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Government resurrects renewable export tariff

Payments by suppliers for renewable power sold to the grid from small scale installations will in future be metered rather than based on a flat rate, the government announced as it resurrected the export tariff today (8 January).

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Economy Energy ceases trading day after credit default

Economy Energy has ceased trading just a day after the company was revealed to be in credit default and less than a week since it was banned from taking on new customers.

7 years ago

Labrador finds ‘2.55 million households in fuel poverty’

Research from energy auto-switching service Labrador has found millions of UK households are in "fuel poverty". The survey examined behaviours of customers running their homes in winter and focused on energy consumption and bill management.

7 years ago

Economy Energy likely to enter SoLR process after credit default

Economy Energy is understood to be planning to enter the supplier of last resort process shortly as indications it is in financial difficulty has sparked further concern the company is closer to going bust.

7 years ago

Price cap derogations allay concerns of green tariff ‘loophole’

Energy companies have responded positively to the news Ofgem has granted price cap derogations to three suppliers.

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Council-owned Bristol Energy posts £11.2m loss

Bristol Energy has posted an £11.2 million loss for the year to 31 March 2018.

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DCC confirms 250,000 SMETS2 smart meter milestone

The Data Communications Company (DCC) has announced the news that 250,000 SMETS2 devices have been installed and are successfully operating on its network.

7 years ago

Utility sector workers feature in New Year Honours list

Several people in the utilities sector have been honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours list.

7 years ago

Half a million energy customers switched in November 2018

Almost half a million (497,050) customers switched electricity supplier in November alone, the latest figures from Energy UK have revealed.

7 years ago

New Anglia Energy proposes code modification to enable meter splitting

7 years ago

Ofgem in talks with Outfox the Market over customer service

Ofgem has said it is in “active discussion” with Outfox the Market regarding customer service issues with parent company Foxglove and associated labels.

7 years ago

Economy Energy complaints rose sharply in November

The Energy Ombudsman has revealed it opened almost 400 investigations into Economy Energy in November, compared to just 112 in January 2018.

7 years ago

Claire Perry: 220,000 SMETS2 meters connected to network

More than 200,000 SMETS2 devices have been connected to the DCC's network, energy minister Claire Perry has told parliament.

7 years ago

Ofgem bans Economy Energy from taking on new customers

The regulator has warned that if the company fails to improve its customer service it could result in the revocation of its supplier licence.

7 years ago

Peter Haigh steps down as Bristol Energy managing director

Peter Haigh, the managing director of Bristol Energy, has left the council-owned organisation.

7 years ago

Ofgem grants price cap derogation to three suppliers

Three renewable energy suppliers have been offered a temporary derogation for renewable standard variable tariffs (SVTs) from the default tariff cap.

7 years ago

Big six supplier British Gas installs six million smart meters

British Gas has installed six million smart meter devices out of the 13 million smart meters installed by the entire industry.

7 years ago

Ovo Energy installs domestic V2G charger

Ovo Energy has announced it has installed the first widely-available V2G charger at the home of one of its customers.

7 years ago

Collapsed merger not expected to impact Innogy asset swap

Eon has confirmed it does not expect “any material effect” on either the timing or delivery of the the major asset swap between itself and RWE following the collapse of the proposed Npower and SSE merger.

7 years ago

SMETS2 installation figure surpasses 176,000

The annual progress report on the smart meter programme, published by BEIS in the run up to Christmas, says that more than 176,000 gas and electricity SMETS2 meters were connected to the Data Communications Company’s (DCC) system by the end of November last year.

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