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The government has announced its intention to resume collecting capacity market payments from suppliers during the current standstill period.
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The partnership will offer the energy supplier’s 85,000 customers boiler and electrics cover.
Research from auto-switching service Weflip suggests customers have been "left in the dark" over the energy price cap.
The temporary measure, which aims to protect customers on default tariffs, has faced criticism from industry players.
After an eventful year for utilities, Utility Week looks backs on the most read stories of 2018.
2018 will be remembered for a number of key events in the energy retail sphere, namely the confirmation of the energy price cap and the influx of failing energy suppliers.
Npower said it is disappointed by the High Court ruling and has separately called on the regulator to explain what its intentions are for the future of collective switch trials.
Moody's said it took into account the announcement of 17 December that the merger between SSE and fellow large supplier Npower will not occur as previously announced.
British Gas owner Centrica is seeking a judicial review against Ofgem over how the regulator calculated wholesale costs when it set the level of the incoming energy price cap.
Mid-tier supplier Ovo and heat battery producer Sunamp have been awarded £1.6 million of grant funding from the government’s low-carbon heating technology fund.
Ahead of filing its financial report to Companies House, Bulb has updated the firm's members about its performance, which it says will become an "annual tradition".
Coventry-based supplier Economy Energy is reportedly seeking emergency fundraising from KPMG, Utility Week understands. The supplier was named by Ofgem as having failed to make the RO late payment deadline.
A report by Ofgem and the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA) has recommended there be more clarity around the language used in bills and communications in order to prompt more market engagement.
Ecotricity has announced a partnership with Green Tourism to help the UK’s tourist industry become more sustainable.
The announcement that SSE will not pursue its planned SSE Energy Services tie-up with Npower
Industry voices, including the GMB union, have reacted with concern after the anticipated merger between big six suppliers SSE and Npower was called off.
British Gas’ parent company Centrica has announced chief executive of Centrica Consumer Mark Hodges will be leaving the company on 28 February next year.
SSE has confirmed it is in discussions with the designated board members for the new energy retail company, which was expected to be created with the now scrapped merger between SSE Energy Services and Npower.
SSE plc continues to work on separating SSE Energy Services as an independent, self-sufficient entity within the group, in preparation for its future outside it.
The planned merger between SSE and Innogy’s retail arm Npower, which would have created the UK’s second largest energy supplier, has been called off.