Starting next year, some Belgian households currently supplied with lean gas (type L) will switch to rich gas (type H). The operation, named “conversion from L-gas to H-gas”, will begin in 2019 and end in 2029, affecting 1.6 million customers. What impact will it have on energy bills and gas appliances belonging to Belgian households […]

Of all the many commitments made by the Belgian energy pact in 2018, the phasing-out of nuclear power by 2025 is no doubt the measure that causes the strongest feelings. Behind the decision is the European target of obtaining all energy supplies from renewable sources by 2050. A scenario at the heart of the energy […]

Reading your electricity meter enables you to find out your energy consumption in kilowatt-hours by subtracting last year’s reading from this years’. When should you read your meter? How do you read different meter types (standard meter, dual-rate meter or budget meter)? And what’s the point? Answers in this article! When should you read your […]

The news broke this morning: oil giant Total (which had already turned heads by buying the Liège-based 100% green energy company Lampiris) has laid claim to Poweo, the Belgian subsidiary of the French energy supplier Direct Energie. Total’s acquisition of Direct Energie: 1.4 billion euros for a 74% stake A tidy sum: Total’s acquisition of […]

Environmentally aware consumers generally subscribe to green electricity deals. But, this does not mean they are necessarily supplied with renewable energy. Explanations. Respond!