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 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
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Nearly a third (32%) of customer complaints to energy suppliers were about problems with bills while a quarter of all gripes were from…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas to Freeze Direct Debits for SVT Customers Over the Winter
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The UK’s largest energy supplier will freeze direct debits for two million households on its standard variable tariffs (SVTs) over the winter to…
Continue ReadingESB Energy and So Energy Merge to Form “Next Big Green” Supplier
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ESB Energy has acquired a 75% stake in fellow challenger So Energy, a merger designed to create a “supercharged” supplier that can vie…
Continue ReadingE.ON, OVO, Scottish Power and SSE to Increase Bills Following Price Cap Jump
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Four more energy suppliers have announced that they will hike their prices to the maximum—or near the maximum—permitted under the readjusted price cap,…
Continue ReadingOVO’s Drive + Anytime tariff, giving EV drivers discounted electricity throughout the day, launched across the country yesterday following a successful pilot scheme…
Continue ReadingSymbio Energy Ordered to Pay Late Green Taxes or Face Potential Loss of Supply Licence
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Ofgem has ordered troubled supplier Symbio Energy to pay the £450,000 it owes to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme or face the potential…
Continue ReadingEDF has become the first energy supplier to announce price hikes in line with the raised price cap, adding the maximum of £139…
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