With npower shelling jobs and even the quickest-growing independents struggling to turn a profit, it’s becoming increasingly clear that margin-based business models are a thing of the past. Liam Stoker reflects on a week which has proven the direction of travel for energy suppliers lies away from pure commodity sales.
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Npower to lose 900 jobs in major cost reduction programme
Innogy-owned UK energy supplier npower has announced it will lose as many as 900 jobs over the coming year as part of a major cost reduction programme.
SSE and innogy pull the plug on proposed npower deal
SSE and innogy have pulled the plug on the proposed merger of their respective supply divisions, with SSE concluding that it would not now be “in the best interests of customers, employees or shareholders”.
SSE and npower merger hits the skids over price cap
SSE and innogy have been forced to renegotiate and possibly delay the proposed merger of their supply divisions, laying the blame squarely at Ofgem’s looming price cap.
SSE/Npower supply merger given final approval
The proposed merger of the supply divisions of SSE and Npower has been given the all clear from the Competition and Markets Authority following a five-month investigation.
RWE UK chief lays down five-minute settlement challenge to National Grid
The head of European utility giant RWE’s UK business Tom Glover has challenged National Grid to slash settlement periods to just five minutes by 2030.
SSE Npower merger progresses after CMA finds little impact on energy prices or choice
The merger between SSE’S retail energy business and Npower has been provisionally approved by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after it was found that the deal would have little impact on pricing or consumer choice.
Npower becomes latest supplier hit with advanced meter failures fine
Npower has become the latest supplier to be hit with a fine by Ofgem over failures in its advanced meter roll out.
Npower blames policy, wholesale costs for new price hike
Npower has become the latest Big Six supply firm to announce a price hike, squaring the increase solely on growing policy costs and wholesale prices.