Five energy suppliers have missed a deadline to pay into the feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme, suggesting financial difficulty that may foretell their failures.
Continue ReadingThe gas price crunch has taken out two more suppliers, leaving more than 800,000 households without an energy company.
Continue ReadingBritish Gas to Scoop Up Customers of People’s Energy, While EDF Will Take Utility Point’s
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Two of the UK’s largest energy suppliers will take over the more than half a million households abandoned by the collapse of the…
Continue ReadingMajority of the UK’s Energy Suppliers Could Collapse This Winter
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
39 energy suppliers could collapse this winter amid a surge in wholesale gas prices, leaving just ten on the market, research conducted by…
Continue ReadingEcotricity isn’t backing down in its attempt to swallow rival Good Energy, increasing its offer to shareholders by 18%. But robust results from…
Continue ReadingA major fire has severed one of the British grid’s most important links to Europe, pushing power prices still higher and forcing the…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas to Take on Customers of Two Failed Suppliers
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Ofgem has appointed British Gas to take over the nearly 97,000 energy customers left stranded by the collapse of PfP Energy and Money…
Continue ReadingBills and Pricing Most Common Reason for Energy Customer Complaints
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Nearly a third (32%) of customer complaints to energy suppliers were about problems with bills while a quarter of all gripes were from…
Continue ReadingWith wind turbines still and gas prices soaring, Britain has turned to coal power to keep the lights on this week.
Continue ReadingSeptember Electricity Price Spike Spells Trouble for the Winter
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Wholesale electricity prices in Britain spiked on Monday, as nuclear outages and low wind levels caused a shortfall of generating capacity. The surge…
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