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New Anglia Energy has proposed a modification to the Balance and Settlement Code (BSC) that would allow consumers to buy and sell energy through multiple parties.
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Ofgem has said it is in “active discussion” with Outfox the Market regarding customer service issues with parent company Foxglove and associated labels.
The Energy Ombudsman has revealed it opened almost 400 investigations into Economy Energy in November, compared to just 112 in January 2018.
More than 200,000 SMETS2 devices have been connected to the DCC's network, energy minister Claire Perry has told parliament.
The regulator has warned that if the company fails to improve its customer service it could result in the revocation of its supplier licence.
Peter Haigh, the managing director of Bristol Energy, has left the council-owned organisation.
Three renewable energy suppliers have been offered a temporary derogation for renewable standard variable tariffs (SVTs) from the default tariff cap.
British Gas has installed six million smart meter devices out of the 13 million smart meters installed by the entire industry.
Ovo Energy has announced it has installed the first widely-available V2G charger at the home of one of its customers.
Eon has confirmed it does not expect “any material effect” on either the timing or delivery of the the major asset swap between itself and RWE following the collapse of the proposed Npower and SSE merger.
The annual progress report on the smart meter programme, published by BEIS in the run up to Christmas, says that more than 176,000 gas and electricity SMETS2 meters were connected to the Data Communications Company’s (DCC) system by the end of November last year.
The government has announced its intention to resume collecting capacity market payments from suppliers during the current standstill period.
The partnership will offer the energy supplier’s 85,000 customers boiler and electrics cover.
Research from auto-switching service Weflip suggests customers have been "left in the dark" over the energy price cap.
The temporary measure, which aims to protect customers on default tariffs, has faced criticism from industry players.
As another year draws to a close, Utility Week reflects on the interesting discussions had with several industry leaders up and down the country throughout 2018.
After an eventful year for utilities, Utility Week looks backs on the most read stories of 2018.
2018 will be remembered for a number of key events in the energy retail sphere, namely the confirmation of the energy price cap and the influx of failing energy suppliers.
There are now just eight energy tariffs on the market that cost less than £1,000 a year, compared to 77 in January 2018, research from Which? reveals.
Npower said it is disappointed by the High Court ruling and has separately called on the regulator to explain what its intentions are for the future of collective switch trials.