I’ll be honest with you — I’ve never understood the fine detail of my energy bills. They arrive, I’m surprised at how much I’m expected to pay, and then I pay it. Greater transparency on what these bills look like does need to happen.

Today we’ve learned that the government is going to mandate energy providers putting QR codes on energy bills.

The good side of this is that it’s opening up the data from the energy companies to the benefit of the end customers.

The bad side of this is that it’s be...