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Government faces fresh calls to scrap energy price cap

The price comparison website Compare the Market has called on the government to scrap the price cap on default tariffs, claiming the policy creates a false sense of security.

6 years ago

Centrica smart homes boss to step down

Claire Miles, the managing director of Centrica's Connected Home business, has announced she is to leave the company to become the chief executive of Yell.

6 years ago

Good Energy secures lasting exemption from price cap

6 years ago

‘He always seemed a BP man at heart’ – the legacy of Centrica’s Iain Conn

Following poor financial results and heavy customer losses British Gas owner Centrica announced the impending departure of chief executive Iain Conn earlier this week. Utility Week explores the legacy he will leave behind.

6 years ago

Energy Ombudsman announces revamp of senior team

The Energy Ombudsman has announced a revamp of its senior leadership team and has appointed its first-ever managing director.

6 years ago

From BP to British Gas – a biography of Iain Conn

6 years ago

Outgoing Centrica boss Iain Conn defends bonus pay

6 years ago

Centrica CEO Iain Conn to step down after ‘challenging’ results

Centrica chief executive Iain Conn will step down from his role next year following challenging first half of 2019 which saw profits plunge. Conn said it was the right time to let someone else lead the "smaller customer-facing company which I hope to have largely delivered on by the time I leave"

6 years ago

Toto Energy was ‘reset’ ahead of Solarplicity acquisition

Toto Energy's operations director Tom Nicholas says the company has been "reset" after issues concerning customer complaints led to the company shedding thousands of customers last year. The company has now taken on the majority of Solarplicity's customers.

6 years ago

Solarplicity customers acquired by Toto Energy

The majority of Solarplicity's customers have been bought by Brighton-based challenger energy supplier Toto Energy.

6 years ago

Flexitricity teams up with farmers for DSR trial

6 years ago

Ofgem rejects changes to metering penalties

6 years ago

Several winding up petitions filed against Solarplicity

6 years ago

Scottish Power reveals loss of 120,000 customers

Scottish Power has blamed the energy price cap and last year's Beast from the East on its poor performance in its half year results. The big six provider did however make a profit in its renewables and networks businesses.

6 years ago

GoCompare acquires Look After My Bills

Look After My Bills received the "best equity deal" in the BBC show Dragons Den's 13 year history. The Go Co Group also owns automated switching service Weflip.

6 years ago

Regulatory framework ‘should reflect switching and price comparison services’

Regulatory framework should “reflect and keep pace” with auto-switching and brokering services which are currently

6 years ago

Energy retail market risks ‘holding back’ transition

6 years ago

Click Energy to be slapped with provisional order over unpaid RO

6 years ago

New fuel poverty metric suggested

6 years ago

First wave of SMETS2 devices reach assurance ‘milestone’

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