Minimum capital requirements confirmed for energy retailers

Ofgem has confirmed plans to introduce a minimum capital requirement for energy suppliers as part of its plans to bolster financial resilience in the retail market. The regulator is additionally pushing ahead with plans allowing it to direct suppliers to ringfence a portion of their customer credit balances (CCBs) when it deems it to be in the consumer interest.

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