A growing number of people in the UK are looking to compare energy tariffs and switch gas and electricity suppliers to find a better deal.
Many mums who work from home are seeing their gas and electricity bills soar.
Which? has called on the government to ensure the Green Deal leads to real savings on energy prices.
Energy supplier Scottish Power has advanced its plans to harness tidal power with the trialling of a new underwater turbine.
Adopting green policies could have people in the UK get cheap energy by reducing the impact of higher prices for fossil fuels.
The government's plans to alter subsidies for people looking to get cheap electricity from solar power have been attacked by the Labour Party.
A greater number of people may have been able to switch energy supplier to find cheap gas in 2012, as fuel poverty levels in the country fell.
The widespread adoption of smart meters to help people get cheap electricity could help deliver a net benefit of £7 billion to the UK's homes and businesses.
Proposed reforms to the UK's electricity market that may result in more people being able to access cheap energy will be the last chance for the coalition to live up to its pledge to be the greenest government ever.
Prime minister David Cameron has heard from critics of the government's Green Deal scheme who say it will fail to meet its objective of cutting carbon and helping people get cheap electricity.