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SSE pays £700,000 after missing smart meter target
Big six energy supplier SSE has agreed to pay £700,000 to Ofgem after missing its 2018 targets for installing smart meters
3 April 2019
First Utility renamed Shell Energy – here's what you need to know
Energy and broadband supplier First Utility has been renamed Shell Energy, a year after it was bought by Shell
25 March 2019
SSE takes on failed supplier Brilliant Energy's 17,000 customers
SSE has been appointed by energy regulator Ofgem to take on Brilliant Energy's 17,000 domestic customers
14 March 2019
'Misleading' smart meter ad banned
A 'misleading' radio advert which claimed installing a smart meter could save consumers an average of 354 kilowatt hours a year has been banned
6 March 2019
Huge hidden price hike looming for 100,000s of British Gas customers
Some customers rolling off temporary tariffs will see bills jump by 18%
2 March 2019
SSE becomes the last of the big six to hike bills following Ofgem price cap rise
Following this latest increase about 11 million big six customers are now facing £100+/year price rises from April
21 February 2019
British Gas and Scottish Power to hike bills after Ofgem price cap rise
About three million British Gas customers will be hit with an average £119/year rise from Monday 1 April
19 February 2019
Npower becomes third big six supplier to hike bills after Ofgem's price cap rise
Npower has become the third big six supplier to increase its energy prices to the maximum allowed under the new cap on standard variable tariffs - hitting customers with an average 10.3% price rise from 1 April
13 February 2019
New energy price cap up 10% – but it's NOT the maximum anyone will pay, warns Martin Lewis
Energy prices are set to rise by about £117 from Monday 1 April for millions on standard tariffs
7 February 2019
Utilita to take on failed energy supplier Our Power's 38,000 customers
Ofgem has appointed Utilita Energy Limited to take on supplying Our Power’s domestic customers
30 January 2019
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17 April 2019
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