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One fifth of customers avoided switching to the big six during February, equating to a net gain by small and mid-tier suppliers of 130,556 switches.
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Ofgem is preparing to unveil how its proposed energy price cap should be designed.
Earlier this week Ofgem announced it will formally ban all energy suppliers from back-billing customers for energy used more than 12 months ago. We asked energy suppliers for their views on the announcement.
Keric Morris asks whether the energy price cap is the final push the industry needs to embrace the new energy future.
Imperial College London (ICL) researchers have urged caution to those basing future energy decisions on “over-optimistic models that predict that the entire system could be run on renewables by the middle of this century.”
Labour has pledged to back efforts to fast-track the government’s energy price cap legislation, which cleared its first parliamentary hurdle yesterday (6 March).
No useful lessons can be drawn from other countries’ experience of implementing price caps, Claire Perry has told the House of Commons.
The utilities sector is one of the most “forward-thinking” for technology adoption, despite public opinion, according to recent research by Fujitsu.
Ofgem is to formally ban gas and electricity suppliers from issuing customers with bills for energy used more than 12 months ago.
In a bid to make the billing process more transparent, Eon will change the way it bills its customers from 19 April onwards.
“Where we have concerns that suppliers are failing their vulnerable customers, we stand ready to take action”
Shell’s former vice president for downstream strategy and portfolio, Colin Cooks, has been appointed chief executive of First Utility.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has called on the public to ‘Be Winter Ready’ and report power cuts by calling the distribution network operator on 105, instead of alerting the supplier.
Renewable energy supplier Good Energy, which has had an advert banned for claiming its electricity contains no carbon dioxide, has said it can sometimes be “difficult to manage simplicity against detail”.
Keith Anderson has been appointed CEO of Scottish Power, an internal promotion from his combined
More than 30 per cent of consumers who switched energy supplier in 2017 did so away from the big six, in favour of small or medium suppliers, new Ofgem figures have revealed.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will assess whether the merger between SSE and Npower could significantly reduce competition in the supply of energy to domestic customers in the UK.
Drax Group has seen a rise in earnings despite the loss of £5 million due a fire at its Yorkshire power station which led to the temporary shut-down of two biomass units.
Not-for-profit Energy provider, Our Power has launched a new “ethical tariff” in the fight against fuel poverty.
Suppliers may face a higher borrowing costs and lower profits as a result of the