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The Energy Ombudsman says the figure almost matches the total for the whole of 2018. Toto Energy is the eighth supplier of 2019 to exit the market.
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The Brighton-based company only recently acquired the customers of Solarplicity. It was also named by Ofgem as owing £4.5 million in renewables obligation (RO) payments.
Decisions on decarbonisation should be made by local communities instead of a “one size fits
Robin Hood Energy was named by Ofgem as one of four suppliers which failed to make its payment on time. The supplier told Utility Week it wanted to set up a monthly payment plan with the regulator.
The head of Gresham House’s New Energy division has told Utility Week that he expects 10GW of battery storage to come online over the next few years and that he sees the potential for his fund to account for at least 1GW of this.
Utility Week spoke to Good Energy founder Juliet Davenport and Ofgem's Mary Starks on the regulator's proposals for tougher checks on suppliers, and why the companies that will be impacted are "either being unscrupulous or just incompetent"
Under new proposals energy retailers would have to pass a test on their fitness to operate at certain customer thresholds, or be banned from taking on more. New measures would also be brought in to minimise the impact of mutualisation. Utility Week looks at the details and gauges reaction.
The forums will allow groups to provide input on public consultations directly to project representatives.
Swedish firm Eliq and Bristol Energy are developing technology to improve its app and provide an energy advisory service. The funding awarded is part of BEIS' £6.25m SENS competition.
The UK has been warned against “putting all of its eggs in the offshore wind basket”. The lead author of the International Energy Agency's Renewables 2019 report talks to Utility Week about the UK's "unique" approach and the obstacles to speeding up deployment of green energy.
Following its acquisition of a minority stake in Renewable Exchange, Ovo has talked about its wider strategy for further growth.
Ofgem is investigating whether a further licence condition has been breached. The energy regulator began investigating the supplier over how it manages customers in debt last year.
Ovo has made a series of investments since Mitsubishi acquired a 20% stake in February. As part of this deal, Steven Ackroyd, Ovo’s director of business development, will be appointed to the board of the digital marketplace.
Rutherford Energy became the seventh supplier of 2019 to cease trading earlier this week. The switch over will take place on Saturday.
The energy regulator has turned down a series of projects from electricity distribution network companies, totalling £258 million. However, it has approved £64 million for other projects.