Energy retail

Looming bill rises too big for industry to handle, warns Anderson

Time for retailers to step back from the smart meter rollout?

Ofgem pledges action on ‘moral hazard’ of energy retail

Daring to share: Realising the potential of interoperable data

Weekend press round-up: Energy firms to be investigated for increasing direct debits for millions

National media coverage of the sector across the Easter weekend included reports of energy retailers being investigated over claims they overcharged customers following the price cap hike. Meanwhile, the government has said it would be too complicated to allow consumers to opt out of receiving its £200 bill rebate in October. And a new bill to be debated by MPs would require water companies to publish quarterly reports on the impact of sewage discharges on the natural environment, animal welfare and human health.

Drive to encourage new suppliers created ‘illusion of competition’

Scottish Power blasts BEIS for focus on switching as energy crisis brewed

The government’s focus last summer on encouraging opt ‘in’ and ‘out’ switching when the energy price crisis was brewing indicates a regulatory failing "years in the making", according to Scottish Power. The retailer also said the spate of insolvencies in 2021 had been "entirely predictable" due to the entry into the market of so many companies with "ill-thought-out loss leading strategies" and poor financial resilience.

How to win the smart energy race

Rebate voucher plan sparks fraud and theft warning

Lessons from the Northern Ireland energy price crisis

Weekend press round-up: Rising energy bills may bring ‘civil unrest’

In the latest round-up of the weekend news, money saving guru Martin Lewis claims rising energy bills mean “civil unrest isn’t far way”, a lithium producer warns supply constraints will make electric vehicle targets “impossible” and a three-quarters of Brits back onshore wind in a new poll following the release of the government energy security strategy.

‘Now is the time’ for mass heat pump market

Energy customer service ratings worst in five years

Energy Security Strategy: Industry reaction

Meet the innovators: Megan Smith, Frazer-Nash Consultancy