Capacity market closes with no new gas as aggregators warn of £75 per MWh...

The latest capacity auction has delivered a lower premium for keeping the UK’s lights on over winter 2019, but has once again largely failed...

Npower fined £7 for service failings, agrees to pay £26 million

RWE Npower's seven energy supply companies have been slapped with a fine of £1 each by energy regulator Ofgem, on the proviso the suppliers...

A finger on the energy pulse

It was refreshing to see a new entrant – and a modest-sized one at that – take centre stage at the 2015 Energy Awards...

Made to save energy

Energy broker and services firm CUB outlines its money saving credentials to the manufacturing and broader industrial sector in this sponsored post. Understanding, controlling and...

Protection for energy intensives ‘will add 7% to third party costs on business energy...

Haven Power, the business energy supply arm of Drax, has warned that firms may not yet realise the costs of government plans to protect...

Watchdog to allow suppliers to contact rivals’ small business customers, end contract penalties

The competition watchdog will allow small business energy suppliers to contact rival firms’ customers in a bid to make them switch to cheaper tariffs....

Power Efficiency Becomes Ecova, Inc

European energy procurement and carbon reduction consultancy, Power Efficiency Limited announced that it has changed its name to Ecova, Inc. Limited and will operate...

Centrica to cut 3,000 jobs as utilities feel heat

Centrica will cut 3,000 jobs this year with 800 staff already gone as it aims to cut costs. The UK's biggest energy company said it...

Dong and SSE go head to head on green business energy tariffs

Dong and SSE have stepped up their pursuit of business customers, announcing green energy deals within hours of each other. SSE, which has scaled-back biomass...

Former Utilitywise director Michael Dent joins Inprova Energy

Former Utilitywise and Total director Michael Dent is the new MD at consultancy Inprova Energy. The firm acquired brokers energyTEAM and ENER-G Procurement a year ago, a move...

SSE keeps losing domestic customers but picks up businesses

Markets seemed unconcerned by SSE’s annual results this morning despite the firm battling headwinds in its generation and wholesale gas business. The firm’s share...

EU consultancy network launches

German energy consultant ISPEX has launched a European energy consultancy and procurement network that will allow pan-European organisations to access the best local buying...

Energy brokers and TPIs warn early capacity market could add 5% to bills

The government’s move to bring forward the capacity market could add up to 5% to business energy bills according to energy brokers and third...

UK firms paying highest power prices in Europe

UK business energy prices continue to rise faster and fall slower than other EU member states, according to latest government data. British firms are paying...

Opus Energy targets large corporates with gas product

Opus Energy has launched a new corporate gas product. The company has been supplying gas in the SME sector since 2009 and is now extending...

The Better Markets Bill hopes to speed up switching

In this sponsored post, Opus Energy outlines how incoming contract switching rule changes could ease the pain - and the cost - of sitting out...

Small business energy tariffs: Competition watchdog signals end of gravy train

The Competition and Markets Authority has urged regulators to move all small businesses to half hourly settlement, end automatic rollover contracts and to allow...

The big data behind your energy bill

Big data is one of the hot buzzwords of the moment and the energy industry is no exception, especially when it comes to providing...

Free conference: The Energy Market Today & Beyond Brexit

Sponsored: Alfa Energy has 20 free seats at its annual energy conference for delegates from industrial and commercial companies. Held at the Royal Society in...

Total launches ‘100% green gas’ for SMEs

Business energy supplier Total has launched a new green gas product for SMEs. A spokesman said the gas comes from anaerobic digestion sources and that Total will back...