Electricity retail

Research body awards £51m to four smart energy pilots

Eversmart Energy confirms it met Renewables Obligation

Eversmart Energy has announced it has now paid all of its remaining Renewables Obligation (RO) payments after it failed to meet the original and extended deadline last year.  

Quarter of UK consumers feel no loyalty to utility providers

A report published by ELLO Media has indicated that 26 per cent of UK consumers do not have a sense of loyalty for their energy provider. Nearly half, 47 per cent, believed that they gained no benefit from showing loyalty to a brand.

SSE forks out £700,000 as it misses gas smart meter target

SSE's domestic retail business SSE Energy Services missed its gas smart meter installation target last year and will pay out £700,000 to Ofgem's consumer redress fund to make amends. 

Octopus launches new export tariff following FIT closure

Npower launches price cap tracker tariff

Big six supplier Npower has launched a standard variable tariff (SVT) price cap tracker tariff following a successful trial earlier this year.

Ofgem’s revised price cap comes into effect

Energy industry regulator Ofgem’s revised price cap on standard variable tariffs (SVTs) comes into effect today (1 April).

Levels of customer market engagement ‘reduced slightly’

Levels of customer engagement with the market “reduced slightly” between October 2018 and January this year, figures from Uswitch.com have revealed.

Centrica signs Japanese demand response deal

Octopus partners with smart EV cable Ohme

Gridserve to build £1bn network of ‘Electric Forecourts’

SSE still looking at ‘future options’ for retail arm

Almost 14 million smart meters now operational

Changes ahead for business energy switching

The prospect of tighter regulation of third party intermediaries in the business energy market has been broadly welcomed by experts, amid criticism that self-regulation has failed.

New energy supplier promises share sale proceeds to charities