Energy

MSE is launching its Autoswitch service – designed to shake up the entire energy market

21 September 2020

British Gas has paid £1.48 million in compensation after it failed to tell 100,000s of prepayment customers it was switching top-up providers

27 August 2020

Energy firm Utility Warehouse is to pay out £450,000 in refunds and compensation, after it overcharged potentially vulnerable customers last year

29 January 2020

Ovo Energy has agreed to pay £8.9 million after issuing inaccurate or incomplete information to 100,000s of customers, and for under and overcharging customers due to IT issues

29 January 2020

The competition watchdog has approved the sale of big six energy supplier SSE's household energy business to Ovo Energy, meaning 3.5 million SSE customers are set to be moved over to Ovo after January 2020

10 December 2019

The competition watchdog has called for the prepayment price cap to stay in place after 2020 due to the slow roll-out of smart meters

31 July 2019

Gas and electricity supplier Green Star Energy has been ordered to pay £350,000 after it failed to update its records and issue welcome packs to 1,829 new tenants, meaning they were unable to move to cheaper tariffs or access their accounts

4 July 2019

Tens of thousands of energy customers lost vital protection from aggressive debt collection following the collapse of 11 firms, which also left a potential bill of £172 million across the industry, according to Citizens Advice

21 June 2019

Small energy firm Avro Energy has been banned from taking on new customers because it hasn't joined the national smart meter network

18 June 2019