, to the door of Number 10. Meanwhile, Fuel Poverty Action members across the country went on the radio and social media to spread the word about Energy For All. On […]
Read article: The problem with means testing
The problem with means testing
No one can say it’s ok for thousands of people to die every year from fuel poverty. But lots of people say that instead of Energy For All, the government should subsidise energy prices for people on low incomes. They say this would target help where it is needed most, on people without the means […]
Read article: FPA release 2024 Annual Report
FPA release 2024 Annual Report
Our Annual Report for 2023-24 is out now! The last year saw important wins for fuel poverty campaigners, with ongoing campaign actions such as ‘warm-ups’ (occupying local buildings together to keep warm) helping to secure a partial ban on forced installations of prepayment meters. But it also saw fresh cruelty from the political class, with […]
