Electricity retail

Voices: Heading off nationalisation

In the past month we’ve seen Labour’s proposals for nationalisation of the energy networks and

Octopus Electric Vehicles launches new ‘V2G bundle’

Octopus launches two ‘vertical farming’ tariffs

Octopus Energy for Business has launched two new tariffs designed to grow the vertical farming industry.

Bulb announces expansion into Spain, France and the US

Renewable energy supplier Bulb has announced it is expanding its operations to France, Spain and Texas in the United States.

‘Let’s take action in every area that we can think of,’ says climate change expert

With climate change dominating the agenda at Utility Week’s Energy Summit on 13 June, David Joffe, one of the authors of the CCC's net zero report, explains the key challenges of decarbonisation, as Denise Chevin reports

Bristol Energy celebrates one year of selling green gas

Council-owned energy firm Bristol Energy has now been selling renewable gas to its customers for a whole year, the company has announced.

Change of tack at SSE

Following the failed merger of Npower and its retail arm, SSE has tasked Katie Bickerstaffe, CEO of the mooted new company, with steering the division towards a listing or sale.

Eon’s CEO: why I’m calling for energy efficiency boost to tackle climate change

There can be no argument, climate change is the defining issue of our era, certainly

Editor’s view: What next for the price cap?

It looks like a chance may have finally come for those energy retail chiefs itching to vent their spleen about the first six months of the price cap.

ASA raps Eon over ‘misleading’ advertisement

Eon has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a regional press advert claimed the company had been running for 70 years.

Igloo Energy announces third price cut of 2019

BES Utilities acquires metering company

Business energy supplier BES Utilities has acquired Liverpool-based metering, asset and management company Access Install.

Industry voices react to customer vulnerability report

Industry voices have reacted mainly positively to recommendations made in the independent report by the Commission for Customers in Vulnerable Circumstances which called for “urgent action” to be taken in the energy sector.

Interview: Juliet Davenport, chief executive, Good Energy

After a tough year during which several suppliers exited the market and the revelation that

Electric vehicle charging challenges